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Backgrounder: 'Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet'

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Marc Myers
Jul 10, 2023
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Two of the finest jazz flutists in New York in the mid-1950s were united at Bethlehem Records. The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet was recorded in October 1955 and released in 1956. It featured Herbie Mann and Sam Most (fl), Joe Puma (g), Jimmy Gannon (b) and Lee Kleinman (d). Sam Most had more experience under his belt than Mann at the time, having played…

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