Stone Flute

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Stone Flute
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedMarch 18 & 20 and August 8, 1969
Studio
Genre Crossover Jazz
Length40:33
Label Embryo
SD 520
Producer Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann chronology
Live at the Whisky a Go Go
(1969)
Stone Flute
(1970)
Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty
(1969)

Stone Flute is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1969 and becoming the first release on Mann's Embryo label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a totally atypical Herbie Mann recording, but one which rewards repeated listening". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated

  1. "In Tangier/Paradise Beach" (David Mills/Herbie Mann) - 10:35
  2. "Flying" (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr) - 5:21
  3. "Don't You Know The Way (How I Feel About You)" - 5:17
  4. "Miss Free Spirit" - 12:40
  5. "Waltz for My Son" - 4:23
  6. "Pendulum" (William Fischer) - 2:35

Personnel

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References

  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series accessed July 15, 2015
  2. 1 2 Newsom, Jim. Stone Flute – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 935. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.