Flamingo (Herbie Mann album) explained

Flamingo
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Herbie Mann Quartet
Cover:	Flamingo (Herbie Mann album).jpg
Released:	1955
Recorded:	June 1955 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Bethlehem BCP 24
Chronology:	Herbie Mann
Next Title:	The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet
Next Year:	1955

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

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except where noted.

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

Personnel

Herbie Mann – flute, tenor saxophone
Joe Puma – guitar
Charles Andrus – bass
Harold Granowsky – drums

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/bethlehem-records/catalog-deluxe-series/#bcp-24 Bethlehem Records discography
Edwards, D & Callahan, M. Bethlehem Discography, Part 2: BCP-1 12-inch LP Series (1955-1960), accessed April 28, 2016
Ginell, C., The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz, Hal Leonard Corporation (2014),
http://www.allmusic.com/album/four-flutes-vol-2-flamingo-my-goodness-mw0000897749 Allmusic listing