Woodstork at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge. Sanibel Island Fla. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click to enlarge. 2023
AMY WINEHOUSE. “Lullaby of Birdland.” Live from the Stables. 2004. Album: At the BBC
George Shearing wrote the music in 1952 in honor of the NYC jazz club of that name. George David Weiss wrote the lyrics. Some years ago Weiss presented Stephen Goldfinger with a young composer’s award at the Friars Club in NYC.
My friends and I from Rutherford High and FDU would go to Birdland in mid-town. We weren’t old enough to drink, but they let us sit in a non-alcohol gallery, near the stage, and we saw great jazz players live. One of the advantages of living or going to school in Rutherford was the quick trip by bus or train or car or motor scooter into mid-town.