Gagaku & Beyond
Studio album by Herbie Mann
Released	1976
Recorded	April 1 & 14, 1974
Studio	Mori Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Jazz fusion, World music
Length	48:58
Label	Finnadar/Atlantic SR 9014
Producer	Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann chronology
Bird in a Silver Cage (1976) Gagaku & Beyond (1976) Herbie Mann & Fire Island (1977)

Gagaku & Beyond is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring shakuhachi player Minoru Muraoka which was recorded in Japan in 1974 but only released on Atlantic Records' subsidiary label, Finnadar, in 1976.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "Gagaku & Beyond had Mann working in the world music fusion genre with great success long before new age or "world music" were ever marketing catch phrases. ...this is, along with Mann's more soul- and bossa-oriented recordings, one of his most essential works: groundbreaking, heartrendingly beautiful, and full of deep, contemplative soul".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Shomyo (Monk's Chant)" (Traditional) – 14:23
2. "Mauve Over Blues" (Pat Rebillot) – 12:59
3. "Kurodabushi (Sake Drinking Song)" (Traditional) – 5:25
4. "Etenraku" (Traditional) – 8:50
5. "Gagaku and Beyond" (Herbie Mann) – 7:21

Personnel

• Herbie Mann – flute
• Pat Rebillot – keyboards
• Sam Brown – guitar
• Tony Levin – bass
• Steve Gadd – drums

With:

• On tracks 1–3 – Minoru Muraoka and His New Dimension:
  • Minoru Muraoka – shakuhachi
  • Yosei Sato – shō
  • Eriko Kuramoto, Harumi Nakamura, Kazuko Tsubamoto – koto
  • Somei Sasaki – shamisen
  • Kisuku Katada – o-daiko
  • Hiromitsu Katada – taiko
• On track 1 – Modern Shomyo Study Group:
  • Junsen Kitani, Junsho Matsumoto, Kenei Muramatsu, Ryusho Tsurutaka – vocals
• On track 4 – Ono Gagaku Society:
  • Ryoya Ono – leader
  • Goro Ibeke – gaku so
  • Akihiko Ue – gaku-biwa
  • Yoshio Togi – hichiriki
  • Kiyohiko Yamada – ryūteki
  • Shigeru Iwanami – shō
  • Tkashi Ono – shōko
  • Kiichiro Togi – taiko

References