Home / Music / 'Birdland' became a jazz standard — and a hit instrumentalMusic linernotes album music weather-report'Birdland' became a jazz standard — and a hit instrumentalWritten by Zawinul as a tribute to the New York jazz club, the track became a standard and was an unusually successful instrumental composition commercially. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesNightporter is Weather Report's contemplative sideJaco Pastorius made his Weather Report debut on Black MarketWeather Report was central to jazz fusionVisions of the Emerald Beyond blends jazz fusion with Indian classical influencesRon Carter and Gary King gave Weather Report's Nightwings two bass soundsExploreVirgil Thomson's The Mother of Us All chronicles Susan B. Anthony's lifeThe Crying Game was Dave Berry's first UK top-ten hit in 1964Mogwai found Come On Die Young carved into a Glasgow wallNight Train traces back through Jimmy Forrest to Duke EllingtonProvidence on Red is a leftover from King Crimson's previous lineupPrevious 'I Know What I Like' was Genesis's first UK chart hit.Next Yo-Yo Ma's Six Evolutions came out August 17, 2018