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Birdland Park and Gardens Birdland Park and Gardens, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. First opened in 1957, the park moved to its current site in 1989. Birdland began in the grounds of a Tudor manor house calle ...
, a bird park at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England * Tropical Birdland, Leicestershire, a bird zoo * Birdland, San Diego, a community *
Oriole Park at Camden Yards The Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a baseball stadium located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the home field of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, and the first of the Baseball park#Retro-classic ballparks, "retro" major league ballparks ...
, nicknamed Birdland, an American baseball stadium *
Birdland (New York 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 n ...
, a club in New York City * Birdland (Hamburg jazz club), a jazz club in Hamburg * Birdland, a jazz club in Vienna founded by
Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...
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Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...
, a region of Antarctica


Created works

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Drawing Blood ''Drawing Blood'' is a 1993 horror novel by American writer Poppy Z. Brite. Something of a haunted house tale, the novel was originally titled ''Birdland'' but the publisher retitled it to make a thin connection to Brite's first novel, '' Lost So ...
'', originally titled ''Birdland'', a novel by Poppy Z. Brite * '' Birdland (comic)'', an erotic comic book by Gilbert Hernandez, published by Eros Comix * ''Birdland'' (TV series), an American series produced by Walter F. Parkes *
Gibson Byrdland The Byrdland is an electric guitar made by Gibson. Its name derives from the names of guitarists Billy Byrd and Hank Garland for whom Gibson originally custom-built the guitar. Thinline series The Byrdland is the first of Gibson's Thinline se ...
, an electric guitar made by Gibson ;Music * ''Birdland'' (Birdland album), the debut album by Birdland * ''Birdland'' (The Yardbirds album), a 2003 album by the Yardbirds * ''Birdland'', a posthumously released 2015 album by
Buddy Rich Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York ...
* "Birdland" (Chubby Checker song), single by Chubby Checker, 1963 * "Birdland", song by
the Psychedelic Furs The Psychedelic Furs are a post-punk band founded in London in February 1977. Led by lead vocalist Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene ...
* "Birdland" (Weather Report song), composed by Joe Zawinul, originally recorded by his band Weather Report, covered as a single by the Manhattan Transfer in 1980 * "Birdland", a song by Patti Smith from ''
Horses The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...
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Lullaby of Birdland "Lullaby of Birdland" is a jazz standard and popular song composed by George Shearing with lyrics by George David Weiss (under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster"). Background George Shearing wrote "Lullaby of Birdland" in 1952 for Morris Levy, the ow ...
", a 1952 popular song written by George Shearing and George David Weiss *
The Birdland Big Band The Birdland Big Band is a 16-piece jazz orchestra that performs at the Birdland Jazz Club in New York City. The Birdland Big Band is led by saxophonist David DeJesus DeJesus joined as saxophonist and leader in October 2017 and brought with him a ...
, 16-piece jazz orchestra in residence at Birdland Jazz Club in New York City *
Birdland (band) Birdland were an English rock band, active between 1988 and 1993. They are best known for their widely acclaimed debut single "Hollow Heart", which reached No. 1 on the UK Indie Chart. History Birdland were formed in 1988 in Birmingham, Englan ...
, a 1980s English indie band * Birdland, an American band co-founded by
Lester Bangs Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, critic, author, and musician. He wrote for ''Creem'' and ''Rolling Stone'' magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock music c ...


See also

* Live at Birdland (disambiguation) {{disambiguation