Flamingo (Herbie Mann album)

Flamingo is an album by flautist Herbie Mann on the Bethlehem which was recorded in 1955.[1][2] The album opens with Mann playing four flutes via the use of overdubbing.[3]

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)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]

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. "SorimaĻŒ" - 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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