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Flamingo (Herbie Mann album)

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1955 studio album by The Herbie Mann Quartet
Flamingo
Studio album by The Herbie Mann Quartet
Released1955
RecordedJune 1955
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelBethlehem
BCP 24
Herbie Mann chronology
Flamingo
(1955) 		The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet
(1955)

Flamingo is an album by flautist Herbie Mann on the Bethlehem label which was recorded in 1955. The album opens with Mann playing four flutes via the use of overdubbing.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except where noted.

  1. "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:40
  2. "Love Is a Simple Thing" (Arthur Siegel, June Carroll) – 2:00
  3. "There's No You" (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair) – 4:12
  4. "Sorimaό" – 3:25
  5. "The Influential Mr. Cohn" – 2:33
  6. "A One Way Love" – 3:16
  7. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:39
  8. "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 2:43
  9. "Little Orphan Annie" (Gus Kahn, Joe Sanders) – 3:28
  10. "Jasmin" (Quincy Jones) – 3:00
  11. "Beverly" – 2:04
  12. "Woodchuck" (Joe Puma) – 2:54

Personnel

References

  1. Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015
  2. Edwards, D & Callahan, M. Bethlehem Discography, Part 2: BCP-1 12-inch LP Series (1955-1960), accessed April 28, 2016
  3. Ginell, C., The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz, Hal Leonard Corporation (2014), ISBN 978-1-4584-1981-1
  4. ^ Allmusic listing, accessed May 15, 2015
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