Mama Wailer

Mama Wailer is an album by American jazz organist Lonnie Smith recorded in 1971 and released on the Kudu label.^[1][2][3]

Mama Wailer
Studio album by Lonnie Smith
Released	1971
Recorded	July 14 & 15, 1971
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:25
Label	Kudu KU-02
Producer	Creed Taylor
Lonnie Smith chronology
Live at Club Mozambique (1970) Mama Wailer (1971) Afro–desia (1975)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

Allmusic's Thom Jurek said: "Mama Wailer is one of the quintessential sides issued by Creed Taylor's CTI/Kudu imprint ... This is what Latin soul is all about when it meets jazz. The improvisations are in the pocket, but, at the same time, off the page. Here is where boogaloo and hard bop meet headlong".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lonnie Smith except where noted

1. "Mama Wailer" – 6:20
2. "Hola Muneca" – 6:32
3. "I Feel the Earth Move" (Carole King) – 5:06
4. "Stand" (Sylvester Stewart) – 17:27

Personnel

• Lonnie Smith – organ, clavinet, vocals
• Danny Moore – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Grover Washington Jr. – flute, tenor saxophone, arranger
• Dave Hubbard – tenor saxophone
• Marvin Cabell – tenor saxophone
• George Davis – guitar
• Jimmy Ponder – guitar
• Robert Lowe – guitar (track 1)
• Ron Carter – bass, electric bass (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
• Chuck Rainey – bass, electric bass (track 3)
• Billy Cobham – drums
• William King, Airto Moreira, Richard Pratt – percussion

References

1. Dr. Lonnie Smith Discography, accessed September 3, 2018
2. Jazzdisco: KUDU Records Catalog: Twelve Inch series, accessed September 3, 2018
3. Jazzlists: Album details, accessed September 3, 2018
4. Jurek, Tom. Lonnie Smith: Mama Wailer – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2018.