Bird in a Silver Cage
Bird in a Silver Cage | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Studio | Union Studios, Munich, West Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:20 | |||
Label | Atlantic SD 18209 | |||
Producer | Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay | |||
Herbie Mann chronology | ||||
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Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.[1]
Reception[]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
AllMusic site awarded the album 2 stars and its review by Jim Newsome states: "Another example of Herbie Mann's quest for new playing environments leading him to follow another trend, in this case the disco music coming out of Germany in the mid-to-late seventies".[2]
Track listing[]
- "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) - 12:51
- "Aria" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti) - 4:51
- "Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay, Stephan Prager) - 1:06
- "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) - 7:34
- "Years of Love" (Levay) - 3:32
- "The Piper" (Mann) - 6:26
Personnel[]
- Herbie Mann - flute
- Sylvester Levay - keyboards, arranger, conductor
- Nick Woodland - guitar
- Gary Unwin - bass
- Martin Harrison - drums
- Elmer Louis, Joseph Spector - percussion
- Jerry Rix - backing vocals
- Penny McLean and the Munich Studio Choir - vocals (track 2)
- Unidentified string section directed by Fritz Sonneleitner
References[]
- ^ Atlantic Records Discography: 1976 accessed August 31, 2015
- ^ Jump up to: a b Newsome, Jim. Bird in a Silver Cage – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
Categories:
- Herbie Mann albums
- 1976 albums
- Atlantic Records albums