1976 studio album by Herbie Mann
Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.[ 1]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating 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
"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