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Back to Birdland

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Back to Birdland
Studio album by
Released1983
RecordedAugust 1982
GenreJazz
Length35:10
LabelReal Time Records
ProducerRalph Jungheim
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Above & Beyond
(1982)
Back to Birdland
(1983)
Sweet Return
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Back to Birdland is an album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard recorded in August 1982 and released on the Real Time label. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "Hubbard's first worthwhile studio recording (with the exception of Super Blue) since the mid-'70s".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated
  1. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:19
  2. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 6:05
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 5:39
  4. "For B.P." – 6:58
  5. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:18
  6. "Byrdlike" – 5:42

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ AllMusic Review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed 19 June 2009.