Post #359915 by tiki mick on Thu, Feb 7, 2008 6:02 PM

Here is my problem with Jazz Flute: It is very hard to find albums of pure flute bebop or strait-ahead style. I have searched a lot for this, since I love this sound. Hubert Laws is excellent, but his music was always more modern fusion jazz, like early weather report of return to forever. Herbie Mann was a big dissapointment. A lot of it is latin style jazz, not bop or swing. I like Latin Jazz, but I was specifically looking for flute playing in the sax style of bop or straight-ahead. Both Herbie Mann and Hubert Laws do have some songs like that, but a lot of it is fusion or latin charanga.

I have come to the point I just need to rely on those jazz albums that had Flute's as guest stars on select songs, to get my flute fix.

But a lot of satisfaction can be gotten from those Henry mancini soundtracks that had a lot of Flute (and harpsichord, vibes and marimba) like "High Time".

Equally, Antonio Carlos Jobim employed the flute on a lot of his classic albums like "Wave","tide" "urubu" and "Terra Brasilis". This is good, moody stuff and uses a lot of flute often doubled with other instruments like Fender Rhodes. I highly, highly reccomend any of these albums, specifically "wave". There is a song featuring bass flute and trombone called "dialogo" that moves me to tears when I hear it. This type of music might appeal to fans of Exotica and lounge, though the style is highly lush, orchestrated bossa nova.