For Bird and Bags is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded for the Vee-Jay label but released on Exodus when Vee-Jay was struggling financially.[2][3] The album was also released on the Buddah label as Sculpture in 1969.[4]

For Bird and Bags
Studio album by Eddie Harris
Released	1965
Recorded	1963 Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:41
Label	Exodus EX/EXS-6002
Producer	Donald Elfman
Eddie Harris chronology
Half and Half (1963) For Bird and Bags (1965) Cool Sax, Warm Heart (1964)
Sculpture Cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review states "Throughout, Harris (whose mastery of the extreme upper register and immediately recognizable sound are both quite impressive) is in excellent form".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

1. "Salute to Bird" – 8:47
2. "I'm As Happy As I Want To Be" – 5:35
3. "The River Nile" – 5:00
4. "Salute to Bags" – 9:57
5. "Samba de Orfeu" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 2:50
6. "Only the Lonely" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:42
7. "Checkmate" (John Williams) – 4:50

Personnel

• Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone, piano
• Charles Stepney – piano, vibes
• Willie Pickens – piano
• Joe Diorio, Roland Faulkner – guitar
• Melvin Jackson – bass
• Marshall Thompson – drums

References