Herbie Mann has been called many things in his 50 plus years as a musician—virtuoso, sex symbol, musical ambassador, and on more than one occasion, sell-out. However, no matter what your opinion of his at times questionable musical directions may be, there is one label that cannot be reasonably disputed, and that is the label of innovator. Mann single-handedly defined the flute within the pantheon of jazz, bringing it from obscurity into the harsh spotlight at the front of America’s greatest ...