| Bird Lives! | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | January 4, 1979 | |||
| Studio | RPM Sound Studio, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:26 | |||
| Label | Interplay IP-7723 | |||
| Producer | Toshiya Taenaka | |||
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Bird Lives! (also released as Now's the Time) is an album by pianist Joe Albany, recorded in 1979 and released on the Interplay label. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   [3] |
| AllMusic |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
AllMusic's Scott Yanow said: "Joe Albany's next-to-last recording features the veteran bop pianist performing seven Charlie Parker compositions, his own 'Charlie Parker Blues' and the standard They Can't Take That Away From Me' in a superb trio ... This was the perfect setting for Albany and he comes up with fresh ideas ... easily recommended to bop lovers". [4] On All About Jazz , C. Michael Bailey stated: "Albany, who had a reputation for being hard to corral musically in the confines of a trio, plays in very good form in the setting". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "one of the best sets Albany managed to record". [5]
All compositions by Charlie Parker except where noted.
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