Yardbird Suite (album)

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Yardbird Suite
File:Yardbird Suite (album).jpg
Studio album by Herbie Mann
Released 1957
Recorded May 14, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 34:13
Label Savoy
MG 12108
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Herbie Mann chronology
Mann Alone
(1957)Mann Alone1957
Yardbird Suite
(1957)
Great Ideas of Western Mann
(1957)Great Ideas of Western Mann1957

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
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

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. 2.0 2.1 Nastos, Michael G.. Yardbird Suite – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2015.