Birdland
~ Recording by Weather Report
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | PC 34418 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 81775 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 81775 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 34418 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather (made in Japan) | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 34418 |
| 1.9 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | 男の言葉と女の沈黙～第九章 何故、そんな嘘を | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | CSCS 5296 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Best Of, Volume 1 | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 4669962 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 34418 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Jazz Rocks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 467239 2 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:01 | Weather Report | Stereoplay Special CD 52: Jazzrock-Anthology, Volume 2 - Crossover | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| stereoplay | CD 27100524 A |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:06 | Weather Report | The Collection | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CCSCD 244 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 468209 2, COL 468209 2 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 47481 |
| 1.14 | Birdland | 6:02 | Weather Report | Jazz on a Summer’s Day | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CTVCD 108 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 57185 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 57185 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:06 | Weather Report | The Collection | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Griffin Music (US label) | |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:02 | Weather Report | Classic Jazz-Funk 4: Definitive Jazz-Funk Mastercuts, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mastercuts | CUTSCD 16 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:57 | Weather Report | Il Disco del Mese: Jazz Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| La Repubblica | DdM-24 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | That’s Jazz: Simply the Best of Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | 7243 8 36436 2 2, CDEMTVD 104 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:02 | Weather Report | This Is Jazz 10 | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 64627 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:02 | Weather Report | This Is Jazz | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 64627 |
| 2.1 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | The Best Jazz... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK) | VTDCD 93 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:04 | Weather Report | This Is Jazz 10 | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65108 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65108 |
| 2.2 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | The Instrumental History of Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| N2K Encoded Music (known today as N-Coded Music) | N2KE-10004 |
| 2.8 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Soundtrack for a Century - Jazz: The Definitive Performances | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| J2K 65807 | |
| 2.6 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Smooth as Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 494335.2 |
| 2.1 | Birdland | 6:01 | Weather Report | The Very Best of Jazz Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD129 |
| 5.7 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C5K 61432 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 494858 2 |
| 1.2 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | The Very Best of Smooth Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JazzFM Records | jazzfmcd24 |
| 2.6 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Harmony Jazz : Le Chant des rêves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin France S.A. (not for release label use!) | 811 558 2-0 |
| 2.19 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Jazz After Dark | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 585 999 2 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | The Best of Weather Report | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 507659 2 |
| 2.6 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Harmony Jazz : Le Chant des rêves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.6 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Classic Jazz: The Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R612-06 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CS 65108 |
| 2.6 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Jazz Legends: Drum ’n’ Bass | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Jazz | 504293 9 |
| 1.11 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Las 100 canciones más Rolling de la historia | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 8431588804322 |
| 1.8 | Birdland | 6:01 | Weather Report | Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology | Jaco Pastorius | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 73779 |
| 1.6 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Cool Summer Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD531 |
| 1.2 | Birdland | 6:01 | Weather Report | Umbria Jazz 30th Anniversary | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Blue Note | 07243 590578 2 8 |
| 1.11 | Birdland | 5:57 | Weather Report | Süddeutsche Zeitung | Diskothek: 1977: Ein Jahr und seine 20 Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung | |
| 2.8 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Forecast: Tomorrow | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 82876 85570 2 |
| 2.8 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Forecast: Tomorrow | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 82876855752 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint) | SICP-1246 |
| 1.12 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | The Essential Jaco Pastorius | Jaco Pastorius | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697012872 |
| 1.12 | Birdland | 5:59 | Jaco Pastorius | The Essential Jaco Pastorius | Jaco Pastorius | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Japan International Inc. (Do not use as a label, see the annotation.) | EICP 816, EICP 817 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697127602 |
| 2.19 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Je n'aime pas le jazz mais ça j'aime bien | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather (180gr) | Weather Report | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697351421 |
| 2.19 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Je n’aime pas le jazz mais ça j’aime bien | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 619842 |
| 2.4 | Birdland | 5:57 | Weather Report | 101 Running Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 962 |
| 4.20 | Birdland | 5:57 | Weather Report | 100 Essential Tracks: 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697607412 | |
| 3.5 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Le 100 canzoni di sempre internazionali | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 23.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | The Perfect Jazz Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Jazz, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697720092, 886977200922-01, 886977200922-02, 886977200922-03, 886977200922-04, 886977200922-05, 886977200922-06, 886977200922-07, 886977200922-08, 886977200922-09, 886977200922-10, 886977200922-11, 886977200922-12, 886977200922-13, 886977200922-14, 886977200922-15, 886977200922-16, 886977200922-17, 886977200922-18, 886977200922-19, 886977200922-20, 886977200922-21, 886977200922-22, 886977200922-23, 886977200922-24, 886977200922-25 | |
| 6.2 | Birdland | 5:56 | Weather Report | Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) | SFW CD 40820 |
| 4.2 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Pure… Jazz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697753042 | |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Original Recordings Group | ORG 113 |
| 3.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Original Album Classics [Vol. 2] | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88691901432 |
| 3.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Original Album Classics [Vol. 2] | Weather Report | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88691901432 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather (digital download release) | Weather Report | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.1 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 258 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 258 |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Best Of, Volume 1 | Weather Report | Album + Compilation | CBS Schallplatten GmbH | 466996 2 | |
| 1.1 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | Weather Report | Album | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 01-065108-10, CB 741, CK 65108 | |
| 5.7 | Birdland | 5:58 | Weather Report | Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875147312, C5K 61432, CK 61433 / CK 61434 / CK 61435 / CK 61436 / CK 61437 |
| 1.2 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | Weather Report | Weather Report | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Birdland | 6:02 | Weather Report | CBS Records Compact Disc Demonstration II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | ASK 1951 |
| 5.4 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | CD 6 Pack: Compiled From the Charts of Billboard Magazine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), Pioneer (USA imprint with italic text logo) | S26-57999 | |
| 1.6 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | The Ultimate Mastersound Sampler | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CSK 7006 |
| 1.3 | Birdland | 6:00 | Weather Report | This Is Jazz Sampler | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 7708 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.94 | Birdland | 5:59 | Weather Report | 100 Greatest Jazz Icons | Various Artists | Other + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Jerry Hudgins Brian Risner |
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| engineer: | Ron Malo |
| assistant producer: | Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) |
| co-producer: | Jaco Pastorius |
| producer: | Jaco Pastorius Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) |
| analog synthesizer [Arp 2600]: | Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) |
| analog synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic], grand piano [acoustic piano] and melodica: | Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (from 1976 until 1977) |
| drums (drum set): | Alex Acuña (from 1976 until 1977) |
| electric bass guitar [bass] and mandocello: | Jaco Pastorius (from 1976 until 1977) |
| soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone: | Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (from 1976 until 1977) |
| tambourine: | Manolo Badrena (from 1976 until 1977) |
| vocals: | Jaco Pastorius (from 1976 until 1977) Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (from 1976 until 1977) |
| orchestrator: | Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) |
| recorded at: | Devonshire Sound Studios in Burbank, California, United States (from 1976 until 1977) |
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| recording of: | Birdland (instrumental) (from 1976 until 1977) |
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Related works
Birdland (instrumental)
| composer: | Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) |
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| publisher: | Mulatto Music Songs of Universal, Inc. シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 |
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| later versions: | Birdland (vocal) |
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