Flautista!

Flautista!
Flautista!
Live album by Herbie Mann
Released	1960
Recorded	June 30, 1959; Basin Street East, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:17 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Verve; MGV 8336
Producer	Norman Granz
Herbie Mann chronology

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.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
DownBeat	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

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".^[2]

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

Herbie Mann - flute, bass clarinet
Johnny Rae - vibraphone, marimba
Knobby Totah - bass
Santo Miranda - drums, percussion
Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas, percussion
José Luis Mangual - bongos, percussion

References

^ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed July 16, 2015
^ ^a ^b Ankeny, Jason. Flautista! Herbie Mann Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
^ DeMichael, Don (February 18, 1960). "Herbie Mann: Flautista". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 4. p. 32.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed July 16, 2015

[AllMusic-2] Ankeny, Jason. Flautista! Herbie Mann Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

[3] DeMichael, Don (February 18, 1960). "Herbie Mann: Flautista". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 4. p. 32.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Herbie Mann
Atlantic albums	Herbie Mann at the Village Gate (1961) Nirvana (1964) Today! (1966) New Mann at Newport (1967) Memphis Underground (1969) Mississippi Gambler (1972) Surprises, Featuring Cissy Houston (1976)
A&M albums	Glory of Love (1968)
Embryo albums	Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1970) Memphis Two-Step (1971) Push Push (1971)
Prestige albums	Flute Flight (1957) Flute Soufflé (1957) Just Wailin' (1958)
Riverside albums	Sultry Serenade (1957) Great Ideas of Western Mann (1957)
Other labels	Jasil Brazz (1987)
Other articles	Discography "Hi-jack" (1975) Kokopelli Records Afterlife (soundtrack) (1978)