Nine Flags

Nine Flags
Studio album by Chico O'Farrill
Released	1966
Recorded	November 10, 11 & 14, 1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:17
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob Thiele
Chico O'Farrill chronology
Spanish Rice (1966)Spanish Rice1966 Nine Flags (1966) Married Well (1967)Married Well1967

Nine Flags is an album by Cuban composer-arranger Chico O'Farrill featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The overall music is quite different from O'Farrill's usual Afro-Cuban jazz outings... None of the individual songs caught on, and the interpretations are usually quite concise, but this LP (which has not yet been reissued) is generally quite fun".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Chico O'Farrill

1. "Live Oak" - 2:41
2. "Patcham" - 4:01
3. "Aromatic Tabac" - 4:17
4. "Dry Citrus" - 3:30
5. "Royal Saddle" - 2:42
6. "Panache" - 2:45
7. "Green Moss" - 4:30
8. "Manzanilla" - 4:23
9. "Clear Spruce" - 3:28
10. "The Lady From Nine Flags" - 3:00

• Recorded in New York City on November 10, 1966 (tracks 2, 3 & 8), November 11, 1966 (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) and November 14, 1966 (tracks 4, 7 & 9)

Personnel

• Chico O'Farrill - arranger, conductor
• Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Art Farmer (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8 & 10), Bernie Glow (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) - trumpet
• Harry DiVito (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Urbie Green (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), J. J. Johnson (tracks 2-4 & 7-9), Benny Powell (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) - trombone
• Julius Watkins - french horn (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8 & 10)
• Jerry Dodgion (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Joe Firrantello (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8 & 10), Eddie Wasserman (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Frank Wess (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) - woodwinds
• Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-4 & 7-9)
• Larry Coryell - guitar (tracks 4, 7 & 9)
• Pat Rebillot - piano (tracks 2-4 & 7-9)
• George Duvivier - bass
• Gus Johnson (tracks 4, 7 & 9), Don Lamond (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Mel Lewis (tracks 2, 3 & 8) - drums
• Carl Hard - percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 8)

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