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==Other versions==
* [[Barney Bigard]] and His Jazzopators – Hollywood, December 19, 1936<ref name="standards">{{cite book |last1=Gioia |first1=Ted |title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-19-993739-4 |pages=58–59}}</ref>
* [[Barney Bigard]] and His Jazzopators – Hollywood, December 19, 1936<ref name="standards">{{cite book |last1=Gioia |first1=Ted |title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-19-993739-4 |pages=58–59}}</ref>
* [[Art Blakey]] – ''[[Caravan (Art Blakey album)|Caravan]]'', New York, October 23, 1962<ref name="standards" />
* [[Clifford Brown]] – August 11, 1954<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/catalog-emarcy-36100-series/#mg-36102 |title=Mercury Records Catalog |publisher=Mercury Records |accessdate=2018-09-17}}</ref>
* [[Michel Camilo]] – ''[[Rendezvous (Michel Camilo album)|Rendezvous]]'', New York, January 18–20, 1993<ref name="standards" />
* [[Nat King Cole]] – ''[[After Midnight (Nat King Cole album)|After Midnight]]'', Los Angeles, September 14, 1956<ref name="standards" />
* [[Duke Ellington]] – New York, May 14, 1937<ref name="standards" />
* [[Duke Ellington]] – New York, May 14, 1937<ref name="standards" />
* [[Art Tatum]] – Los Angeles, April–July 1940<ref name="standards" />
* [[Dizzy Gillespie]] – October 25, 1951<ref name="standards" />
* [[Dizzy Gillespie]] – October 25, 1951<ref name="standards" />
* [[Clifford Brown]] – August 11, 1954<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/catalog-emarcy-36100-series/#mg-36102 |title=Mercury Records Catalog |publisher=Mercury Records |accessdate=2018-09-17}}</ref>
* Dizzy Gillespie and [[Oscar Peterson]] – ''[[Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie]]'', London, November 28–29, 1974<ref name="standards" />
* [[Bill Haley and His Comets]] - recorded two different studio versions for [[Orfeon Records]] of Mexico in 1962 and 1966, and numerous live performances including for [[Roulette Records]] in 1962 for the album ''[[Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable]]'' (Roulette SR-25174).
* [[Wynton Marsalis]] – ''[[Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I]]'', New York, May 29–30, 1986 and September 24–25, 1986<ref name="standards" />
* [[Medeski Martin & Wood]] – ''[[Notes from the Underground (Medeski Martin & Wood album)|Notes from the Underground]]'', New York, December 15–16, 1991<ref name="standards" />
* [[Thelonious Monk]] – ''[[Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington]]'', Hackensack, New Jersey, July 27, 1955<ref name="standards" />
* [[Thelonious Monk]] – ''[[Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington]]'', Hackensack, New Jersey, July 27, 1955<ref name="standards" />
* [[Wes Montgomery]] – ''[[Movin' Wes]]'', New York, November 16, 1964<ref name="standards" />
* [[Nat King Cole]] – ''[[After Midnight (Nat King Cole album)|After Midnight]]'', Los Angeles, September 14, 1956<ref name="standards" />
[[Roulette Records]] in 1962 for the album ''[[Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable]]'' (Roulette SR-25174).
* [[Danny Gatton]] – Danny Gatton; In Concert 9/9/94, Big Mo Records, Original Release Date: May 6, 1997
* [[Art Pepper]] – ''[[Friday Night at the Village Vanguard]]'', New York, July 29, 1977<ref name="standards" />
* [[Santo & Johnny|Santo & Johnny's]] – ''[[Santo & Johnny (album)|Santo & Johnny]]'' (1959), peaked at number 48 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/artist/278147/santo-johnny/chart |title=Santo & Johnny Chart History |publisher=Billboard Magazine |accessdate=2016-04-17}}</ref>
* [[Santo & Johnny|Santo & Johnny's]] – ''[[Santo & Johnny (album)|Santo & Johnny]]'' (1959), peaked at number 48 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/artist/278147/santo-johnny/chart |title=Santo & Johnny Chart History |publisher=Billboard Magazine |accessdate=2016-04-17}}</ref>
* [[Art Tatum]] – Los Angeles, April–July 1940<ref name="standards" />
* [[The Ventures]] – ''[[Walk, Don't Run (album)]]'', 1960
* [[Nelson Riddle]] – ''[[Love Tide]]'', 1961
* [[Brownman Electryc Trio]] – ''[[Gravitation (Brownman Electryc Trio album)|Gravitation]]'', Toronto, October 31, 2013<ref name="standards" />
* [[Art Blakey]] – ''[[Caravan (Art Blakey album)|Caravan]]'', New York, October 23, 1962<ref name="standards" />
* [[Bill Haley and His Comets]] - recorded two different studio versions for [[Orfeon Records]] of Mexico in 1962 and 1966, and numerous live performances including for * [[Wes Montgomery]] ''[[Movin' Wes]]'', New York, November 16, 1964<ref name="standards" />
* Dizzy Gillespie and [[Oscar Peterson]] – ''[[Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie]]'', London, November 28–29, 1974<ref name="standards" />
* [[Art Pepper]] – ''[[Friday Night at the Village Vanguard]]'', New York, July 29, 1977<ref name="standards" />
* [[Ryo Kawasaki]] – ''[[Lucky Lady (album)|Lucky Lady]]'', 1983
* [[Ryo Kawasaki]] – ''[[Lucky Lady (album)|Lucky Lady]]'', 1983
* [[Wynton Marsalis]] – ''[[Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I]]'', New York, May 29–30, 1986 and September 24–25, 1986<ref name="standards" />
* [[Haruomi Hosono]] – ''[[Omni Sight Seeing]]'', Tokyo and Paris, 1989
* [[Haruomi Hosono]] – ''[[Omni Sight Seeing]]'', Tokyo and Paris, 1989
* [[Nelson Riddle]] – ''[[Love Tide]]'', 1961
* [[The Brian Setzer Orchestra]] – ''[[Jumpin' East of Java]]'', 2001
* [[The Ventures]] – ''[[Walk, Don't Run (album)]]'', 1960
* [[Randy Weston]] – ''[[Portraits of Duke Ellington (album)]]'', 1989
* [[Randy Weston]] – ''[[Portraits of Duke Ellington (album)]]'', 1989
* [[Gonzalo Rubalcaba]] – ''[[Inner Voyage (album)]]'', Blue Note, 1989
* [[Gonzalo Rubalcaba]] – ''[[Inner Voyage (album)]]'', Blue Note, 1989
* [[Medeski Martin & Wood]] – ''[[Notes from the Underground (Medeski Martin & Wood album)|Notes from the Underground]]'', New York, December 15–16, 1991<ref name="standards" />
* [[Thin White Rope]] - Squatter's Rights, [[Frontier Records]], 1991
* [[Michel Camilo]] – ''[[Rendezvous (Michel Camilo album)|Rendezvous]]'', New York, January 18–20, 1993<ref name="standards" />
* [[Dave Grusin]] - ''[[Homage to Duke]]'', 1993
* [[Dave Grusin]] - ''[[Homage to Duke]]'', 1993
* [[Chicago_(band)|Chicago]] – ''[[Night_%26_Day:_Big_Band|Night & Day: Big Band]]'', 1995
* [[Chicago_(band)|Chicago]] – ''[[Night_%26_Day:_Big_Band|Night & Day: Big Band]]'', 1995
* [[Jimi Tenor]] – [[Intervision (Album)]], Warp, 1997
* [[Jimi Tenor]] – [[Intervision (Album)]], Warp, 1997
* [[Danny Gatton]] – Danny Gatton; In Concert 9/9/94, Big Mo Records, Original Release Date: May 6, 1997
* [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] – ''[[Ode to Duke Ellington (album)]]'', 1998
* [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] – ''[[Ode to Duke Ellington (album)]]'', 1998
* [[The Brian Setzer Orchestra]] – ''[[Jumpin' East of Java]]'', 2001
* [[Thin White Rope]] - Squatter's Rights, [[Frontier Records]], 1991
* [[Brownman Electryc Trio]] – ''[[Gravitation (Brownman Electryc Trio album)|Gravitation]]'', Toronto, October 31, 2013<ref name="standards" />


Santana's ''La Fuente del Ritmo'' from the 1972 album ''Caravanserai'' borrows the melodic line of ''Caravan'', although the song is credited to percussionist James Mingo Lewis of Santana.
Santana's ''La Fuente del Ritmo'' from the 1972 album ''Caravanserai'' borrows the melodic line of ''Caravan'', although the song is credited to percussionist James Mingo Lewis of Santana.

Revision as of 02:15, 28 April 2020

"Caravan"
"Caravan" on Variety
Song by Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
Published1936
GenreJazz
Composer(s)Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington
Lyricist(s)Irving Mills

"Caravan" is an American jazz standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung. The exotic sound of "Caravan" interested exotica musicians; Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, and Gordon Jenkins all covered it. Woody Allen used the song in two of his films, Alice and Sweet and Lowdown. Steven Soderbergh used the Lyman version in his 2001 film Ocean's Eleven. The song appears often in the 2014 film Whiplash as an important plot element. The Mills Brothers recorded an a cappella version in which they imitated instruments with their voices. Johnny Mathis recorded the song in 1956. More than 350 versions have been recorded.[1]

Original recording

The first version of the song was recorded in Hollywood in 1936 and performed as an instrumental by Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators.[2] Two takes were recorded, of which the first (Variety VA-515-1) was published. The band members were:

The musicians were members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which often split into smaller combinations to record songs under different band names. For this recording, which included Ellington and Tizol as performers, the session band leader was Bigard.

Other versions

Roulette Records in 1962 for the album Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable (Roulette SR-25174).

Santana's La Fuente del Ritmo from the 1972 album Caravanserai borrows the melodic line of Caravan, although the song is credited to percussionist James Mingo Lewis of Santana.

See also

  1. ^ Alain, Pailler (2002). Duke's place, Ellington et ses imaginaire. France: Actes sud. p. 147. ISBN 978-2-7427-3691-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  3. ^ "Mercury Records Catalog". Mercury Records. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  4. ^ "Santo & Johnny Chart History". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-17.