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Salute To The Flute

Recorded	Apr 18-29, 1957
Label	Columbia
Released	1957
Personnel	15 credited players
Discogs	master 463094

The record

Columbia set Mann in front of a bigger horn section for this April '57 date, Hank Jones and Oscar Pettiford anchoring while Philly Joe Jones and Gus Johnson split the drum chair. The arrangements favor alto flute's breathier register over Mann's usual combo attack.

Session personnel

Herbie Mann — alto flute
Anthony Ortega — alto saxophone
Sol Schlinger — baritone saxophone
Oscar Pettiford — bass
"Philly" Joe Jones — drums
Gus Johnson — drums
Joe Puma — guitar
Hank Jones — piano
Dave Kurtzer — reeds
Dick Hafer — reeds
Chauncey Welsch — trombone
Urbie Green — trombone
Bernie Glow — trumpet
Don Stratton — trumpet
Joe Wilder — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1957	Epic · LN 3395 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1957	Philips · B 08007 L — Vinyl, LP, Album
1957	Epic · LN 3395 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	Philips · B 07456 L — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	Fontana · TFL 5013 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1981	Columbia — MONO
—	Philips · B 08007 L — Vinyl, LP, Album · laminated sleeve