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Released
  
1965

Length
  
35:41

Artist
  
Eddie Harris

Label
  
Vee Jay Records

Recorded
  
1963Chicago

Producer
  
Donald Elfman

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
Jazz

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For Bird and Bags(1963)
  
Cool Sax, Warm Heart(1964)

Eddie Harris albums
  
Eddie Harris Goes to t, Here Comes the Judge, Free Speech, A Study in Jazz, Bad Luck Is All I Have

For Bird and Bags is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded for the Vee-Jay label but released on Exodus when Vee-Jay was struggling financially. The album was also released on the Buddah label as Sculpture in 1969.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states "Throughout, Harris (whose mastery of the extreme upper register and immediately recognizable sound are both quite impressive) is in excellent form".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "Salute to Bird" – 8:47
  2. "I'm As Happy As I Want To Be" – 5:35
  3. "The River Nile" – 5:00
  4. "Salute to Bags" – 9:57
  5. "Samba de Orfeu" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 2:50
  6. "Only the Lonely" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:42
  7. "Checkmate" (John Williams) – 4:50

Personnel

  • Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone, piano
  • Charles Stepney – piano, vibes
  • Willie Pickens – piano
  • Joe Diorio, Roland Faulkner – guitar
  • Melvin Jackson – bass
  • Marshall Thompson – drums

    • Songs

    1Salute to Bird8:49
    2I'm as Happy as I Want to Be5:37
    3The River Nile5:01

    References

    For Bird and Bags Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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