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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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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".

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

1. Atlantic Records Discography: 1976 accessed 31 August 2015
2. ^ Newsome, Jim. Bird in a Silver Cage – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

• Herbie Mann albums
• 1976 albums
• Atlantic Records albums