Caravan (Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington song) - Wikipedia

"Caravan" is an American jazz standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936. Caravan(JuanTizolandDukeEllingtonsong) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 1936singlebyBarneyBigardandHisJazzopators"Caravan""Caravan"onVarietySinglebyBarneyBigardandHisJazzopatorsReleased1936GenreJazzComposer(s)JuanTizol,DukeEllingtonLyricist(s)IrvingMills "Caravan"isanAmericanjazzstandardthatwascomposedbyJuanTizolandDukeEllingtonandfirstperformedbyEllingtonin1936.IrvingMillswrotelyrics,buttheyarerarelysung.Theexoticsoundof"Caravan"interestedexoticamusicians;MartinDenny,ArthurLyman,andGordonJenkinsallcoveredit.WoodyAllenusedthesongintwoofhisfilms,AliceandSweetandLowdown.StevenSoderberghusedtheLymanversioninhis2001filmOcean'sEleven.Thesongappearsofteninthe2014filmWhiplashasanimportantplotelement.TheMillsBrothersrecordedanacappellaversioninwhichtheyimitatedinstrumentswiththeirvoices.JohnnyMathisrecordedthesongin1956.Morethan350versionshavebeenrecorded.[1] Contents 1Originalrecording 2Otherversions 3Seealso 4Externallinksandreferences Originalrecording[edit] ThefirstversionofthesongwasrecordedinHollywoodin1936andperformedasaninstrumentalbyBarneyBigardandHisJazzopators.[2]Twotakeswererecorded,ofwhichthefirst(VarietyVA-515-1)waspublished.Thebandmemberswere: CootieWilliams–trumpet JuanTizol–trombone BarneyBigard–clarinet HarryCarney–baritonesaxophone DukeEllington–piano BillyTaylor–doublebass SonnyGreer–drums ThemusiciansweremembersoftheDukeEllingtonOrchestra,whichoftensplitintosmallercombinationstorecordsongsunderdifferentbandnames.Forthisrecording,whichincludedEllingtonandTizolasperformers,thesessionbandleaderwasBigard. Otherversions[edit] BarneyBigardandHisJazzopators–Hollywood,December19,1936[2] DukeEllington–NewYork,May14,1937[2] ArtTatum–LosAngeles,April–July1940[2] DukeEllington/BillyStrayhornAll-Stars-TheJohnnyHodgesAll-Stars,NewYorkCity,June1,1951 DizzyGillespie–October25,1951[2] CliffordBrown–August11,1954[3] TheloniousMonk–TheloniousMonkPlaysDukeEllington,Hackensack,NewJersey,July27,1955[2] NatKingCole–AfterMidnight,LosAngeles,September14,1956[2] Santo&Johnny's–Santo&Johnny(1959),peakedatnumber48ontheBillboardHot100chart[4] TheVentures–Walk,Don'tRun(album),1960 NelsonRiddle–LoveTide,1961 ArtBlakeyandtheJazzMessengers–Caravan,NewYork,October23,1962[2] TheFentones-RecordedAugust14.1962atAbbeyRoadStudio BillHaleyandHisComets—recordedtwodifferentstudioversionsforOrfeonRecordsofMexicoin1962and1966,andnumerousliveperformancesincludingforRouletteRecordsin1962forthealbumTwistin'KnightsattheRoundtable(RouletteSR-25174) DukeEllington,CharlesMingus&MaxRoach—MoneyJungle,1963 WesMontgomery–Movin'Wes,NewYork,November16,1964[2] DizzyGillespieandOscarPeterson–OscarPetersonandDizzyGillespie,London,November28–29,1974[2] ChetAtkinsandLesPaul—ChesterandLester,1976 ArtPepper–FridayNightattheVillageVanguard,NewYork,July29,1977[2] MiltJackson—MostlyDuke,1982 MontyAlexander—DukeEllingtonSongbook,1983 RyoKawasaki–LuckyLady,1983 WyntonMarsalis–MarsalisStandardTime,Vol.I,NewYork,May29–30,1986andSeptember24–25,1986[2] BillBarron-HigherGround,January5,1989 HaruomiHosono–OmniSightSeeing,TokyoandParis,1989 RandyWeston–PortraitsofDukeEllington(album),1989 GonzaloRubalcaba–InnerVoyage(album),BlueNote,1989 RabihAbou-Khalil–Roots&Sprouts,1990 MedeskiMartin&Wood–NotesfromtheUnderground,NewYork,December15–16,1991[2] ThinWhiteRope–Squatter'sRights,FrontierRecords,1991 LouisSclavisSextet–Ellingtonontheair,1991 HarryConnick,Jr.–25(HarryConnickJr.album),1992 MichelCamilo–Rendezvous,NewYork,January18–20,1993[2] DaveGrusin–HomagetoDuke,1993 GaryPrimich-Travellin'Mood,1994 MichelPetrucciani–PromenadewithDuke,1992;SoloLiveinGermany,1997 Chicago–Night&Day:BigBand,1995 DeeDeeBridgewater–PreludetoaKiss:TheDukeEllingtonAlbum,1996 JimiTenor–Intervision(Album),Warp,1997 DannyGatton–DannyGatton;InConcert9/9/94,BigMoRecords,OriginalReleaseDate:May6,1997 AbdullahIbrahim–OdetoDukeEllington(album),1998 ChuchoValdés—BriyumbapaloCongo,1999 RussellGunn—Ethnomusicology,Vol.2,2001 TheBrianSetzerOrchestra–Jumpin'EastofJava,2001 FlatEarthSociety–TheArmstrongMutations,2003 BustanAbraham–Liveconcerts,2003 FanfareCiocărlia–GiliGarabdi–AncientSecretsofGypsyBrass,2005 AvishaiCohen–AsIs...LiveattheBlueNote,2007 JackyTerrasson–Mirror,2007 HiromiUehara–BeyondStandard,2008 EumirDeodato–FirstCuckoo,1975 BrownmanElectrycTrio–Gravitation,2013 BernardPurdie-SoulDrums1968 Santana'sLaFuentedelRitmofromthe1972albumCaravanseraiborrowsthemelodiclineofCaravan,althoughthesongiscreditedtopercussionistJamesMingoLewisofSantana. Seealso[edit] Listof1930sjazzstandards Externallinksandreferences[edit] ^Alain,Pailler(2002).Duke'splace,Ellingtonetsesimaginaire.France:Actessud.p. 147.ISBN 978-2-7427-3691-1. ^abcdefghijklmnGioia,Ted(2012).TheJazzStandards:AGuidetotheRepertoire.NewYorkCity:OxfordUniversityPress.pp. 58–59.ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4. ^"MercuryRecordsCatalog".MercuryRecords.Retrieved2018-09-17. ^"Santo&JohnnyChartHistory".BillboardMagazine.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2016-05-08.Retrieved2016-04-17. vteDukeEllingtonDiscographyStudioalbums HarlemJazz,1930 Ellingtonia,Vol.One Ellingtonia,Vol.Two Braggin'inBrass:TheImmortal1938Year TheBlanton–WebsterBand NeverNoLament:TheBlanton-WebsterBand SmokeRings LiberianSuite GreatTimes! MasterpiecesbyEllington EllingtonUptown TheDukePlaysEllington Ellington'55 DancetotheDuke! EllingtonShowcase HistoricallySpeaking DukeEllingtonPresents... TheCompletePorgyandBess ADrumIsaWoman StudioSessions,Chicago1956 SuchSweetThunder StudioSessions1957&1962 EllingtonIndigos Black,BrownandBeige DukeEllingtonattheBalMasque TheCosmicScene HappyReunion JazzParty BacktoBack SidebySide AnatomyofaMurder FestivalSession BluesinOrbit TheNutcrackerSuite PianointheBackground SwingingSuitesbyEdwardE.andEdwardG. UnknownSession PianointheForeground TheGreatSummit:TheMasterTakes ParisBlues FeaturingPaulGonsalves MidnightinParis DukeEllingtonMeetsColemanHawkins StudioSessions,NewYork1962 MoneyJungle Afro-Bossa TheSymphonicEllington DukeEllington'sJazzViolinSession StudioSessionsNewYork1963 MyPeople Ellington'65 DukeEllingtonPlaysMaryPoppins Ellington'66 ConcertintheVirginIslands ThePopularDukeEllington FarEastSuite TheJaywalker StudioSessions,1957,1965,1966,1967,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewYork ...AndHisMotherCalledHimBill SecondSacredConcert StudioSessionsNewYork,1968 LatinAmericanSuite ThePianist NewOrleansSuite OrchestralWorks TheSuites,NewYork1968&1970 TheIntimacyoftheBlues TheAfro-EurasianEclipse StudioSessionsNewYork&Chicago,1965,1966&1971 TheIntimateEllington TheEllingtonSuites ThisOne'sforBlanton! UpinDuke'sWorkshop Duke'sBig4 MoodEllington Livealbums DukeEllingtonatFargo,1940Live Black,Brown,andBeige TheCarnegieHallConcerts:January1943 TheCarnegieHallConcerts:December1944 TheCarnegieHallConcerts:January1946 TheCarnegieHallConcerts:December1947 EllingtonatNewport DanceConcerts,California1958 DanceDates,California1958 Newport1958 JazzatthePlazaVol.II DukeEllingtonattheAlhambra LiveattheBlueNote HotSummerDance TheGreatParisConcert AConcertofSacredMusic IntheUncommonMarket SoulCall YaleConcert 70thBirthdayConcert TogoBravaSuite LiveattheWhitney ThirdSacredConcert EastbournePerformance Collaborations SerenadetoSweden FirstTime!TheCountMeetstheDuke ItDon'tMeanaThingIfItAin'tGotThatSwing BlueRose FirstTime!TheCountMeetstheDuke DukeEllington&JohnColtrane DukeEllingtonMeetsColemanHawkins EllaFitzgeraldSingstheDukeEllingtonSongBook EllaatDuke'sPlace TheStockholmConcert,1966 EllaandDukeattheCoteD'Azur FrancisA.&EdwardK. Compositions "AfricanFlower" "AllTooSoon" "Azure" "BlackandTanFantasy" "Black,BrownandBeige" "CJamBlues" "CottonTail" "CreoleLoveCall" "DayDream" "DiminuendoandCrescendoinBlue" "DoNothingTillYouHearfromMe" "Don'tGetAroundMuchAnymore" "DropMeOffinHarlem" "EastSt.LouisToodle-Oo" "EchoesofHarlem" "EverythingbutYou" "IAin'tGotNothin'buttheBlues" "IDidn'tKnowAboutYou" "IGotItBad(andThatAin'tGood)" "ILetaSongGoOutofMyHeart" "I'mBeginningtoSeetheLight" "I'mJustaLuckySo-and-So" "InaMellowTone" "InaSentimentalMood" "ItDon'tMeanaThing(IfItAin'tGotThatSwing)" "JustA-Sittin'andA-Rockin'" "JustSqueezeMe(ButPleaseDon'tTeaseMe)" "TheMooche" "MoodIndigo" "PreludetoaKiss" "RocksinMyBed" "(InMy)Solitude" "SophisticatedLady" byBillyStrayhorn "Takethe"A"Train" "LushLife" "ChelseaBridge" "SomethingtoLiveFor" "SatinDoll" "BloodCount" byJuanTizol "Caravan" "Perdido" Orchestramembers HayesAlvis CatAnderson IvieAnderson HaroldAshby AliceBabs ShortyBaker ButchBallard ArtBaron AaronBell LouieBellson JoeBenjamin BarneyBigard LouBlackburn JimmyBlanton WellmanBraud LawrenceBrown HarryCarney JohnnyColes WillieCook BusterCooper KayDavis WildBillDavis WilburdeParis BobbyDurham MercerEllington RolfEricson JimmyForrest VictorGaskin PeterGiger TyreeGlenn PaulGonsalves SonnyGreer FredGuy JimmyHamilton OttoHardwick SheltonHemphill RickHenderson AlHibbler JohnnyHodges MajorHolley CharlieIrvis QuentinJackson HiltonJefferson HerbJeffries FreddieJenkins MoneyJohnson HerbieJones WallaceJones TaftJordan AlKillian QueenEstherMarrow WendellMarshall MurrayMcEachern LouisMetcalf James"Bubber"Miley Harold"Geezil"Minerve RayNance TrickySamNanton OscarPettiford EddiePreston RussellProcope JuniorRaglin BettyRoché ErnieRoyal AlSears JoyaSherrill WillieSmith ElmerSnowden RexStewart BillyStrayhorn BillyTaylor ClarkTerry JuanTizol NorrisTurney BenWebster ArthurWhetsel CootieWilliams NelsonWilliams SkippyWilliams BootyWood JimmyWoode BrittWoodman SamWoodyard Related MercerEllington(son) DukeEllingtonBridge DukeEllingtonCircle DukeEllingtonMemorial DukeEllingtonHouse DukeEllingtonSchooloftheArts LutherHenderson IrvingMills SophisticatedLadies PlayOn! 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