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Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston
Surprises
Album US 1976 on Atlantic label
Jazz (Soul-Jazz)
PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN pressing, indicated by "RI" suffix on label matrix. Issued with custom inner sleeve. A1 recorded at Dynamic Studios, Jamaica A1, A4, B1, B4 recorded at Media Sound Studios N.Y. A2, A3, B1, B3, B5 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, N.Y. B2, B4, B5 recorded at Mori Studios, Tokyo, Japan B2 Re-Mixed at Atlantic Recording Studios, N.Y.
Musicians
 | Herbie Mann fl, 1930-2003 US album by, alto flute, flute, bass flute and flute, written by, flute |
 | Cissy Houston bvoc, voc, *1933 US album by, vocals, lead vocals, backing vocals |
 | Pat Rebillot key, *1935 US arranged by, keyboards, written by, keyboards |
 | Jackie Jackson b, bass |
 | Michael Richards dr, JM drums |
 | Hux Brown g, JM guitar |
 | Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan g, voc, JM guitar |
 | Winston Wright org, 1944-1993 JM organ |
 | Gladstone Anderson p, key, 1934-2015 JM piano |
 | David "Fathead" Newman ts, fl, 1933-2009 US tenor saxophone |
 | Eunice Peterson voc, vocals |
 | Rannelle Braxton , vocals |
 | Tony Levin b, bvoc, *1946 US bass |
 | Steve Gadd dr, *1945 US drums |
 | Hugh McCracken g, 1942-2013 US guitar |
 | Jerry Friedman g, eg, US guitar |
 | Armen Halburian perc, 1933-2011 US percussion |
 | Ralph MacDonald perc, cng, 1944-2011 US percussion |
 | Bob Mann g, *1944 US guitar, guitar, soloist, guitar solo |
 | Bob Babbitt b, ep, 1937-2012 US bass |
 | Charles McCracken vc, US cello |
 | Jesse Levy vc, US cello |
 | Rick Marotta dr, *1948 US drums |
 | Emanuel Vardi vl, str, 1915-2011 US viola |
 | Richard Maximoff vl, US viola |
 | David Nadien vn, 1926-2014 US violin |
 | Gene Orloff vn, str, 1921-2009 US violin |
 | Guy Lumia vn, violin |
 | Richard Sortomme vn, violin |
 | Jeff Mironov g, eg, *1949 US guitar |
 | Raphael Cruz dr, perc, percussion |
 | Sammy Figueroa perc, *1948 US percussion |
 | Kisaku Katada perc, dr, JP drum, o-daiko |
| Seiko Fujisya , drum, tzuzumi, drum, tsuzumi |
 | Hiromitsu Katada perc, dr, JP drums, wadaiko sets |
 | Sam Brown g, 1939-1977 US guitar |
| Eriko Kuramoto , koto |
| Kazuko Tsubamoto , koto |
| Harumi Nakamaru , koto, koto & modern koto |
 | Minoru Muraoka fl, 1924-2014 JP shakuhachi |
| Somei Sasaki , shamisen |
 | Yosei Sato fl, sho, syo |
 | Akiko Kosaka , vocals, written by |
Producers
| Paula Bisacca art direction, design |
| Burt Groedel illustration, cover |
| George Piros mastered by |
| Herbie Mann producer |
| Jimmy Douglass engineer, recording & re-mix, engineer, re-mix |
| Judy Clay backing vocals |
| Tony Bongiovi engineer, recording |
| Lew Hahn engineer, re-mix, engineer, recording & re-mix |
| Shima & Ishizuka engineer, recording |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Draw Your Breaks | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | David Scott, Derrick Harriott | 4:50 |
| 2 | | Cajun Moon | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | J.J. Cale | 6:17 |
| 3 | | Creepin' | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | Stevie Wonder | 5:00 |
| 4 | | Easter Rising | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | Pat Kirby, Pat Rebillot | 4:40 |
| 5 | | Asa Branca | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | Divina Eulália Oliveira, Humberto Teixeira, Luiz Gonzaga | 3:55 |
| 6 | | The Sound Of Windwood | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | Herbie Mann | 2:34 |
| 7 | | Cricket Dance | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | Herbie Mann | 4:17 |
| 8 | | The Butterfly In A Stone Garden | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | Herbie Mann | 5:19 |
| 9 | Anata (I Wish You Were Here With Me) | Herbie Mann Featuring Cissy Houston | Akiko Kosaka | 3:07 |
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