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Sweet Bird
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded1976
StudioA&M (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
LabelA&M
ProducerHerb Alpert[1]
Lani Hall chronology
Hello It's Me
(1972)
Sweet Bird
(1977)
Double or Nothing
(1979)

Sweet Bird is an album by the American singer Lani Hall.[2][3] Like many of Hall's albums, Sweet Bird is made up of cover versions of songs.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) 2:21
  2. "That’s When Miracles Occur" (Andy Pratt) 3:07
  3. "Early Mornin’ Strangers" (Barry Manilow, Hal David) 3:40
  4. "Mr. Blue (Misty Blue)" (Michael Franks) 3:29
  5. "Too Many Mornings" (Bill Quateman) 4:40
  6. "At the Ballet" (Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban) 6:27
  7. "The Moon Is All Alone (Like Me)" (Michel Colombier, Lani Hall, E. Colombier) 3:22
  8. "Dolphins Lullaby" (Rick Roberts) 4:17
  9. "Sweet Bird" (Joni Mitchell) 2:53

Album credits

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Performance credits

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  • Lani Hall - all vocals
  • Michel Colombier - all keyboards
  • Larry Carlton - guitar
  • Lee Ritenour - guitar
  • Dennis Budimir - guitar
  • Chuck Domanico, Arnie Egilsson, Buell Neidlinger - bass
  • Stanley Clarke - bass on "Send in the Clowns"
  • Jim Keltner - drums, percussion
  • Milt Holland - percussion
  • Herb Alpert - trumpet solo on "Mr. Blue"
  • John Audino, Bobby Shew, Anthony Terran - trumpet
  • Vincent De Rosa, David Duke, Robert Henderson - french horn
  • Charles Loper, Lew McCreary - trombone
  • Israel Baker, Samuel Boghossian, David Frisina, Irving Geller, George Kast, Jacob Krachmalnick, Marvin Limonick, Alfred Lustgarten - violin
  • Erno Neufeld, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Stanley Plummer, Jerome Reisler, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Mari Tsumura, Gerald Vinci, Shari Zippert - violin
  • Marilyn Baker, Pamela Goldsmith, Allan Harshman, Virginia Majewski, Gareth Nuttycombe, Robert Ostrowsky - viola
  • Larry Morgan - woodwind
  • Jerome Richardson, Clifford Shank - flute
  • Earl Dumler - oboe
  • Gayle Levant - harp
  • Edgar Lustgarten, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Kathleen Lustgarten, Frederick Seykora - cello

Technical credits

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References

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  1. ^ Strodder, Chris (2007). The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s. Santa Monica Press. p. 20.
  2. ^ Harrison, Ed (Nov 20, 1976). "Lani Hall Coming Out of Retirement". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 47. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ Plasketes, George (1992). "Like A Version: Cover Songs and the Tribute Trend in Popular Music". Studies in Popular Culture. 15 (1): 15.


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