Rebirth (Billy Childs album)

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Rebirth
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
Recorded Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length56:26
Label Mack Avenue
Producer Billy Childs, Al Pryor
Billy Childs chronology
Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
(2014)
Rebirth
(2017)
Professional ratings
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Rebirth is a studio album by Billy Childs, released on March 24, 2017. The title references the return to his hard-bop playing of the 1970s. [1] [3] [4]

Contents

The album earned Childs his fifth Grammy Award – his first for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Backwards Bop" (Billy Childs) – 6:38
  2. "Rebirth" (Childs, Claudia Acuña) – 7:38
  3. "Stay" (Childs) – 5:59
  4. "Dance of Shiva" (Childs) – 6:49
  5. "Tightrope" (Childs) – 6:37
  6. "The Starry Night" (Childs) – 8:10
  7. "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 7:10
  8. "Peace" (Horace Silver) – 7:29

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Bilawski, Dan (March 4, 2017). "Billy Childs: Rebirth". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  2. Fordham, John (May 18, 2017). "Billy Childs: Rebirth review – sleek, scintillating and sophisticated". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  3. "Rebirth - Billy Childs - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  4. "Billy Childs: Rebirth (Mack Avenue)". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  5. "Grammy Awards 2018: The winners' list". Usatoday.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.