Word from Bird
{{Infobox album
| name = Word from Bird
| type = Studio
| artist = Teddy Charles
| cover = Word from Bird.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = October 23 and November 12, 1956
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 41:30
| label = Atlantic
LP 1274
| producer = Nesuhi Ertegun
| chronology = Teddy Charles
| prev_title = Teddy Charles Tentet
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = Vibe-Rant
| next_year = 1957
}}
Word from Bird is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Teddy Charles released on the Atlantic label in 1957.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1200-series/#1274 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series] accessed September 8, 2015Cohen, N., [http://www.attictoys.com/TeddyCharles/Teddy_Charles_discography.php The Teddy Charles Discography] accessed September 8, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Allmusic calls the album "enjoyable".{{AllMusic|first=Al |last=Campbell |class=album |id=mw0000058915 |title=Word from Bird – Review |accessdate=September 8, 2015}}
Track listing
All compositions by Teddy Charles except as indicated
- "Word from Bird" - 10:06
- "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 4:52
- "Show Time" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 6:04
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 2:27
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 6:06
- "Blue Greens" - 11:42
- Recorded in New York City on October 23, 1956 (tracks 1 & 3) and November 12, 1956 (tracks 2 & 4-6)
Personnel
- Teddy Charles -vibraphone
- Art Farmer - trumpet (tracks 1 & 3)
- Eddie Bert - trombone (track 1)
- Jim Buffington - French horn (track 1)
- Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 1 & 3)
- Hal Stein - alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
- Bob Newman - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
- George Barrow - baritone saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
- Hall Overton - piano
- Jimmy Raney - guitar (tracks 1 & 3)
- Addison Farmer - bass (tracks 1 & 3)
- Charles Mingus - bass (tracks 2 & 4-6)
- Ed Shaughnessy - drums