''Bird in a Silver Cage'' is an album by flautist

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (incl ...

recorded in 1976 and released on the

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label.Atlantic Records Discography: 1976
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Reception

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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".

Track listing

# "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) – 12:51 # "

Aria In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ...

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Dario Baldan Bembo Dario Baldan Bembo (born 15 May 1948) is an Italian composer, singer-songwriter, music arranger and musician, best known for the songs "Aria" and " Amico è". Background Born in Milan, Baldan Bembo started his music career as a keyboardist for, ...

Sergio Bardotti Sergio Bardotti (14 February 1939 – 11 April 2007) was an Italian lyricist, composer and record producer. Life and career Born in Pavia, Bardotti studied piano for seven years and graduated from conservatory with a degree in Theory and Solfeg ...

) – 4:51 # " Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay,

Stephan Prager Michael Rolf Kunze (born 9 November 1943, in Prague) is a foremost German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals '' Elisabeth'' (1992), '' Dance of the Vampires'' (1996), '' Mozart!'' (1999), ''Marie Antoin ...

) – 1:06 # "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) – 7:34 # "Years of Love" (Levay) – 3:32 # "The Piper" (Mann) – 6:26

Personnel

– flute *

Sylvester Levay Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian language, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, ''Silvester Levai'') is a Hungarian people, Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Life and career Levay ...

– keyboards, arranger, conductor *Nick Woodland – guitar *Gary Unwin – bass *Martin Harrison – drums *Elmer Louis, Joseph Spector – percussion *Jerry Rix – backing vocals *

Penny McLean Gertrude Wirschinger, better known as Penny McLean (born 4 November 1948), is an Austrian vocalist who initially gained acclaim with the disco music act Silver Convention, but also had exposure as a single recording artist. As a solo singer, she i ...

and the Munich Studio Choir – vocals (track 2) *Unidentified string section directed by Fritz Sonneleitner

References

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