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.
Statements (43)
| 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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