From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz LifeIn the 1950s, New York City's Birdland was the center of the world of modern jazz and a revelation to Bill Crow, a wet behind the ears twenty two year old from Washington State. Located on Broadway between 52nd and 53rd streets, the club named for the incomparable Charlie Bird Parker boasted lifesize photo murals of modern jazzmen like Dizzy Gillespie, Lennie Tristano, and, of course, Bird himself, looming large against jet black walls. Exotic live