Flamingo (Herbie Mann album)
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| Studio album by The Herbie Mann Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | June 1955 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Bethlehem BCP 24 | |||
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Flamingo is an album by flautist Herbie Mann on the Bethlehem label which was recorded in 1955.[1][2] The album opens with Mann playing four flutes via the use of overdubbing.[3]
Reception[edit]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Herbie Mann except where noted.
- "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:40
- "Love Is a Simple Thing" (Arthur Siegel, June Carroll) – 2:00
- "There's No You" (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair) – 4:12
- "Sorimaό" – 3:25
- "The Influential Mr. Cohn" – 2:33
- "A One Way Love" – 3:16
- "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:39
- "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 2:43
- "Little Orphan Annie" (Gus Kahn, Joe Sanders) – 3:28
- "Jasmin" (Quincy Jones) – 3:00
- "Beverly" – 2:04
- "Woodchuck" (Joe Puma) – 2:54
Personnel[edit]
- Herbie Mann – flute, tenor saxophone
- Joe Puma – guitar
- Charles Andrus – bass
- Harold Granowsky – drums
References[edit]
- ^ Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015
- ^ Edwards, D & Callahan, M. Bethlehem Discography, Part 2: BCP-1 12-inch LP Series (1955-1960), accessed April 28, 2016
- ^ Ginell, C., The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz, Hal Leonard Corporation (2014), ISBN 978-1-4584-1981-1
- ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed May 15, 2015