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Released
  
1976

Bird in a Silver Cage (1976)
  
Gagaku & Beyond (1976)

Release date
  
1976

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
36:20

Artist
  
Herbie Mann

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Recorded
  
1976 Union Studios in Munich, West Germany

Producers
  
Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay

Similar
  
Herbie Mann albums, Jazz albums

Herbie mann bird in a silver cage


Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.

Contents

Herbie mann bird in a silver cage 1977 vinyl


Reception

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".

Track listing

  1. "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) - 12:51
  2. "Aria" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti) - 4:51
  3. "Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay, Stephan Prager) - 1:06
  4. "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) - 7:34
  5. "Years of Love" (Levay) - 3:32
  6. "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
  • Songs

    1Bird in a Silver Cage12:52
    2Aria5:00
    3Fly - Robin - Fly1:07

    References

    Bird in a Silver Cage Wikipedia