Birdland
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In jazz, Birdland may refer to:
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- Birdland A famous jazz club in New York City, originally located on 52nd Street, now at 315 W. 44th St.
- A jazz club in Vienna, founded by Joe Zawinul.
- A song composed by Joe Zawinul in 1977 for his band Weather Report on the album Heavy Weather.
- Birdland is a song by Patti Smith, inspired in part by jazz musician Huey Smith and Peter Reich, son of Wilhelm Reich.
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- The term birdland comes from "Bird", the nickname of great jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. Jazz pianist George Shearing wrote a song called "Lullaby of Birdland".
- Birdland is an ornithological theme park at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England.
- Birdland is an erotic comic book by Gilbert Hernandez published by Eros Comix.
- Birdland is a 2003 recording under the Yardbirds name by the reformed band (lineup: Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Gypie Mayo, John Idan, Alan Glen) with the participation of former member Jeff Beck and various other rock guitar luminaries.
- Birdland is a novel by Tracy Mack, published in 2003, about teenagers in NY City.
- Birdland was a short-lived TV drama series about a psychiatrist who worked at a hospital in Oakland, California.[1]
- Birdland is the casual name for a neighbourhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia located to the west of Clayton Park.
- A fictional Birdland comic appears in the novel Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite.
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