Bird Gets the Worm (album)

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Bird Gets the Worm
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Studio album by
Cecil Payne
Released1976
RecordedFebruary 2, 1976
Genre Jazz
Length38:40
Label Muse MR 5061
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Cecil Payne chronology
Brooklyn Brothers
(1973)		Bird Gets the Worm
(1976)		 Bright Moments
(1979)

Bird Gets the Worm is an album led by saxophonist Cecil Payne recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2] The album features composition written, recorded, or inspired by Charlie Parker.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it a "high-quality straight-ahead date". [3]

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" (Jerome Kern /Kenny Dorham/Charlie Parker) - 6:15
  6. "Constellation" - 7:15

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Cecil Payne discography accessed January 12, 2015
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Muse LP Series discography: 5050 to 5099 accessed November 22, 2017
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Bird Gets the Worm – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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