Looking at Bird

Looking at Bird
Studio album by Archie Shepp& Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Released 1980
Recorded February 7, 1980
Genre Jazz
Label SteepleChase
Archie Shepp chronology
Trouble in Mind
(1980)		 Looking at Bird
(1980)		 I Know About the Life
(1981)
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen chronology
Tivoli Gardens
(1979)		 Looking at Bird
(1980)		 Movability
(1981)

Looking at Bird is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, featuring performances recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label.[1] The album consists of duets on composisitions written by, or associated with, Charlie Parker.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Archie Shepp pays tribute to Bird not by copying him, but by being creative and playing Parker's repertoire in his own sound. Recommended".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Parker except as indicated
  1. "Moose the Mooche" - 6:26
  2. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:42
  3. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Parker) - 5:45
  4. "Billie's Bounce" - 5:24
  5. "Yardbird Suite" - 4:38
  6. "Blues for Alice" - 5:48
  7. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 5:54
  8. "Confirmation" - 5:43

Personnel

References

  1. ^ SteepleChase Records catalog accessed September 23, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 23, 2010