Flautista! (subtitled Herbie Mann Plays Afro Cuban Jazz) is a live album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed July 16, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating " Flautista!, recorded live at New York City's Basin Street East in June 1959, captures the flutist's deepening immersion in global rhythms and harmonies, documenting a pan-cultural jazz aesthetic that points the way for the myriad world music efforts that followed in its wake".
Track listing All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated "Todos Locos" - 5:35 "Cuban Patato Chip" - 7:45 "Come on, Mule" - 7:18 "The Amazon River" - 8:35 "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 9:46 "Delilah" (Victor Young) - 6:06 Bonus track on CD reissue "Basin Street Este" - 5:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel Herbie Mann - flute, bass clarinet Johnny Rae - vibraphone, marimba Knobby Totah - bass Santo Miranda - drums, percussion Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas, percussion José Luis Mangual - bongos, percussion
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