Bird in a Silver Cage
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bird in a Silver Cage
| type = Album
| artist = Herbie Mann
| cover = Bird in a Silver Cage.jpg
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| released = 1976
| recorded = 1976
| venue =
| studio = Union Studios, Munich, West Germany
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:20
| label = Atlantic
SD 18209
| producer = Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay
| chronology = Herbie Mann
| prev_title = Reggae II
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Gagaku & Beyond
| next_year = 1976
}}
Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/discography-1976/#760000-12- Atlantic Records Discography: 1976] accessed 31 August 2015
Reception
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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".{{AllMusic|first=Jim |last=Newsome |class=album |id=mw0000318669 |title=Bird in a Silver Cage – Review |accessdate=August 31, 2015}}
Track listing
- "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) – 12:51
- "Aria" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti) – 4:51
- "Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay, Stephan Prager) – 1:06
- "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) – 7:34
- "Years of Love" (Levay) – 3:32
- "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
References
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