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]
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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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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   [4] |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| 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".[3] 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".[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "one of the best sets Albany managed to record".[5]
Track listing edit
All compositions by Charlie Parker except where noted.
- "Now's the Time" – 4:15
- "Yardbird Suite" – 4:28
- "Bluebird" – 4:03
- "Charlie Parker Blues" (Joe Albany, Art Davis, Roy Haynes) – 6:06
- "Little Suede Shoes" – 4:39
- "Billie's Bounce" – 4:09
- "Confirmation" – 5:19
- "Barbados" – 5:02
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin ) – 6:25
Personnel edit
- Joe Albany – piano
- Art Davis – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
References edit
- ^ Interplay Records discography accessed March 19, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Interplay Records discography: 7700 series, accessed March 19, 2018
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Bird Lives! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ a b Bailey, C. M. All About Jazz Review, accessed March 19, 2018
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.