Memphis Underground

"Memphis Underground" is the title tune of the flautist Herbie Mann's 1969 album, a meeting of jazz and Memphis soul. This page has the Memphis Underground chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Memphis Underground"

Herbie Mann wrote it. It is an instrumental, recorded in Memphis with the house band of the American Sound Studio and with Roy Ayers on vibes and the guitarists Larry Coryell and Sonny Sharrock.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Herbie Mann, Memphis Underground (Atlantic, 1969) — the original, a long groove that sold far beyond the usual jazz audience.