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Released
  
1981

Tivoli Gardens (1979)
  
Looking at Bird (1980)

Release date
  
1981

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
February 7, 1980

Looking at Bird (1980)
  
Movability (1981)

Label
  
SteepleChase Records

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Looking at Bird (1980)
  
I Know About the Life (1981)

Artists
  
Archie Shepp, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Similar
  
Archie Shepp albums, Jazz albums

Looking at Bird is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, featuring performances recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. The album consists of duets on composisitions written by, or associated with, Charlie Parker.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Archie Shepp pays tribute to Bird not by copying him, but by being creative and playing Parker's repertoire in his own sound. Recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Parker except as indicated
  1. "Moose the Mooche" - 6:26
  2. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:42
  3. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Parker) - 5:45
  4. "Billie's Bounce" - 5:24
  5. "Yardbird Suite" - 4:38
  6. "Blues for Alice" - 5:48
  7. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 5:54
  8. "Confirmation" - 5:43

Personnel

  • Archie Shepp - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass

    • Songs

    1Moose the Mooche6:26
    2Embraceable You4:42
    3Ornithology5:46

    References

    Looking at Bird Wikipedia
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