"Birdland" is an instrumental composition by keyboardist Joe Zawinul which debuted on the Weather Report album Heavy Weather in 1977. A jazz-fusion piece, it achieved unusual commercial success and became a jazz standard, entering the repertoire of many groups and bands, including the University of Michigan marching band, Maynard Ferguson's big band, and The Manhattan Transfer, who put words to the tune. Josef Erich Zawinul (born July 7, 1932 in Vienna, Austria) is a jazz keyboardist and composer. ... Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and 1980s. ... The term Heavy Weather could refer to any of the following: As a phrase, heavy weather is of nautical derivation and refers to something that is more difficult than it should be. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album Jazz fusion (sometimes referred to simply as fusion) is a musical genre that loosely encompasses the merging of jazz with other styles, particularly rock, funk, R&B, and world music. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... Maynard Ferguson (born May 4, 1928 in Montreal, Canada) is a jazz trumpet player and bandleader. ... The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal group that was established in New York City in 1972. ...

Birdland was named after the eponymous New York jazz club on 52nd Street, which in turn was named after Charlie Parker. The song is a tribute to Parker and the club. There is another jazz club in Vienna, founded by Zawinul, named after the song. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 52nd Street, properly West 52nd Street, is a cross street in Manhattan in the Broadway district known as the street of jazz, the street that never sleeps or, simply, the street. The blocks of 52nd Street between 5th and 6th avenues were renowned in the mid 20th century for the... Charlie Parker Charles Bird Parker, Jr. ... Vienna (German: Wien ; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Greek: Βιέννη, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj, Dutch: Wenen) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

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