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Let Me Tell You

Recorded	1957
Label	Milestone
Released	1957
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 735642

The record

Recorded in '57 and later reissued by Milestone, this date puts Mann on bass clarinet as often as flute, working low-register textures against Bobby Jaspar's flute and Joe Puma's guitar. Oscar Pettiford's bass and a rotating drum chair keep the session grounded rather than solo-driven.

Session personnel

Jack Nimitz — baritone saxophone
Oscar Pettiford — bass
Wendell Marshall — bass
Herbie Mann — bass clarinet
Bobby Donaldson — drums
Charlie Smith — drums
Bobby Jaspar — flute
Joe Puma — guitar
Tommy Flanagan — piano
Urbie Green — trombone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1973	Milestone (4) · MSP-47010 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo earliest on file
1973	Milestone — STEREO
1973	Milestone (4) · MSP-47010 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Remastered
1974	Milestone (4) · L 45333 4 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1981	Milestone (4) · 78.131 — Cassette, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo
—	Milestone (4) · 47010 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold
—	Milestone (4) · 68.131 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gat