- Birdland
Birdland may refer to:
In jazz:
*Birdland (jazz club) , a famous jazz club in New York City, originally located on 52nd Street, now at 315 W. 44th St. The term "Birdland" comes from "Bird", the nickname of great jazz saxophonistCharlie Parker .
*Birdland (Vienna) , a jazz club in Vienna, founded byJoe Zawinul
*"Birdland", an instrumental composed byJoe Zawinul in 1977 for his bandWeather Report on the album "Heavy Weather".
*"Birdland", a song byPatti Smith from her 1975 album "Horses", inspired in part by rhythm and blues pianistHuey Smith and Peter Reich, son ofWilhelm Reich .
* "Birdland", avocalese cover of the Zawinul composition byJon Hendricks andThe Manhattan Transfer , from the 1979 album "Extensions".Birdland may also refer to:
*Birdland (band) , indie band from England in the late 1980s
*Birdland (theme park) , an ornithological theme park atBourton-on-the-Water , Gloucestershire, England
*Birdland (comic) , an erotic comic book byGilbert Hernandez published byEros Comix
*"Birdland (album) ", a 2003 recording underThe Yardbirds name.
* "Birdland", a novel byTracy Mack , published in 2003, about teenagers in NY City
*Birdland (TV drama) , a short-lived TV drama series about a psychiatrist who worked at a hospital in Oakland, California
* Birdland, the casual name for a neighbourhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia located to the west of Clayton Park
* Birdland, a fictional comic that appears in the novel "Drawing Blood" byPoppy Z. Brite
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