Flamingo is an album by flautist Herbie Mann on the Bethlehem label which was recorded in 1955.[1][2] The album opens with Mann playing four flutes via the use of overdubbing.[3]

Flamingo
Studio album by The Herbie Mann Quartet
Released	1955
Recorded	June 1955 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Bethlehem BCP 24
Herbie Mann chronology
Flamingo (1955) The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet (1955)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except where noted.

1. "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:40
2. "Love Is a Simple Thing" (Arthur Siegel, June Carroll) - 2:00
3. "There's No You" (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair) - 4:12
4. "Sorimaό" - 3:25
5. "The Influential Mr. Cohn" - 2:33
6. "A One Way Love" - 3:16
7. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Hammerstein) - 2:39
8. "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 2:43
9. "Little Orphan Annie" (Gus Kahn, Joe Sanders) - 3:28
10. "Jasmin" (Quincy Jones) - 3:00
11. "Beverly" - 2:04
12. "Woodchuck" (Joe Puma) - 2:54

Personnel

• Herbie Mann - flute, tenor saxophone
• Joe Puma - guitar
• Charles Andrus - bass
• Harold Granowsky - drums

References