title: Sultry Serenade
text: # Sultry Serenade
  
  Sultry Serenade is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "This is most definitely very fine post-bop modern jazz, with a harmonic twist or turn here and there... This date should not be forgotten as one of Herbie Mann's best."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Let Me Tell You" (Herbie Mann) - 4:25
  * "When the Sun Comes Out" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:55
  * "Professor" (Joe Puma) - 3:43
  * "Lazy Bones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 7:02
  * "Sultry Serenade" (Tyree Glenn) - 5:01
  * "Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day" (Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler, Mabel Wayne) - 5:10
  * "One Morning in May" (Carmichael) - 4:03
  * "Swing Till the Girls Come Home" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:52
  * Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on April 1, 1957 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7) and April 8, 1957 (tracks 3, 6 & 8)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Herbie Mann - flute (tracks 1, 3, 8), alto flute (tracks 2, 5, 6, 7), bass clarinet (track 4)
  * Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 4), bass clarinet (tracks 2, 5, 7)
  * Urbie Green - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)
  * Joe Puma - guitar
  * Oscar Pettiford - bass
  * Charlie Smith - drums
  