Rebirth (Billy Childs album)

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Rebirth
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
RecordedAvatar, New York City
GenreJazz
Length56:26
LabelMack Avenue
ProducerBilly Childs, Al Pryor
Gretchen Valade (exec. producer)
Myles Weinstein (exec. producer)
Billy Childs chronology
Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
(2014)
Rebirth
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[1]
All About Jazz[2]

Rebirth is a studio album by Billy Childs, released on March 24, 2017. The title references the return to his hard-bop playing of the 1970s.[2][3][4]

The album earned Childs his fifth Grammy Award – his first for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.[5]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Backwards Bop" (Billy Childs) – 6:38
  2. "Rebirth" (Childs, Claudia Acuña) – 7:38
  3. "Stay" (Childs) – 5:59
  4. "Dance of Shiva" (Childs) – 6:49
  5. "Tightrope" (Childs) – 6:37
  6. "The Starry Night" (Childs) – 8:10
  7. "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 7:10
  8. "Peace" (Horace Silver) – 7:29

Source:[6]

Personnel[edit]

  • Billy Childs – piano, producer
  • Steve Wilson – alto and soprano saxophone
  • Hans Glawischnig – acoustic bass
  • Eric Harland – drums
  • Claudia Acuña – vocals (on "Rebirth")
  • Alicia Olatuja – vocals (on "Stay")
  • Ido Meshulam – trombone (on "Rebirth")
  • Rogerio Boccato – percussion (on "Rebirth")
  • Gretchen Valade, Myles Weinstein – executive producers
  • Rich Breen – recording, mixing and mastering engineer
  • Nate Odden – assistant engineer

Source:[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fordham, John (18 May 2017). "Billy Childs: Rebirth review – sleek, scintillating and sophisticated". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Bilawski, Dan (4 March 2017). "Billy Childs: Rebirth". All About Jazz. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Rebirth - Billy Childs - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Billy Childs: Rebirth (Mack Avenue)". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Grammy Awards 2018: The winners' list". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Billy Childs – Rebirth". Discogs. Retrieved 29 January 2018.