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Nine Flags is an album by Cuban composer-arranger Chico O’Farrill featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating “The overall music is quite different from O’Farrill’s usual Afro-Cuban jazz outings… None of the individual songs caught on, and the interpretations are usually quite concise, but this LP (which has not yet been reissued) is generally quite fun”.^[2]

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All compositions by Chico O’Farrill

1. “Live Oak” – 2:41
2. “Patcham” – 4:01
3. “Aromatic Tabac” – 4:17
4. “Dry Citrus” – 3:30
5. “Royal Saddle” – 2:42
6. “Panache” – 2:45
7. “Green Moss” – 4:30
8. “Manzanilla” – 4:23
9. “Clear Spruce” – 3:28
10. “The Lady From Nine Flags” – 3:00

• Recorded in New York City on November 10, 1966 (tracks 2, 3 & 8), November 11, 1966 (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) and November 14, 1966 (tracks 4, 7 & 9)

• Chico O’Farrill – arranger, conductor
• Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Art Farmer (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8 & 10), Bernie Glow (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) – trumpet
• Harry DiVito (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Urbie Green (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), J. J. Johnson (tracks 2–4 & 7–9), Benny Powell (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) – trombone
• Julius Watkins – french horn (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8 & 10)
• Jerry Dodgion (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Joe Firrantello (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8 & 10), Eddie Wasserman (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Frank Wess (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10) – woodwinds
• Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone (tracks 2–4 & 7–9)
• Larry Coryell – guitar (tracks 4, 7 & 9)
• Pat Rebillot – piano (tracks 2–4 & 7–9)
• George Duvivier – bass
• Gus Johnson (tracks 4, 7 & 9), Don Lamond (tracks 1, 5, 6, & 10), Mel Lewis (tracks 2, 3 & 8) – drums
• Carl Hard – percussion (tracks 2, 3 & 8)