Rebirth (Billy Childs album)

2017 studio album by Billy Childs

Rebirth

Studio album by

Billy Childs

Released| March 24, 2017 (2017-3-24)
Recorded| Avatar, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 56:26
Label| Mack Avenue
Producer| Billy Childs, Al Pryor
Gretchen Valade (exec. producer)
Myles Weinstein (exec. producer)
Billy Childs chronology
| Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
(2014)  | Rebirth
(2017)  |

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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

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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

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## Personnel

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* 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

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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.

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