Herbie Mann's Jasil Brazz

Some jazz gigs acquire a legendary status, and flautist Herbie Mann's live performance of his Latin-inspired 1987 crossover album Jasil Brazz at the 1990 Munich Klaviersommer Festival was one such occasion. Jazz purists were skeptical at the time, but for Mann, "Brazilian music has shown me that music in general can still remain exciting and dramatic without having an overabundance of drums". He proved it in Munich with an evening of irrepressible music-making at the head of a truly stellar sextet. Latin standards and Mann's own compositions receive the same exuberant treatment, on what was clearly a night to remember.