Tito Rodriguez live at birdland 1963

Recorded at the world famous New York jazz club, Birdland 1963

1. Mack The Knife 8:22
2. Summertime 6:44
3. Take The "A" Train 5:51
4. Perdido 7:26
5. You're Driving Me Crazy 6:09
6. How High The Moon 8:28


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Gary Bartz Quintet - West 42nd Street (1990)

Recorded live at Birdland, New York City in March 31, 1990.

Gary Bartz Quintet:
Gary Bartz alto and soprano saxophone Claudio Roditi trumpet, flugel horn John Hicks piano Ray Drummond bass Al Foster drums
 
1. West 42nd Street - 6:12
2. Speak Low - 19:07
3. It's Easy To Remember - 11:43
4. Cousins - 10:00
5. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 18:53

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Birdland club

First, the picture — from the Bettmann / Corbis archives: 

the original jazz club Birdland, perhaps on opening night in 1949.  

From the left, Max Kaminsky on trumpet, Lester Young on tenor saxophone, a nearly-hidden George Wettling on drums, Hot Lips Page on trumpet, Charlie Parker on alto saxophone, Lennie Tristano on piano.

Jimmy Bruno Live at Birdland 1996

Concord Records, issued 1999

Recorded at the Birdland Cafe, New York, New York on December 15 & 16, 1996

Jimmy Bruno electric guitar Bobby Watson alto saxophone Craig Thomas bass Vince Ector drums

vol.1
1. Introduction
2. F 8
3. Move
4. Grooveyard
5. Valse Hot
6. Segment
7. Au Privave
8. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
9. For J.T.
10. Anthropology
11. My One And Only Love

vol.2
1. Reticulation
2. Chesapeake Blues
3. Joy Spring
4. Poinciana
5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
6. Broadway
7. Lover Man
8. I Hear A Rhapsody
9. Darn That Dream
10. I Want To Be Happy

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Review by Scott Yanow


This excellent set from guitarist Jimmy Bruno can easily be divided into two. The first four numbers (which include “Move” and “Grooveyard”) showcase Bruno in a trio with bassist Craig Thomas and drummer Vince Ector; the guitarist mostly swings quite hard. The other six songs feature the great altoist Bobby Watson, who takes spirited solos on “Segment,” “Au Privave,” and “Anthropology,” adding to the intensity and drive of this high-quality bop set. There are some quieter moments, including an alto/guitar duet on “These Foolish Things,” but the uptempo tunes are most memorable.

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Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian, Live at Birdland in 2009

EAC rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG+artwork -> 407 MB (5% Recovery)
MP3 @320kbps+artwork -> 165 MB (5% Recovery)

2011 | ECM 2162

Recorded Live at Birdland, December 9 and 10, 2009


Lee Konitz alto saxphone
 Brad Mehldau piano 
Charlie Haden double-bass 
Paul Motian drums



1 . Lover Man

2 . Lullaby of Birdland
3 . Solar

4 . I Fall in Love too Easily
5 . You Stepped out of a Dream
6 . Oleo



[ECM Records, 2011]

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A quartet of master musicians and a programme of jazz classics. “Live at Birdland” presents the finest moments from two inspired nights at New York’s legendary club, as Konitz, Mehldau, Haden and Motian play “Lover Man”, “Lullaby Of Birdland”, “Solar”, “I Fall In Love Too Easily”, “You Stepped Out Of A Dream” and “Oleo” with freedom, tenderness, and a love of melody that only jazz’s greatest improvisers can propose.

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The Quintet Live At Birdland : A Night In Tunisia (2002)

MP3@192KBPS

Recorded Live at the Birdland

TRACKLIST
1. Quicksilver
2. A night in Tunisia
3. Confirmation
4. If I had you
5. Split kick
6. Mayreh
7. Now's the time
8. Once in a while
9. Wee dot


LINSUP
Ryan Kisor . Trumpet
Grant Stewart . Tenor Sax
Sam Yahel . Piano
James Genus . Bass
Victor Lewis . Drums (thanks Deep)

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu (1963)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu (1963) {Riverside/OJC}
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Recorded live at the Birdland jazz club, New York, june 16, 1963.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey (drums)
Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Cedar Walton (piano)
Reggie Workman (bass)

Song Title
1. One by One
2. Ugetsu
3. Time Off
4. Ping Pong
5. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
6. On the Ginza
7. Eva - (bonus track)
8. High Priest, The - (bonus track)
9. Theme, The - (bonus track)

part 1 | part 2 | part 3

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part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7

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Lester Young 4tet at Birdland

Recorded live at the Birdland, January 15, 1953 and August 7 - 15, 1956

January 15th 1953

Lester Young: tenor sax, Jesse Jakes: trumpet, Horace Siver: piano, Franklin Skeete: bass, Lee Abrams: drums

August 7th 1956

Lester Young: tenor sax, Don Ferrara: trumpet, Bill Triglia: piano, Gene Ramey: bass, Gus Johnson: drums

August 15th, 1956

Same rhythm section as above but with an unkown trumpet player replacing Ferrara.

1. Lester Leaps In
2. I Cover The Waterfront
3. Three Little Words
4. Up N' Adam
5. Neenah
6. Too Marvelous For Words
7. Indiana
8. Up N' Adam
9. Ghost Of A Chance
10. Neenah
11. Lester Leaps In
12. Up N' Adam_Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

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The Birdland - a great sense of the room, and the clientele!

Erroll Garner and Art Tatum perform at Birdland, 1952
Photo by Marcel Fleiss

According to Ebony editor Allan Morrison:
"Birdland was both a cultural vantage point and a barometer of trends where all the big names in jazz performed."

Lennie Tristano Live at Birdland 1949

Live At Birdland - 1949
+ solo piano - 1945

1 Remember Tristano 7:40
2 Pennies Tristano 5:45
3 Foolish Things Tristano 4:06
4 Indiana Tristano 5:42
5 I'm No Good Without You Tristano 4:19
6 Glad Am I Tristano 2:57
7 This Is Called Love Tristano 2:42
8 Blame Me Tristano 2:42
9 I Found My Baby Tristano 2:42

Lennie Tristano - Warne Marsh - Billy Bauer - Arnold Fishkin - Jeff Morton

Jazz Records

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The name Lennie Tristano was conspicuously absent from Ken Burns' monolithic jazz documentary. That's no small omission; Tristano's group, which included the saxophonists Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz (also ignored by Burns) was the first to record what later came to be known as free jazz -- music improvised without pre-ordained melodies, harmonies, or meter. Needless to say, that wasn't mentioned by Burns, either. Tristano did it in 1949, the year this record was recorded, with what is essentially the same band (Konitz is absent here, though he was a regular member of Tristano's group at the time). This record gives no direct evidence of the band's free jazz experiments -- although Tristano is given composer's credit on all cuts, the disc is comprised mostly of standard harmonic frameworks played without reference to theme. However, it does reflect the band's prevailing emphasis on unfettered linear improvisation. The quintet tracks here were recorded by the group's bassist, Arnold Fishkin, during performances at the old Birdland in New York. The solo piano cuts were recorded in Chicago, four years earlier. The sound's rough, but not unlistenable, especially given the historical implication of the music. Listening to this is like being a fly on the wall of the world's most famous jazz club, witnessing history in the making. It really can't be said that Tristano's piano style was cut from whole cloth -- there's too much of a Bud Powell influence -- but there have been few musicians on any instrument who played with more spontaneous melodic invention. Two others who did were Marsh and guitarist Billy Bauer, also present here; this band placed great importance of creating "in the moment," and listening to this music made over 50 years ago reminds listeners of the value in such an approach. Little jazz being made at the turn of the millennium rivals this set in terms of raw creativity. Popular misconceptions aside, this is an important document.
Review by Chris Kelsey

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On Stage At Birdland

Charlie 'Bird' Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
with young John Coltrane saxophone and Tommy Potter on bass
at Birdland, the New York night club named after Parker, in 1951 (probaby late March).
(Photo by Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images)

Stan Getz - The Birdland Sessions 1952

Splendid live recording from Birdland in the spring and summer of 1952

Stan Getz, Jimmy Raney, Horace Silver, Charlie Mingus,
Connie Kay, Duke Jordan, Gene Ramey, Phil Brown

Tracklist:
01 Woody'n You
02 Yesterdays
03 The Song is You
04 I Only Have Eyes For You
05 Move06 Long Island Sound
07 'Round Anout Midnight
08 Spotlite
09 Yesterdays
10 Potter's Luck
11 I Can't Get Started
12 Parker 51
13 My Old Flame
14 Move

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Coleman Hawkins At The Birdland (1952)

MP3/320Kbps/69.1Mb/Playing time 32.1 mins/covers included

Recorded at the 'Birdland' in New York on September 1952

Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax : Horace Sillver on piano : Curley Russell on bass : Art Blakey on drums
on trumpet Roy Eldridge on side A and Roy Howard Mc Ghee on side B

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Audrey

Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss

At the 26th Annual Academy Awards in March 1954, Audrey Hepburn won the Best Actress Oscar for Roman Holiday (1953). Miss Hepburn had profited from recent exposure as a Time cover subject (9/7/53), as would Dave Brubeck that November. Among her many fans was Paul Desmond, who extemporized this willowy blues in tribute. Desmonds self-described "dry martini" sound derived partly from Lester Young and partly from the opening high-pitched bassoon in Stravinsky's Le Sacr du Printemps. His lyricism, however, was pure Desmond. Paul's biographer Doug Ramsey reports Miss Hepburn played "Audrey" every night before sleep. She must've had sweet dreams.

Bill Harris - Live At Birdland (1952)

Mp3@64kbps and worth every second !!!

Recorded Live at The Birdland Club New York 1952

TRACKLIST:
1. Lady Be Good
2. You're Blase
3. Perdido
4. Announcement
5. Mean to Me
6. Broadway
7. Announcement
8. Ow
9. Pennies For Heaven
10. Tiny's Blues
11. Cross Country
12. Characteristically, B. H.
13. Mean to Me
14. She's Funny That Way
15. Everything Happens to Me
16. Frustration

LINEUP:
Bill Harris - Valve Trombone
Billy Bauer - Guitar
Flip Phillips - Tenor Saxophone
Horace Silver - Piano
Ralph Burns - Piano
Pete Candoli - Trumpet
Barrett Deems - Drums
Chubby Jackson - Bass
John LaPorta - Clarinet
George Burns - Guitar
Gene Ramey - Bass
Don Abney - Piano
Ray Abrams - Tenor Saxophone
Alvin Burroughs - Drums
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Tenor Saxophone
Mickey Folus - Bass Clarinet
Connie Henry - Bass

:: Bill Harris at Birdland ::

Art Blakey - At the Jazz Corner of the World Vol.1&2 1959

Label: Blue Note Records
Audio CD: April 19, 1994
Recorded: Live at the Birdland, NYC, April 15, 1959

This extremely short-lived lineup of Messengers recorded only once together--in April 1959 at New York's Birdland.

Lee Morgan - Trumpet
Hank Mobley - Tenor Sax
Bobby Timmons - Piano
Jymie Mettitt - Bass
Art Blakey - Drums

vol 1
01.Hipsippy Blues 9:26
02.Monk 7:37
03.The Theme 2:18
04.Close Your Eyes 10:58
05.Just Coolin' 8:11

vol 2
01. Chicken an' Dumplins 7.26
02. M & M 6.41
03. Hi Fly 8.00
04. Theme 9.13
05. Art's Revelation 8.13

Disc 1 :: part 1 ~ part 2

Disc 2 :: part 1 ~ part 2

John Coltrane Live At Birdland 1963

APE/CUE | MP3 320 Kbps | Covers & booklet | 303 or 100 MB

Live at Birdland on October 8, 1963

01. Afro blue
02. I want to talk about you
03. The promise
04. Alabama
05. Your lady
06. Vilia (bonus track)
Total time: 43:47

John Coltrane | soprano & tenor saxophones
McCoy Tyner | piano
Jimmy Garrison | bass
Elvin Jones | drums

Tracks 1–3 recorded October 8, 1963 at Birdland, New York City, NY
Tracks 4–5 recorded November 18, 1963 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Track 6 recorded March 6, 1963 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
"Vilia" is the main melodic statement to the Franz Lehár piece "Vivias" set to a swing feel and chord changes.

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APE | part1 | part2 | part3 | part4

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