Lazy Bird (album)

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

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)

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