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
Released1971
RecordedJuly 14 & 15, 1971
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:25
LabelKudu
KU-02
ProducerCreed Taylor
Lonnie Smith chronology
Live at Club Mozambique
(1970)
Mama Wailer
(1971)
Afro–desia
(1975)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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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

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References

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  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. ^ a b Jurek, Tom. Lonnie Smith: Mama Wailer – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2018.