Nine Flags

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title: "Nine Flags" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["impulse!-records-albums", "chico-o'farrill-albums", "1966-albums", "albums-produced-by-bob-thiele", "albums-conducted-by-chico-o'farrill", "albums-arranged-by-chico-o'farrill"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Flags" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Nine Flags
type	Album
artist	Chico O'Farrill
cover	Nine Flags.jpg
released	1966
recorded	November 10, 11 & 14, 1966
genre	Jazz
length	35:17
label	Impulse!
producer	Bob Thiele
chronology	Chico O'Farrill
prev_title	Spanish Rice
prev_year	1966
next_title	Married Well
next_year	1967
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| name = Nine Flags | type = Album | artist = Chico O'Farrill | cover = Nine Flags.jpg | alt = | released = 1966 | recorded = November 10, 11 & 14, 1966 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 35:17 | label = Impulse! | producer = Bob Thiele | chronology = Chico O'Farrill | prev_title = Spanish Rice | prev_year = 1966 | next_title = Married Well | next_year = 1967

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

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". | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score =

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)

References

References

1. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#a-9135 Impulse! Records discography] accessed April 7, 2011
2. Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/nine-flags-r144884 Allmusic Review] accessed April 7, 2011

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