Birdland

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Birdland is a celebrated jazz fusion composition by keyboardist Joe Zawinul, best known through its recording by the band Weather Report.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz composition
award Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance (for Heavy Weather album) NERFINISHED
composer Joe Zawinul NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dedicatedTo Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
firstPerformer Weather Report NERFINISHED
genre jazz
jazz fusion
hasArrangedVersionBy Maynard Ferguson NERFINISHED
Quincy Jones NERFINISHED
The Manhattan Transfer NERFINISHED
hasCoverVersionBy Buddy Rich NERFINISHED
Maynard Ferguson NERFINISHED
Quincy Jones NERFINISHED
The Manhattan Transfer NERFINISHED
The String Cheese Incident NERFINISHED
hasForm multi-section instrumental
hasLiveVersionBy Weather Report NERFINISHED
hasLiveVersionOn 8:30
inspiredBy Birdland (New York jazz club) NERFINISHED
instrumentationFeature electric bass
saxophone
synthesizer
isOneOf Weather Report signature tunes
key E-flat major (commonly cited)
language instrumental (no original lyrics)
namedAfter Birdland (New York jazz club) NERFINISHED
notableFor association with Weather Report
use of synthesizers in jazz fusion
vocalese adaptation by The Manhattan Transfer
notableRecordingBy Weather Report NERFINISHED
originalBandMember Alex Acuña NERFINISHED
Jaco Pastorius NERFINISHED
Joe Zawinul NERFINISHED
Manolo Badrena NERFINISHED
Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED
partOfAlbum Heavy Weather NERFINISHED
performer Weather Report NERFINISHED
publisher Columbia Records NERFINISHED
recordLabel Columbia Records
releaseYear 1977
tempo medium
vocaleseLyricsBy Jon Hendricks NERFINISHED

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Joe Zawinul notableWork Birdland
Jaco Pastorius notableWork Birdland
Weather Report notableSong Birdland