This incredible album was the recording debut of one of the most unique voices on the flute, Jeremy Steig and it was also the debut of the awesome pianist Denny Zeitlin. It was done for Columbia records in 1963 and Steig and Zeitlin had never been in a recording studio before. They produced what is one of the most startling debuts in Jazz history and sadly this recording has been forgotten. Steig and Zeitlin are backed very ably by the well known bassist Ben Tucker and Thelonious Monk's drummer, Ben Riley. Steig is uses humming and singing into the flute at times to produce a hair-raising effect. Denny Zeiltin went on to an amazing career and he is still very active in the Bay Area where he works both as a pianist and as a psychiatrist. Dr.Denny Zeitlin!! The album consists of a nice mixture of standards from the Great American Singbook and some very well known Jazz standards by Miles, Monk and Sonny Rollins. "Flute Fever" is a classic and has lain fallow to too long...hear it here!

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