The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars stating "the most interesting aspect of the R&B-oriented date is that the up-and-coming flutist Hubert Laws is matched with Mann on several tracks".[2]
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- All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated
- "No Use Crying" (Roy Gaines, Freddie Lee Kober, J. B. Daniels) - 3:03
- "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 3:12
- "Glory of Love" (Billy Hill) - 2:42
- "Unchain My Heart" (Robert Sharp, Jr., Teddy Powell) - 3:12
- "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) - 3:10
- "The Letter" (Wayne Carson) - 3:25
- "Upa, Neguinho" (Edu Lobo, Gianfrancesco Guanieri) - 2:39
- "Love Is Stronger Far Than We" (Pierre Barouh, Jerry Keller, Francis Lai) - 3:11
- "Oh, How I Want To Love You" - 5:32
- "In and Out" - 4:34
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 26 (tracks 1, 3-6, 8 & 9), July 27 (track 10), September 19 (track 7) and October 6 (track 2), 1967
- Herbie Mann - flute, arranger, conductor
- Hubert Laws - flute, piccolo
- Ernie Royal, Burt Collins - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Benny Powell - trombone
- Joseph Grimaldi - saxophone
- Leroy Glover - piano, organ, arranger, conductor
- Paul Griffin - piano
- Roland Hanna - organ
- Jay Berliner, Eric Gale - guitar
- Ron Carter - bass
- Herb Lovelle, Grady Tate - drums
- Teddy Sommer - vibraphone, percussion
- Ray Barretto, Johnny Pacheco - percussion
- Herb Bernstein - arranger, conductor
- Earl May - bass
- Roy Ayers - vibes
- Technical