Night Bird Flying

"Night Bird Flying"
Song by Jimi Hendrix
from the album The Cry of Love
ReleasedMarch 5, 1971 (1971-03-05)
Recorded
  • June 16, 1970
  • July 19 & August 22, 1970 (overdubs)
StudioElectric Lady, New York City
GenreRock
Length3:50
Label
Songwriter(s)Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)

"Night Bird Flying" is a rock song written by Jimi Hendrix. It is a complex piece with multiple guitar parts and reflects a variety of styles.[1] Lyrically, Hendrix continues to explore an idealized feminine figure, as in his 1967 song "Little Wing".[2]

Hendrix recorded the piece in the summer of 1970 at his new Electric Lady Studios with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox. He proposed the song for his fourth album and it is one of the few that are seen as largely complete.[3] "Night Bird Flying" was initially released on the first Hendrix posthumous album, The Cry of Love (1971). The song is included on several subsequent Hendrix compilations.

  1. ^ Greenwald, Matthew. "Jimi Hendrix: 'Night Bird Flying' – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Murray, Charles Shaar (1991). Crosstown Traffic (1st. U.S. paperback ed.). New York City: St. Martin's Press. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0-312-06324-5.
  3. ^ McDermott, John; Kramer, Eddie; Cox, Billy (2009). Ultimate Hendrix. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-87930-938-1.