Surprises

Herbie Mann featuring Cissy Houston

Atlantic

David Newman plays on three tracks of this album.

Tracks

• Draw Your Breaks
• Cajun Moon
• Creepin'
• Easter Rising
• Asa Branea
• The Sound of Windwood
• Cricket Dance
• The Butterfly in a Stone Garden
• Anita (I Wish You Were Here With Me)

• Herbie Mann - flute
• Cissy Houston - vocals
• David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2 and 3)
• Yosei Sato - woodwind
• Pat Rebillot - keyboards
• Gladstone Anderson - piano
• Winston Wright - organ
• Hux Brown - guitar
• Sam Leigh Brown - guitar
• Rod Bryan - guitar
• Hugh McCracken - guitar
• Jerry Freidmann - guitar
• Bob Mann - guitar
• Eriko Kuramoto - koto
• Kazuko Taubamoto - koto
• Harumi Nakamura - koto
• Somei Sasaki - samisen
• Tony Levin - bass
• Bob Babbitt - bass
• Jackie Jackson - bass
• Steve Gadd - drums
• Rick Marotta - drums
• Michael Richard - drums
• Ralph MacDonald - percussion
• Armen Halburian - percussion
• Rafael Cruz - percussion
• Sammy Figueroa - percussion
• Kisaku Katada - odaiko
• Hiromitsu Katada - wadaiko
• plus strings and backing vocals on some tracks

This album was subsequently included on;

• Waterbed / Surprises, Herbie Mann, 2001