Bird Lives! is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan which was recorded in Chicago in 1962 and released on the Vee-Jay label on LP before being reissued as a double CD with additional material in 1993.Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 3: Jazz Series (1959-1978), accessed October 17, 2017Ira Sullivan discography, accessed October 17, 2017Ira Sullivan catalog, accessed October 17, 2017
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Ira Sullivan's quintet played at a Charlie Parker Memorial concert in Chicago on Mar. 12, 1962 and the results (six selections) were originally released on a single LP. The release of this double CD greatly expanded the program. ... Overall, a fine bop set".
Track listing All compositions by Charlie Parker except where noted
Disc One:
"Klact-Oveeseds-Tene" – 8:30 "In Other Words" (Bart Howard) – 6:13 "Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) – 2:25 "Perhaps" – 6:04 "Love Letters" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 5:08 "Mohawk" – 8:31 "Si Si" – 15:16 Additional track on CD reissue "Be-Bop/Humpty Dumpty" (Dizzy Gillespie/Ornette Coleman) – 13:24 Additional track on CD reissue
Disc Two: "Milestones" (John Lewis) – 8:14 Additional track on CD reissue "Sketches" (Lewis) – 8:14 Additional track on CD reissue "Omicron" (Donald Byrd) – 10:33 Additional track on CD reissue "On the Alamo" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 9:58 Additional track on CD reissue "Inchworm" (Frank Loesser) – 8:53 Additional track on CD reissue "Back Home Blues" – 7:33 Additional track on CD reissue "For You, for Me, for Evermore" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:19 Additional track on CD reissue
Personnel Ira Sullivan – trumpet, flugelhorn Nicky Hill – tenor saxophone Jodie Christian – piano Don Garrett – bass Dorell Anderson or Wilbur Campbell – drums
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