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Birdland was a jazz club in Hamburg. The basement club was located in the Eimsbüttel district on Gärtnerstraße. It was opened in 1985 by Dieter Reichert. The club was supported by Jazz Federation Hamburg e.V which organized the events and allowed its members to attend performances free of charge. The club accommodated audiences of 150 with seating for some 110. It has been described as "much-needed addition to Hamburg's catalogue of venues for international and home-grown stars."
Birdland's programmes covered Swing, Mainstream, Bebop, Latin and Modern Jazz, anything from Dixieland to Avant-garde jazz. Only live music was played. There were concerts several times a week. Once a week there was a jam session, in which beginners and music students played together with recognized jazz artists when they happened to be on tour. Once a month there was a vocal session.
The musicians who appeared at Birdland include Chet Baker, Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Diana Krall, Tommy Flanagan, Brad Mehldau, Viktoria Tolstoy, Rebekka Bakken, and the brothers Branford and Wynton Marsalis. Recordings of performances at Birdland have been released on the ACT and Nagel-Heyer Records labels.
The club closed on 30 June 2013. And reopened on 2 October 2014.