Flute 'n Oboe (full title The Flute and the Oboe of Bud Shank and Bob Cooper) is an album by Bud Shank and Bob Cooper recorded in November 1956 for the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2]

Flute 'n Oboe
Studio album by Bud Shank and Bob Cooper
Released	1957
Recorded	November 29, 1956
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pacific Jazz PJ 1226
Producer	Richard Bock
Bob Cooper chronology
Shifting Winds (1955) Flute 'n Oboe (1957) Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper (1957)
Bud Shank chronology
Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (1956) Flute 'n Oboe (1956) Bud Shank Plays Tenor (1957)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic rated the album with three stars.[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bob Cooper, except as indicated.

1. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) - 4:40
2. "Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) - 3:23
3. "In the Blue of Evening" (Al D'Artega, Tom Adair) - 3:37
4. "I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 2:32
5. "Tequila Time" - 4:18
6. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 4:20
7. "Blues for Delilah" - 7:00
8. "Sunset and Wine" - 4:11
9. "What'll I Do" (Irving Berlin) - 2:47

Personnel

• Bud Shank - flute
• Bob Cooper - oboe, arranger, conductor
• Howard Roberts - guitar
• Don Prell - bass
• Chuck Flores - drums
• Eudice Shapiro, Ben Gill - violin (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8)
• Milt Thomas - viola (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8)
• Ray Kramer - cello (tracks 1, 3 & 5-8)

References