Herbie Mann
YARDBIRD
SUITE
Personnel:
Herbie Mann
(fl, ts), Phil Woods (as), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Joe Puma (g), Wilbur Ware,
Wendell Marshall (b), Jerry Segal, Bobby Donaldson (d).
Reference: FSRCD 490
This
gathering of top notch soloists delivers an assortment of highly listenable
sounds. Mann plays moving flute on five tracks and fluent tenor sax on three,
while Phil Woods makes a vital contribution, blowing with biting authority and
consistency. And, playing vibes throughout, often in Bird-driven fury, Eddie
Costa is a gasser. The rhythm section on both dates has a ball, with guitarist
Joe Puma swinging in the section and excellent in solo spots. All things
considered, its a substantial cooking class all the way.
Tracklisting:
01. Green
Stamp Monsta! (Mann) 8:02
02. World
Wide Boots (Woods) 8:21
03. Yardbird
Suite (Parker) 5:54
04. Heres
That Mann (Costa) 4:24
05. One For
Tubby (Puma) 6:08
06. Squires
Parlor (Woods) 4:50
07. Who Knew
(Puma) 7:13
10. Opicana
(Puma) 5:29
Personnel:
Herbie Mann
(fl, ts), Phil Woods (as), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Joe Puma (g), Wilbur Ware,
Wendell Marshall (b), Jerry Segal, Bobby Donaldson (d).
All tracks
recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey, May 2 (1-2) and May 14 (3-8) 1957
Original
sessions produced by Ozzie Cadena
Recording
engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Produced for
CD release by Jordi Pujol