Word from Bird

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Word from Bird
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedOctober 23 and November 12, 1956
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length41:30
Label Atlantic
LP 1274
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
Teddy Charles chronology
Teddy Charles Tentet
(1956)
Word from Bird
(1957)
Vibe-Rant
(1957)

Word from Bird is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Teddy Charles released on the Atlantic label in 1957. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic calls the album "enjoyable". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Teddy Charles except as indicated

  1. "Word from Bird" - 10:06
  2. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 4:52
  3. "Show Time" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 6:04
  4. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 2:27
  5. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 6:06
  6. "Blue Greens" - 11:42

Personnel

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References

  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed September 8, 2015
  2. Cohen, N., The Teddy Charles Discography accessed September 8, 2015
  3. 1 2 Campbell, Al. Word from Bird – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 8, 2015.