''Herbie Mann's African Suite'' (also released as ''St. Thomas'') is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1959 and first released on the

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label.United Artists 4000/5000 Series
accessed August 26, 2015 The album was originally released under Johnny Rae's leadership due to Mann's contractual relationship with

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Reception

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awarded the album 2 stars.Allmusic listing
accessed August 26, 2015

Track listing

''All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated'' # " St. Thomas" (

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...

) - 8:05 # "Sorimao" - 5:15 # "Jungle Fantasy" ( Esy Morales) - 7:45 # "Bedouin" - 4:40 # "Sudan" - 3:50 # "Ekunda" - 3:10 # "Guinean" - 4:20

Personnel

* Herbie Mann -

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...

Johnny Rae John Anthony Pompeo, better known as Johnny Rae (August 11, 1934 – September 4, 1993), was an American jazz drummer and vibraphone, vibraphonist. Born in Saugus, Massachusetts, Rae graduated from East Boston High School in 1952 and studied mu ...

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

*Bob Corwin -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Jack Six -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

* Philly Joe Jones -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(tracks 1-3) * Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Victor Pantoja -

congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...

*José Mangual - bongos

References

{{Authority control 1959 albums Herbie Mann albums Albums produced by Tom Wilson (record producer) United Artists Records albums