Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In jazz, Birdland may refer to a few different things: A famous jazz club in New York City located at 315 W. 44th St. A song composed by Joe Zawinul in 1977 for his band Weather Report on the album Heavy Weather The term birdland comes from Bird the nickname of great jazz saxaphonist Charlie Parker. External Link Birdland jazz club official website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.