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Bird Gets the Worm (album)

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Released
  
1976

Length
  
38:40

Bird Gets the Worm(1976)
  
Bright Moments(1979)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
February 2, 1976

Label
  
Muse MR 5061

Artist
  
Cecil Payne

Producer
  
Michael Cuscuna

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Bird Gets the Worm is an album led by saxophonist Cecil Payne recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label. The album features composition written, recorded, or inspired by Charlie Parker.

Contents

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called it a "high-quality straight-ahead date".

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Parker except as indicated

  1. "Bird Gets the Worm" - 6:45
  2. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) - 7:15
  3. "Ninny Melina" (Cecil Payne) - 5:35
  4. "Ko-Ko" - 5:35
  5. "Interpolation: All the Things You Are/Prince Albert/Bird of Paradise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern/Kenny Dorham/Charlie Parker) - 6:15
  6. "Constellation" - 7:15

Personnel

  • Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone, flute
  • Tom Harrell - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Duke Jordan - piano
  • Buster Williams - bass
  • Al Foster - drums

    • References

    Bird Gets the Worm (album) Wikipedia
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