"Birdland" is a jazz-fusion instrumental composition written by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul of the band Weather Report as a tribute to the Birdland nightclub in New York City,. Featuring on the band's 1977 album "Heavy Weather", the song received awards as well as ranking high on US Billboard charts. It became a jazz standard, and entered the set lists of other artists including Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson’s big band, The Manhattan Transfer (whose version added lyrics by Jon Hendricks)

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