Caravan

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"Caravan" is a famous jazz standard composed in 1936, closely associated with Duke Ellington’s orchestra and known for its exotic, Latin-tinged harmonies and rhythms.

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Label Occurrences
Caravan canonical 17
"Caravan (Studio Band)" (track) 1
"Caravan" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
associatedWith Duke Ellington ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
Irving Mills ⓘ
Juan Tizol ⓘ
coComposer Duke Ellington ⓘ
composer Juan Tizol ⓘ
coveredBy Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ⓘ
Buddy Rich ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Hiromi Uehara ⓘ
Michel Petrucciani ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
Stan Kenton ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
Tito Puente ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
firstRecordedBy Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators ⓘ
firstRecordingDate 1936-12-19 ⓘ
firstRecordingLabel Variety Records ⓘ
form AABA ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
hasNotableRecording Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers 1958 recording ⓘ
Duke Ellington 1945 Carnegie Hall performance ⓘ
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1937 recording ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald 1964 recording ⓘ
includedIn The Real Book ⓘ
influenced later Latin jazz compositions ⓘ
influencedBy Latin music ⓘ
Middle Eastern music ⓘ
key F minor ⓘ
lyricist Irving Mills ⓘ
notableFeature frequent use in film and television soundtracks ⓘ
status as a jazz standard ⓘ
unusual harmonic progression for its time ⓘ
partOfRepertoireOf big bands ⓘ
small jazz combos ⓘ
publisher Mills Music ⓘ
styleCharacteristic Latin-tinged rhythms ⓘ
Middle Eastern-influenced melody ⓘ
exotic harmonies ⓘ
prominent trombone writing ⓘ
strong rhythmic ostinato ⓘ
use of minor modes ⓘ
subgenre swing ⓘ
tempo medium ⓘ
yearComposed 1936 ⓘ
yearPublished 1937 ⓘ

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