Lullaby of Birdland

~ Recording by Barney Kessel

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Lullaby of Birdland?:??Barney KesselBarney KesselBarney KesselAlbum
Contemporary RecordsC2508
1.3Lullaby of Birdland?:??Barney KesselEasy LikeBarney KesselAlbum
Contemporary RecordsC 3511
1.1Lullaby of Birdland3:10Barney Kessel, Harold LandEl TigreBarney Kessel - Harold LandAlbum
Charlie Parker RecordsPLP 832
1.4Lullaby of Birdland3:10Barney KesselBarney Kessel, Volume 1: Easy LikeBarney KesselAlbum
Contemporary RecordsOJCCD-153-2
1.3Lullaby of Birdland3:16Barney KesselBarney Kessel, Volume 1: Easy LikeBarney KesselAlbum
  • JP1996-03-06
ContemporaryVICJ-2029
1.16Lullaby of Birdland3:09Shearing – ForsterSalute to Charly ChristianBarney KesselAlbum + Compilation
Past Perfect Silver Line (Infringing DE reissue label run by TIM The International Music Company AG)220304-203
2.1Lullaby Of Birdland3:09Barney KesselModern Jazz Archive: Barney KesselBarney KesselAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)221957-306
1.4Lullaby of Birdland3:10Barney KesselThe Contemporary Records StoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Contemporary Records4CCD-4441-2
120.16Lullaby of Birdland3:09Barney KesselThe Ultimate Jazz ArchiveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222800-387
4.16Lullaby of Birdland3:09Barney KesselThe Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 30: Swing to Bebop, Modern JazzBud Shank, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, Barney KesselAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222786-382
1.3Lullaby of Birdland3:16Barney KesselBarney Kessel, Volume 1: Easy LikeBarney KesselAlbum
  • JP2006-07-26
ContemporaryVICJ-41688
1.3Lullaby of Birdland3:10Barney KesselThe First Four AlbumsBarney KesselAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-02-11
Avid Jazz (UK budget re-issue label)AMSC 921
9.1Lullaby of Birdland3:09Barney KesselCharlie Parker RecordsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233193
9.1Lullaby of Birdland?:??Barney KesselCharlie Parker Records: The Complete CollectionCharlie ParkerAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233193

Relationships

engineer and audio engineer:Val Valentin
producer:Lester Koenig
alto saxophone, flute and woodwind:Bud Shank (on 1953-12-19)
bass:Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist)
double bass [bass]:Harry Babasin (on 1953-12-19)
drums (drum set):Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer)
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1953-12-19)
guitar:Barney Kessel (on 1953-12-19)
piano:Jimmy Rowles
Arnold Ross (on 1953-12-19)
tenor saxophone:Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:Pete Candoli
vibraphone:Larry Bunker
recorded at:Contemporary’s Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-12-19)
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1953-12-19)
recording of:Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1953-12-19: instrumental)

Related works

Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard)

lyricist:B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:George David Weiss
composer:George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:EMI Longitude Music
Good Music Limited
Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
later translated versions:La Légende du pays aux oiseaux (Lola) (French lyric version of "Lullaby of Birdland")
later versions:Lullaby of Byrdland