BIRDLAND in the 1950's
JAZZ....one of my favorite subjects. During my College days in the late '50s (and early '60s), many of our evenings
were at the famous Jazz "hang out"....BIRDLAND. I was fortunate to see and hear such greats as......
Duke Ellington
Hoagy Carmichael
George Shearing
Dizzy Gillespie
Gerry Mulligan
Lionel Hampton
Count Basie
Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Eugene Wright)
Jack Teagarden (across Times Square at his Metropole)
and,
the mesmerizing Gene Krupa
It was the best of times to live near New York....be a Yankees fan....love Jazz.
TED Z
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