Rebirth (Billy Childs album)

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]

Rebirth
Studio album by Billy Childs
Released	March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[1]
All About Jazz	[2]

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

Track listing

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

• 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

1. Fordham, John (18 May 2017). "Billy Childs: Rebirth review – sleek, scintillating and sophisticated". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
2. 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. "Billy Childs – Rebirth". Discogs. Retrieved 29 January 2018.