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Released
  
1972

Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (1972)
  
Today's Man (1973)

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Mainstream Records

Recorded
  
1972 New York City

Artist
  
Charles McPherson

Producer
  
Bob Shad

Genre
  
Jazz

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Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) is an album by saxophonist Charles McPherson, dedicated to Billie Holiday, which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Mainstream label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although not quite up to the level of his upcoming, more freewheeling Xanadu sessions, this is a fine outing".

Track listing

  1. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 4:22
  2. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez) - 4:52
  3. "God Bless the Child" (Holiday, Herzog) 4:24
  4. "Miss Brown to You" (Richard A. Whiting, Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:38
  5. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 4:24
  6. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 4:57
  7. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron) - 4:37
  8. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:56

Personnel

  • Charles McPherson - alto saxophone
  • Ted Dunbar - guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
  • Barry Harris - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Leroy Williams - drums
  • Selwart Clarke, Max Ellen, Emanuel Green, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff - violin (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
  • Julien Barber, Alfred Brown - viola (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
  • Kermit Moore, Alan Shulman - cello (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
  • Ernie Wilkins - conductor, arranger (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)

    • Songs

    1Don't Explain4:28
    2Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)5:00
    3God Bless The Child4:30

    References

    Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) Wikipedia
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