Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion

Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion
Studio album by The Herbie Mann Nonet
Released	1961
Recorded	May 5 and July 26, 1960 NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve MGV 8392
Herbie Mann chronology
Herbie Mann's African Suite (1959)Herbie Mann's African Suite1959 Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion (1960) The Common Ground (1960)The Common Ground1960

Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1960 for the Verve label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "In 1960, flutist Herbie Mann put together a very interesting band that was in its brief existence (before Mann's interests shifted elsewhere) one of the top in Afro-Cuban jazz" and called the album "quite underrated and is one of the finest of Mann's long career".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated

1. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 4:39
2. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 6:36
3. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 8:32
4. "A Ritual" - 7:30
5. "Fife 'n Tambourine Corps" - 2:02
6. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) - 9:51

Personnel

• Herbie Mann - flute
• Doc Cheatham, Leo Ball, Jerome Kail, Ziggy Schatz - trumpet
• Johnny Rae - vibraphone
• Knobby Totah - bass
• Rudy Collins - drums
• Ray Barretto - congas
• Ray Mantilla - bongos

References