Opened in 1991 Birdland is the best jazz record store down under. Birdland stock jazz cds and dvds (some vinyl) as well as blues , soul, funk, Brazilian, reggae, African. Imports from US, Europe, Japan as well as just about every Australian jazz release. Labels stocked include Blue Note, ECM, Venus, Black Saint, OmniTone, Winter & Winter, Tzadik, Power, Prestige, Riverside, Verve and many more from o/s. Local labels include La Brava, JazzHead, Origin, Rufus, Vitamin, JazzGroove, NewMarket, ABC, Basement Digs, Creavtive Vibes and most if not all Australian independent jazz releases.
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Opened in 1991 Birdland is the best jazz record store down under. Birdland stock jazz cds and dvds (some vinyl) as well as blues , soul, funk, Brazilian, reggae, African. Imports from US, Europe, Japan as well as just about every Australian jazz release. Labels stocked include Blue Note, ECM, Venus, Black Saint, OmniTone, Winter & Winter, Tzadik, Power, Prestige, Riverside, Verve and many more from o/s. Local labels include La Brava, JazzHead, Origin, Rufus, Vitamin, JazzGroove, NewMarket, ABC, Basement Digs, Creavtive Vibes and most if not all Australian independent jazz releases.
Birdland also has it's record label - artists include Mike Nock, Ted Vining, Dave Theak ( Theak-Tet), Mark Simmonds Freeboppers, Judy Bailey and James Muller.
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