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Flute Flight is an album by American and Belgian jazz flautists Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Prestige label.[1]

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Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Allmusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "Anyone who complains that jazz hasn't had enough flute playing over the years will want to add Flute Flight to his/her collection".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes the album as making “a substantial contribution to the evolution of jazz flute.”[3]

Track listing

  1. "Tutti Flutie" (Herbie Mann) - 10:10
  2. "Bo-Do" (Joe Puma) - 5:54
  3. "Flute Bass Blues" (Doug Watkins) - 7:23
  4. "Flute Bob" (Bobby Jaspar) - 7:03
  5. "Solacium" (Tommy Flanagan) - 5:51
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on March 12 (tracks 3–5) and March 21 (tracks 1 & 2), 1957

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed August 31, 2012
  2. ^ a b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 933. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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