Birdland Jazz Club

BIRDLAND

315 W 44th St

New York NY 10036

212-581-3080

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Southern Restaurant (US), Jazz Club, Live Music Venue, Clubs, Cocktail Bar

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When to Go: The first set starts at 9pm and the second set begins at 11pm.

The first set starts at 9pm and the second set begins at 11pm.

"Still repping jazz music to the fullest", this "legendary" Theater District supper club presents "world-class" talent in a "large yet comfortable" room where "there isn't a bad seat" (and the Southern menu is "pretty good" too); since the cost of a table skews "high", economizers say the "best bet is to sit at the bar."

Consider a very chill evening at this venue, with the Chico O’Farrill Orchestra — named for the late leader but now led by his son Arturo (the sweat-drenched guy at the piano), doing Latin jazz. It’s an older, sit-at-the-table-and-clap crowd, if that’s your thing.

This legendary club abandoned its distant uptown roost in 1996 for a more convenient spot in Midtown, where it has established itself once again as one of the city’s premier high-end jazz spots. While the legend of Parker, Monk, Gillespie, and other bebop pioneers still holds sway, this isn’t a crowded, smoky joint of yesteryear. The big room is comfy and classy, with great sound and great...

When the original Birdland opened fifty-one years ago in December, 1949, Charlie Parker was the headliner and the club was located on Broadway, a few blocks west of 52nd Street, which was a hotbed of jazz in the 1930s and 40s. For the next fifteen years, the club's survival formula was built upon memorable double and triple bills, commencing at 9 p.m. and sometimes lasting 'til dawn.

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