Salute to the Flute (reissued as When Lights Are Low) is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Epic label.[1]
| Salute to the Flute | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | April 18 & 29, 1957 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Epic LN 3395 | |||
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Reception
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Scott Yanow, he states: "Mann proves to be an excellent bop soloist".[2]
Track listing
edit- "When Lights Are Low" (A. K. Salim) - 6:02
- "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) - 6:10
- "Old Honky Tonk Piano Roll Blues" (Herbie Mann) - 4:42
- "Pretty Baby" (Salim) - 4:57
- "Beautiful Love" (Wayne King, Victor Young, Egbert Van Alstyne) - 6:30
- "Hip Scotch" (Joe Puma) - 3:40
- "Song for Ruth" (Mann) - 4:22
- "Noga's Nuggets" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:04
- "A Ritual" (Mann) - 3:47
Personnel
edit- Herbie Mann - flute, alto flute
- Bernie Glow, Don Stratton, Joe Wilder - trumpet (tracks 1, 5 & 9)
- Urbie Green, Chauncey Welsch - trombone (tracks 1, 5 & 9)
- Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)
- Dick Hafer alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)
- Dave Kurtzer - tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 7)
- Sol Schlinger - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 5 & 9)
- Joe Puma - guitar, arranger
- Hank Jones - piano (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9)
- Oscar Pettiford - bass, arranger
- Gus Johnson (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9), Philly Joe Jones (tracks 2, 4 & 7) - drums
- Gigi Gryce (tracks 2 & 3), A. K. Salim (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 9) - arranger
References
edit- ^ Discogs album entry accessed July 16, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. When Lights Are Low – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2015.