''Flute Fraternity'' (also released as ''Hi-Flutin) is an album by multi-instrumentalists
Herbie Mann and
Buddy Collette recorded at sessions in 1957 and released on the Mode label.
[Burgess, B. and Harrod, J]
Mode Records Listing
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accessed October 25, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
review by Scott Yanow
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Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
states: "The most interesting aspect to this lightly swinging music is the constant switching around of the lead voices on their various horns", although ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
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'' criticises the album for the number of different combinations of instruments used.
Track listing
All compositions by Herbie Mann except where noted.
# "Herbie's Buddy" - 4:08
# " Perdido" (Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol Martínez (22 January 1900 – 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican jazz trombonist and composer. He is best known as a member of Duke Ellington's big band, and as the writer of the jazz standards " Caravan", "Pyramid", and " Perdid ...
, Ervin Drake
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, Hans Lengsfelder
Hans Lengsfelder (October 19, 1903 in Vienna, Austria – February 6, 1979 in Hallandale Beach, Florida) was a composer and playwright who also wrote under the pen name(s): H.J. Lengsfelder, Harry Lenk and John Peters. He emigrated to the U.S. in ...
) - 4:13
# " Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" ( Robert Wright, George Forrest George Forrest may refer to:
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*George Forrest (author) (1915–1999), American author and musician
*George Forrest (botanist) (1873–1932), S ...
) - 4:20
# "Give a Little Whistle" (Leigh Harline
Leigh Adrian Harline (March 26, 1907 – December 10, 1969) was an American film composer and songwriter. He was known for his "musical sophistication that was uniquely 'Harline-esque' by weaving rich tapestries of mood-setting underscores and ...
, Ned Washington
Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Life and career
Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Bes ...
) - 3:35
# "Here's Pete" ( Pete Rugolo) - 2:40
# "Theme from "Theme From"" - 6:44
# "Nancy (with the Laughing Face) "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" is a song composed in 1942 by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Phil Silvers, called, originally, "Bessie (With The Laughing Face)". It was originally recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1944. Many, perhaps most, people— ...
" (Jimmy Van Heusen
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Life and care ...
, Phil Silvers) - 3:57
# "Morning After" - 2:38
Personnel
* Herbie Mann - flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
, alto flute
The alto flute is an instrument in the Western concert flute family, the second-highest member below the standard C flute after the uncommon flûte d'amour. It is the third most common member of its family after the standard C flute and the ...
, clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
, tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...
* Buddy Collette - flute, alto flute, clarinet, alto saxophone
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, tenor saxophone
* Jimmy Rowles - piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
, celesta
The celesta or celeste , also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box ( ...
*Buddy Clark - bass
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Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
* Mel Lewis - drums
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References
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Herbie Mann albums
Buddy Collette albums
1957 albums