Released 1960 Release date 1960 Label Verve by Request | Artist Herbie Mann Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded June 30, 1959
Basin Street East, NYC Length 50:17 CD reissue with bonus tracks Flautista!
(1959) Herbie Mann's African Suite
(1959) Similar Herbie Mann Plays, Yardbird Suite, Mississippi Gambler, Sultry Serenade, Just Wailin' | ||
Flautista! (subtitled Herbie Mann Plays Afro Cuban Jazz) is a live album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating " Flautista!, recorded live at New York City's Basin Street East in June 1959, captures the flutist's deepening immersion in global rhythms and harmonies, documenting a pan-cultural jazz aesthetic that points the way for the myriad world music efforts that followed in its wake".
Track listing
All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated
- "Todos Locos" - 5:35
- "Cuban Patato Chip" - 7:45
- "Come on, Mule" - 7:18
- "The Amazon River" - 8:35
- "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 9:46
- "Delilah" (Victor Young) - 6:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Basin Street Este" - 5:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
Songs
1Todos Locos5:36
2Cuban Patato Chip7:48
3Come on - Mule7:21
References
Flautista! Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA