Bird Gets the Worm
Studio album by
Cecil Payne
Released1976
RecordedFebruary 2, 1976
GenreJazz
Length38:40
LabelMuse MR 5061
ProducerMichael Cuscuna
Cecil Payne chronology
Brooklyn Brothers
(1973)		 Bird Gets the Worm
(1976)		 Bright Moments
(1979)

Bird Gets the Worm is an album led by saxophonist Cecil Payne recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label.[1][2] The album features composition written, recorded, or inspired by Charlie Parker.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it a "high-quality straight-ahead date".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Parker, except as indicated.

  1. "Bird Gets the Worm" - 6:45
  2. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) - 7:15
  3. "Ninny Melina" (Cecil Payne) - 5:35
  4. "Ko-Ko" - 5:35
  5. "Interpolation: All the Things You Are/Prince Albert/Bird of Paradise" (Jerome Kern /Kenny Dorham/Charlie Parker) - 6:15
  6. "Constellation" - 7:15

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Cecil Payne discography accessed January 12, 2015
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Muse LP Series discography: 5050 to 5099 accessed November 22, 2017
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Bird Gets the Worm – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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