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A Night In Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Artist Biography For Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Pronounced /ɡɨˈlɛspi/ October 21 1917 – January 6 1993 Was An American Jazz Trumpet Player Bandleader Singer And Composer Dubbed "the Sound Of Surprise". 1 Together With Charlie Parker He Was A Major Figure In The Development Of Bebop And Modern Jazz. He Taught And Influenced Many Other Musicians Including Trumpeters Miles Davis Fats Navarro Clifford Brown Arturo Sandoval Lee Morgan Jon Faddis 2 And Chuck Mangione. 3 Arguably Gillespie Is Remembered By Both Critics And Fans Alike As One Of The Greatest Jazz Trumpeters Of All Time. 4
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"A Night In Tunisia" Is A Musical Composition Written By Dizzy Gillespie In 1942 While He Was Playing With The Earl Hines Band. It Has Become A Jazz Standard. It Is Also Known As "Interlude" Under Which Title It Was Recorded With Lyrics By Sarah Vaughan And Anita O'Day. Gillespie Himself Called The Tune "Night In Tunisia". Although The Song Is Sometimes Titled “A Night In Tunisia” The Proper Title Is “Night In Tunisia” The Song Appears As The Title Track Of 30 CDs And Is Included In Over 500 Currently Available CDs. In January 2004 The Recording Academy Added The Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet’s 1946 Victor Recording Of “Night In Tunisia” To Its Grammy Hall Of Fame. "Night In Tunisia" Was One Of The Signature Pieces Of Gillespie's Bebop Big Band And He Also Played It With His Small Groups.
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Pronounced /ɡɨˈlɛspi/ October 21 1917 – January 6 1993 Was An American Jazz Trumpet Player Bandleader Singer And Composer Dubbed "the Sound Of Surprise". 1 Together With Charlie Parker He Was A Major Figure In The Development Of Bebop And Modern Jazz. He Taught And Influenced Many Other Musicians Including Trumpeters Miles Davis Fats Navarro Clifford Brown Arturo Sandoval Lee Morgan Jon Faddis 2 And Chuck Mangione. 3 Arguably Gillespie Is Remembered By Both Critics And Fans Alike As One Of The Greatest Jazz Trumpeters Of All Time. 4
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"A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942 while he was playing with the Earl Hines Band. It has become a jazz standard.
It is also known as "Interlude", under which title it was recorded (with lyrics) by Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day. Gillespie himself called the tune "Night in Tunisia". Although the song is sometimes titled “A Night in Tunisia”, the proper title is “Night in Tunisia”
The song appears as the title track of 30 CDs and is included in over 500 currently available CDs. In January 2004, The Recording Academy added the Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet’s 1946 Victor recording of “Night in Tunisia” to its Grammy Hall of Fame.
"Night in Tunisia" was one of the signature pieces of Gillespie's bebop big band, and he also played it with his small groups. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.