Singers Lane, Melbourne, 3000, Victoria, Australia
THE NEW YORK JAZZ SCENE NOW LIVES IN MELBOURNE
Birdland New York was known for being Charlie Parker’s resident Jazz club in the 1950s, and of course, his namesake.
In addition to Bird, the club has been home to many famous Jazz musicians since its opening in 1949. As Alan Morrison, the long time editor of Ebony Magazine, put it, “Birdland was both a cultural vantage point and a barometer of trends where all the big names in jazz performed”.
Melbourne is the first city to host a Birdland venture outside New York city. Bird’s Basement is already the stage of past, present, and future jazz legends.