 The name was carried through into the feature of caged finches inside the club.The venue attracted other jazz musicians who also made recordings there.This includes Art Blakey's 1954 two-volume "A Night at Birdland", most of John Coltrane's "Live at Birdland", the Toshiko – Mariano Quartet's "Live at Birdland," and Count Basie's "Basie at Birdland".