Bird in a Silver Cage

Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.

Reception
AllMusic site awarded the album 2 stars and its review by Jim Newsome states: "Another example of Herbie Mann's quest for new playing environments leading him to follow another trend, in this case the disco music coming out of Germany in the mid-to-late seventies".

Track listing

 * 1) "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) – 12:51
 * 2) "Aria" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti) – 4:51
 * 3) "Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay, Stephan Prager) – 1:06
 * 4) "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) – 7:34
 * 5) "Years of Love" (Levay) – 3:32
 * 6) "The Piper" (Mann) – 6:26

Personnel

 * Herbie Mann – flute
 * Sylvester Levay – keyboards, arranger, conductor
 * Nick Woodland – guitar
 * Gary Unwin – bass
 * Martin Harrison – drums
 * Elmer Louis, Joseph Spector – percussion
 * Jerry Rix – backing vocals
 * Penny McLean and the Munich Studio Choir – vocals (track 2)
 * Unidentified string section directed by Fritz Sonneleitner