[DOC] [TLE] Birdland (New York jazz club) - Wikipedia [PAR] Birdland is a jazz club started in New York City on December 15, 1949. The 
original Birdland, which was located at 1678 Broadway, just north of West 52nd 
Street in Manhattan, was closed in 1965 due to increased rents, but it re-opened 
for one night in 1979. ... Parker, in reality, played very few jobs at Birdland, not 
because he was... [DOC] [TLE] Cool Jazz and Hard Bop: Artists [PAR] After playing sessions in San Francisco with notables such as Charlie Parker, 
Baker ... he dropped out and became part of the growing New York City jazz 
scene. ... album Birth of the Cool, Davis left the band, which continued without 
him. .... His last public appearance was on March 5, 1955, at Birdland, the club 
named in... [DOC] [TLE] Book Review: 'Kansas City Lightning' by Stanley Crouch | 'Bird: The ... [PAR] Oct 18, 2013 ... Fast, slow or blue, Charlie Parker redefined the jazz vocabulary in his short life. ... 
sources, prominent among them the earliest book about Parker, Robert ... to 
Parker's unticketed, initial journey from Kansas City to New York via ... I once saw 
Parker with the strings at Birdland, the club that was named for him... [DOC] [TLE] History | Birdland [PAR] New York, NY 10036 ... It was Charlie Parker, familiarly known to his fans and 
fellow musicians as Bird, a ... on 52nd Street caved in, Birdland was born and 
quickly came to prominence. ... In addition to Bird, many jazz legends were 
regulars at the club. Count Basie and his smokin' big band made Birdland their 
New York... [DOC] [TLE] The Genius of Moondog, New York's Homeless Composer [PAR] Jan 22, 2015 ... Moondog on the streets of New York, c.1953. In 1947, at age 27, Hardin arrived 
in big city with no contacts, .... largely thanks to the fact that prominent swing 
musician Benny Goodman had come to Moondog's defense. ... Up-and-coming 
jazz legends Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus touted him as an... [DOC] [TLE] Charlie Parker: Biography - Classic Cat [PAR] Parker played a leading role in the development of bebop, a form of jazz ... 1.5 
Addiction; 1.6 Charlie Parker with strings; 1.7 Prominence; 1.8 Death ... He 
continued to play with local bands in jazz clubs around Kansas City, ... In his time 
in New York City, Parker also learned much from notable music teacher Maury 
Deutsch. [DOC] [TLE] Charlie "Yardbird" Parker - World History in Context - Gale [PAR] In his day, that was only club named for a contemporary jazz artist. ... When he 
moved to New York, he heard Art Tatum's piano renditions at the Chicken Shack, 
... Leading musicians who hailed from Kansas City included Lester Young, 
Herschel .... and Parker persuaded a prominent artist agency to get him a few 
bookings. [DOC] [TLE] Charlie Bird Parker facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Parker drew much of his inspiration from the blues, swing jazz standards, ... 
Parker's heroin addiction elevated him to cult status among hipsters, poets, ... 
Unable to find musical work in New York City, he washed dishes at Jimmy's .... 
On March 4, 1955, he made his final appearance at Birdlandthe club named in 
his honor. [DOC] [TLE] Musicians - A Great Day in Harlem [PAR] By the Twenties, Bailey became well-known in jazz circles through his work in the 
... Hammond went to Kansas City to scout, and brought the band to New York for 
eventual ... It included many innovative musicians, notably Charlie Parker, Dizzy 
..... else for him to go in the U.S., Hawkins sent the leading English bandleader,... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 15: The Avant-Garde | Jazz: W. W. Norton StudySpace [PAR] Two prominent avant-garde movements of this century gathered steam following 
the world wars. Jazz ... Earlier names for avant-garde jazz included: ... In 1959 
Ornette played a

Question: Due to Parker's prominence, this leading New York City jazz club was named for him
Answer: Birdland