Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.[1]

Bird in a Silver Cage
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1976
StudioUnion Studios, Munich, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length36:20
LabelAtlantic
SD 18209
ProducerMichael Kunze, Sylvester Levay
Herbie Mann chronology
Reggae II
(1976)
Bird in a Silver Cage
(1976)
Gagaku & Beyond
(1976)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

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".[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) – 12:51
  2. "Aria" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti) – 4:51
  3. "Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay, Stephan Prager) – 1:06
  4. "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) – 7:34
  5. "Years of Love" (Levay) – 3:32
  6. "The Piper" (Mann) – 6:26

Personnel edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ Atlantic Records Discography: 1976 accessed 31 August 2015
  2. ^ a b Newsome, Jim. Bird in a Silver Cage – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.