Lazy Bird (album)

Lazy Bird
Studio album by Doug Raney Quintet
Released	1984
Recorded	November 1, 1984
Studio	Sweet Silence, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:54
Label	SteepleChase SCS 1200
Producer	Nils Winther
Doug Raney chronology
Blue and White (1983) Lazy Bird (1984) Guitar Guitar Guitar (1985)

Lazy Bird is an album by guitarist Doug Raney recorded in 1984 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic called it "Excellent modern mainstream straight-ahead jazz".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Doug Raney except where noted.

1. "Walking the Duck" [take 3] – 3:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "Reggie of Chester" (Benny Golson) – 7:54
3. "Feo's Waltz" – 6:51
4. "Lazy Bird" (John Coltrane) – 9:06
5. "Beatrice" (Sam Rivers) – 7:48
6. "Theme for Ernie" (Fred Lacey) – 14:04
7. "Walking the Duck" – 2:43

Personnel

• Doug Raney – guitar
• Bernt Rosengren – tenor saxophone
• Ben Besiakov – piano
• Jesper Lundgaard – bass
• Ole Jacob Hansen – drums

References

1. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 23, 2017
2. SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed March 23, 2017
3. Yanow, Scott. Doug Raney: Lazy Bird – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1191. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.