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Yardbird Suite is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Savoy label.[1]

Yardbird Suite
Studio album by Herbie Mann
Released	1957
Recorded	May 14, 1957
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:13
Label	Savoy MG 12108
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Herbie Mann chronology
Mann Alone (1957) Yardbird Suite (1957) Great Ideas of Western Mann (1957)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this is a solid document of all of the participants' burgeoning skills, and increasing cache as modern jazz masters".[2]

Track listing

1. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) - 5:52
2. "Here's That Mann" (Eddie Costa) - 4:22
3. "One for Tubby" (Joe Puma) - 6:04
4. "Squire's Parlor" (Phil Woods) - 4:48
5. "Who Knew?" (Puma) - 7:08
6. "Opicana" (Puma) - 5:24

Personnel

• Herbie Mann - flute, tenor saxophone
• Phil Woods - alto saxophone
• Eddie Costa - piano, vibraphone
• Joe Puma - guitar
• Wendell Marshall - bass
• Bobby Donaldson - drums

References

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