Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty
Studio album by Herbie Mann
Released	1970
Recorded	December 9, 10 & 11, 1969
Studio	Muscle Shoals, Sheffield
Genre	Crossover jazz, Soul jazz
Label	Embryo
Producer	Tom Dowd
Herbie Mann chronology
Stone Flute (1970) Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1970) Memphis Two-Step (1970)

Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty is a 1970 album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann. It was released on Mann's Embryo Records label, and distributed by Cotillion Records, a division of Atlantic Records.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty" (Mann) (6:47)
2. "Claudia Pie" (Mann) (4:38)
3. "Can You Dig It" (Ed Birdsong) (5:51)

Side Two

1. "Blind Willy" (Sonny Sharrock) (4:47)
2. "Come Together" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (10:00)
3. "Panama Red's Panama Hat" (Mann) (5:11)

Personnel

"Come Together"

• Herbie Mann - flute
• Roy Ayers - vibes
• Eddie Hinton - guitar
• Barry Beckett - piano
• David Hood & Miroslav Vitouš - bass
• Roger Hawkins & Bruno Carr - drums

"Panama Red's Panama Hat”

• As above, with Eddie Hinton - bottleneck guitar, Jimmy Johnson (also engineer) added on guitar

Other selections

• Herbie Mann - flute
• Richard Waters - drums
• Andrew Love & Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
• James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet
• Roy Ayers - vibes
• Eddie Hinton - guitar
• Barry Beckett - piano
• David Hood - bass
• Roger Hawkins - drums

"Can You Dig It"

• As above, with Jimmy Johnson - guitar

"Blind Willy"

• As above, with Roger Hawkins on Jews harp, replaced by Bruno Carr on drums
• Album photography - Joel Brodsky
• Album design - Haig Adishian

Production

• Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
• Jimmy Johnson & Marlin Green - Recording engineers
• Tom Dowd - Producer

Charting

The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart.