Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)

Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) is an album by saxophonist Charles McPherson, dedicated to Billie Holiday, which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Mainstream label.[1][2]

Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)
Studio album by
Released1972
Recorded1972
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelMainstream
MRL 329
ProducerBob Shad
Charles McPherson chronology
Charles McPherson
(1971)
Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)
(1972)
Today's Man
(1973)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although not quite up to the level of his upcoming, more freewheeling Xanadu sessions, this is a fine outing".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 4:22
  2. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez) - 4:52
  3. "God Bless the Child" (Holiday, Herzog) 4:24
  4. "Miss Brown to You" (Richard A. Whiting, Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:38
  5. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 4:24
  6. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 4:57
  7. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron) - 4:37
  8. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:56

Personnel

References

  1. Charles McPherson discography accessed April 23, 2014
  2. Mainstream Records discography accessed April 23, 2014
  3. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed April 23, 2014
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