Billy Taylor with Four Flutes

by Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor with Four Flutes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:56
  • Community rating: 3.2/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Placing his elegant, bop-derived piano style against a highly unusual ensemble consisting entirely of flutes and a rhythm section, the leader crafts an incredibly airy, unique tonal environment. The arrangements, featuring players like Frank Wess and Herbie Mann, bounce effortlessly between sophisticated swing and subtle Afro-Cuban grooves. It remains a fascinating, highly successful experiment in specialized jazz orchestration.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. The Song Is Ended (3:54)
  2. Back Home (6:47)
  3. St. Thomas (2:32)
  4. Lady, Be Good (4:44)
  5. No Parking (2:56)
  6. Koolbongo (4:21)
  7. Blue Shutters (6:58)
  8. One For The Woofer (4:45)
  9. How About You? (4:55)

Credits

  • Billy Taylor - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • Tommy Williams - bass
  • Chino Pozo - congas
  • Albert Heath - drums
  • Dave Bailey - drums
  • Frank Wess - flute
  • Gerald Sanfino - flute
  • Herbie Mann - flute
  • Irving Berlin - Written-By
  • Sonny Rollins - Written-By
  • George & Ira Gershwin - Written-By
  • Seldon Powell - Flute
  • Mary Lou Williams - Written-By
  • Burton Lane - Written-By
  • Ralph Freed - Written-By
  • Harris Lewine - design [cover], cover [produced by]
  • Ken Braren - design [cover], cover [produced by]
  • Paul Bacon - design [cover], cover [produced by]
  • Orrin Keepnews - producer, liner notes [notes written by]

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