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Gil Evans Project. Birdland Jazz Club. 8:30 pm (Doors Open: 7:30 pm) $35.00 - $45.00. Tickets. Sun 5.26.
Website. birdlandjazz .com. 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, [1] was closed in 1965 due to increased rents, but it re-opened for one night in 1979. [1]
26. The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra 8:30PM 10:30PM. Birdland Jazz Club. Christian Wiggs Big Band 5:30PM. Birdland Jazz Club. Matt Wilson’s GOOD TROUBLE 7:00PM 9:30PM. Birdland Theater. 27. Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks 5:30PM 8:30PM.
"Birdland" is a jazz/pop song written by Joe Zawinul of the band Weather Report as a tribute to the Birdland nightclub in New York City, which appeared on the band's 1977 album Heavy Weather. The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy Award with their 1979 version of the song, which had lyrics by Jon Hendricks . [1]
The new Birdland offers top-flight jazz in a world class setting, good sight lines and acoustics, elbow room, and an award-winning menu featuring American cuisine with a Cajun flair. Modern Jazz in Manhattan
Watch Weather Report perform their iconic jazz fusion hit "Birdland" in a stunning live concert from 1978.
Hailed as The Jazz Corner of the World, Birdland was the closest thing to a pure jazz club at the time. A place where new bands were born, new alliances formed, and modern musicians felt at home. rving Levy and Morris Primack were the owners of Birdland, though it was operated by Oscar Goodstein, who tended bar.
