Birdland
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Birdland may refer to:

In music:
  • Birdland (jazz club)
    Birdland (jazz club)
    Birdland is a jazz club started in New York City on December 15, 1949. The original Birdland, which was located at 1678 Broadway, just north of West 52nd Street in Manhattan, was closed in 1965 due to increased rents, but it re-opened for one night in 1979...

    , a club in New York City
  • Birdland, a jazz club in Vienna founded by Joe Zawinul
    Joe Zawinul
    Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...

  • "Birdland" (composition), an instrumental composed by Joe Zawinul, originally recorded by his band Weather Report
  • Birdland (band)
    Birdland (band)
    Birdland were an English rock band, active between 1989 and 1993.-History:Birdland were formed in 1988 in Birmingham, England by the brothers Robert and Lizzy Lee Vincent , who had previously released records and toured in glam rock band, Zodiac Motel [1984-1988]...

    , a 1980s English indie band
  • Birdland, an American band co-founded by Lester Bangs
    Lester Bangs
    Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, author and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock 'n' roll criticism....

  • Birdland (album)
    Birdland (album)
    Birdland is a 2003 studio album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds. The album was the first Yardbirds release in over 35 years; however, the only original 60's era Yardbirds members are drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja. . New members are John Idan, Gypie Mayo and Alan Glen...

    , an album by The Yardbirds
  • "Birdland", a song by Patti Smith from Horses
    Horses (album)
    "Horses" is often cited as one of the greatest albums in music history. In 2003, the album was ranked number 44 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. NME named the album number 1 in its list "20 Near-as-Damn-It Perfect Initial Efforts"...



In other uses:
  • Birdland Park and Gardens, a bird park at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England
  • Birdland, San Diego, California
    Birdland, San Diego, California
    Birdland is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. It is located between California State Route 163, Interstate 805 and Mission Valley. Most of the streets in the area are named after different bird species, hence the name of the community...

    , a community
  • Birdland (comics), an erotic comic book by Gilbert Hernandez, published by Eros Comix
    Eros Comix
    Eros Comix is an adult-oriented imprint of Fantagraphics Books, established in 1990 to publish pornographic comic books. Eros Comix sells anime videos, DVDs, adult comic books, and books of erotic art and photography...

  • Birdland (TV series), an American series produced by Walter F. Parkes
    Walter F. Parkes
    Walter F. Parkes is an American film producer, writer and former studio head.- Biography :Parkes has been associated with DreamWorks Pictures, which he ran from its inception in 1994 until 2005...

  • Drawing Blood
    Drawing Blood
    Drawing Blood is a 1993 novel, the second novel from author Poppy Z. Brite.-Synopsis:The novel concerns Trevor McGee, a comic book artist and sole survivor of a family murder-suicide, and Zachary Bosch, a bisexual hacker, and their arrival at McGee's old family home in Missing Mile, North...

    , originally titled Birdland, a novel by Poppy Z. Brite
  • Oriole Park at Camden Yards
    Oriole Park at Camden Yards
    Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a Major League Baseball ballpark located in Baltimore, Maryland. Home field of the Baltimore Orioles, it is the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s, and remains one of the most highly praised. The park was...

    , nicknamed Birdland, an American baseball stadium

See also

  • "Lullaby of Birdland
    Lullaby of Birdland
    "Lullaby of Birdland" is a 1952 popular song with music by George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster" in order to circumvent the rule that ASCAP and BMI composers could not collaborate....

    ", a 1952 popular song written by George Shearing and George David Weiss
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