Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3

Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3 is an album by composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin with bassist Ray Brown, drummer Grady Tate, trumpeters Jon Faddis and James Morrison, saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera and the London Philharmonic Orchestra recorded in 1995 and released on the Four Winds label.[1]

Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3
Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedJanuary 1995
CTS Studios London
GenreJazz
Length54:28
LabelFour Winds
FW2004
ProducerLalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin chronology
More Jazz Meets the Symphony
(1993)
Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3
(1995)
Gillespiana
(1995)

Reception

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The Allmusic review stated "The third in Lalo Schifrin's series of grand fusions between the London Philharmonic and an all-star jazz combo is the most successful one yet. The immovable objects of symphony orchestra and jazz group are getting more closely in sync, thanks to the irresistible forces of Schifrin's long experience in both camps and his own luscious personal orchestral signatures... The whole thing is gorgeously and spaciously recorded; this should be a demonstration disc for hi-fi shows".[2]

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Allmusic     [2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

  1. "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:53
  2. "Vignettes of Fats Waller (Medley):"
  3. "Around the Day in Eighty Worlds" - 5:47
  4. "Mission: Impossible/Take Five" (Schifrin/Paul Desmond) - 3:27
  5. "Eine Kleine Jazz Musik (A Little Jazz Music)" - 3:20
  6. "An American in Paris/Parisian Thoroughfare" (George Gershwin/Bud Powell) - 3:57
  7. "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:42
  8. "El Dorado" - 6:54
  9. "Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley):"

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography accessed March 20, 2012
  2. ^ a b Ginell, R, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 20, 2012