Flautista!
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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
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
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 - [[drum kit|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.