Flautista!

Flautista! (subtitled Herbie Mann Plays Afro Cuban Jazz) is a live album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1959 for the Verve label.^[1]

Flautista!
Live album by Herbie Mann
Released	1960
Recorded	June 30, 1959 Basin Street East, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:17 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label	Verve MGV 8336
Producer	Norman Granz
Herbie Mann chronology
Just Wailin' (1958) Flautista! (1960) Herbie Mann's African Suite (1959)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating " Flautista!, recorded live at New York City's Basin Street East in June 1959, captures the flutist's deepening immersion in global rhythms and harmonies, documenting a pan-cultural jazz aesthetic that points the way for the myriad world music efforts that followed in its wake".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated

1. "Todos Locos" - 5:35
2. "Cuban Patato Chip" - 7:45
3. "Come on, Mule" - 7:18
4. "The Amazon River" - 8:35
5. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 9:46
6. "Delilah" (Victor Young) - 6:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Basin Street Este" - 5:12 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Herbie Mann - flute, bass clarinet
• Johnny Rae - vibraphone, marimba
• Knobby Totah - bass
• Santo Miranda - drums, percussion
• Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas, percussion
• José Luis Mangual - bongos, percussion