Flute Flight
title: "Flute Flight" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1957-albums", "herbie-mann-albums", "bobby-jaspar-albums", "albums-produced-by-ozzie-cadena", "prestige-records-albums", "albums-recorded-in-a-home-studio", "albums-recorded-at-van-gelder-studio"] topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute_Flight" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Flute Flight |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar |
| cover | Flute Flight.jpg |
| released | 1957 |
| recorded | March 12 & 21, 1957 |
| studio | Van Gelder, Hackensack |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 36:21 |
| label | Prestige |
| PRLP 7124 | |
| producer | Ozzie Cadena |
| chronology | Herbie Mann |
| prev_title | Herbie Mann with the Wessel Ilcken Trio |
| prev_year | 1956 |
| next_title | Flute Soufflé |
| next_year | 1957 |
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| name = Flute Flight | type = Studio | artist = Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar | cover = Flute Flight.jpg | alt = | released = 1957 | recorded = March 12 & 21, 1957 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder, Hackensack | genre = Jazz | length = 36:21 | label = Prestige PRLP 7124 | producer = Ozzie Cadena | chronology = Herbie Mann | prev_title = Herbie Mann with the Wessel Ilcken Trio | prev_year = 1956 | next_title = Flute Soufflé | next_year = 1957
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.
Reception
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score = 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". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes the album as making “a substantial contribution to the evolution of jazz flute.”
Track listing
- "Tutti Flutie" (Herbie Mann) - 10:10
- "Bo-Do" (Joe Puma) - 5:54
- "Flute Bass Blues" (Doug Watkins) - 7:23
- "Flute Bob" (Bobby Jaspar) - 7:03
- "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
- Herbie Mann - flute (tracks 1 & 2), Bobby Jaspar - flute (tracks 1–5)
- Tommy Flanagan - piano (tracks 1–5)
- Eddie Costa - vibraphone (tracks 3–5)
- Joe Puma - guitar (tracks 1 & 2)
- Wendell Marshall (tracks 1 & 2), Doug Watkins (tracks 3–5),- bass
- Bobby Donaldson - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7124 Prestige Records discography] accessed August 31, 2012
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- Henderson, A. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/flute-flight-mw0000662052 Allmusic Review] accessed August 31, 2012
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