Bird in a Silver Cage

Bird in a Silver Cage
Studio album by Herbie Mann
Released	1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	Union Studios, Munich, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:20
Label	Atlantic SD 18209
Producer	Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay
Herbie Mann chronology
Reggae II (1976) Bird in a Silver Cage (1976) Gagaku & Beyond (1976)

Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic site awarded the album 2 stars and its review by Jim Newsome states: "Another example of Herbie Mann's quest for new playing environments leading him to follow another trend, in this case the disco music coming out of Germany in the mid-to-late seventies".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) – 12:51
2. "Aria" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti) – 4:51
3. "Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay, Stephan Prager) – 1:06
4. "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) – 7:34
5. "Years of Love" (Levay) – 3:32
6. "The Piper" (Mann) – 6:26

Personnel

• Herbie Mann – flute
• Sylvester Levay – keyboards, arranger, conductor
• Nick Woodland – guitar
• Gary Unwin – bass
• Martin Harrison – drums
• Elmer Louis, Joseph Spector – percussion
• Jerry Rix – backing vocals
• Penny McLean and the Munich Studio Choir – vocals (track 2)
• Unidentified string section directed by Fritz Sonneleitner

References