Bird Gets the Worm (album)

Bird Gets the Worm
Studio album by Cecil Payne
Released 1976
Recorded February 2, 1976
Genre Jazz
Length 38:40
Label Muse MR 5061
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Cecil Payne chronology
Brooklyn Brothers
(1973)Brooklyn Brothers1973		 Bird Gets the Worm
(1976)		 Bright Moments
(1979)Bright Moments1979

Bird Gets the Worm is an album led by saxophonist Cecil Payne recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label.[1] The album features composition written, recorded, or inspired by Charlie Parker.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called it a "high-quality straight-ahead date".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Parker except as indicated

  1. "Bird Gets the Worm" - 6:45
  2. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) - 7:15
  3. "Ninny Melina" (Cecil Payne) - 5:35
  4. "Ko-Ko" - 5:35
  5. "Interpolation: All the Things You Are/Prince Albert/Bird of Paradise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern/Kenny Dorham/Charlie Parker) - 6:15
  6. "Constellation" - 7:15

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Cecil Payne discography accessed January 12, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Bid Gets the Worm – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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