Yardbird Suite (Herbie Mann album)

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Yardbird Suite
Yardbird Suite (album).jpg
Studio album by
Herbie Mann
Released1957
RecordedMay 14, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length34:13
LabelSavoy
MG 12108
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Herbie Mann chronology
Mann Alone
(1957) 		Yardbird Suite
(1957) 		Great Ideas of Western Mann
(1957)

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

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[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[]

References[]

  1. ^ Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series accessed July 16, 2015
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Nastos, Michael G.. Yardbird Suite – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 933. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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