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
Birdland entrance
Club interior
Birdland bar
The third incarnation of Birdland on West 44th Street in 2008
Sarah Vaughan
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Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was
Vaughan, c. 1946
At Café Society, September 1946
Vaughan in 1955
Dizzy Gillespie and Vaughan perform at the White House in honor of the Shah of Iran on November 15, 1977.