- Source: Flautista!
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.
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