Flamingo is an album by flautist Herbie Mann on the Bethlehem label which was recorded in 1955.Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015Edwards, D & Callahan, M. Bethlehem Discography, Part 2: BCP-1 12-inch LP Series (1955-1960), accessed April 28, 2016 The album opens with Mann playing four flutes via the use of overdubbing.Ginell, C., The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz, Hal Leonard Corporation (2014),
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing, accessed May 15, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Herbie Mann except where noted. "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:40 "Love Is a Simple Thing" (Arthur Siegel, June Carroll) – 2:00 "There's No You" (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair) – 4:12 "Sorimaό" – 3:25 "The Influential Mr. Cohn" – 2:33 "A One Way Love" – 3:16 "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:39 "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 2:43 "Little Orphan Annie" (Gus Kahn, Joe Sanders) – 3:28 "Jasmin" (Quincy Jones) – 3:00 "Beverly" – 2:04 "Woodchuck" (Joe Puma) – 2:54
Personnel Herbie Mann – flute, tenor saxophone Joe Puma – guitar Chuck Andrus – bass Harold Granowsky – drums
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