''Barefoot Boy'' is

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's only studio album for the Flying Dutchman label, a company created by

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founder

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. The album was produced by Thiele with assistance from Lillian Seyfert and engineered by

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. ''Barefoot Boy'' was recorded at

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Track listing

Credits

* Larry Coryell – guitar * Steve Marcus – soprano saxophone (1, 2), tenor saxophone (3) * Mike Mandel – piano (3) * Mervin Bronson – bass (2, 3) *

Roy Haynes Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 80 years, he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered a pioneer of jazz ...

– drums * Lawrence Killian – conga * Harry Wilkinson – percussion *

– producer * Lillian Seyfert – assistant producer *

– sound mixer *

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– liner notes *

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– cover & liner photographs

Reception

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, critic Jim Newsom writes about ''Barefoot Boy'' that:

References

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