Perdido

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"Perdido" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol that became widely known through Duke Ellington’s orchestra and numerous subsequent recordings.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Perdido canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
associatedAct Duke Ellington ⓘ
Juan Tizol ⓘ
associatedWithVenue Cotton Club (via Duke Ellington’s band history) ⓘ
composer Juan Tizol ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era 1940s jazz ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
form 32-bar song form ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
hasCategory 1940s jazz standards ⓘ
compositions by Juan Tizol ⓘ
hasLyrics true ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy Art Tatum ⓘ
Buddy Rich ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Clark Terry ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Gerry Mulligan ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
Woody Herman ⓘ
includedIn standard jazz fake books ⓘ
influenced later swing and bebop improvisational practice ⓘ
isCommonIn bebop repertoire ⓘ
big band repertoire ⓘ
jam session repertoire ⓘ
isJazzStandard true ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
language instrumental (originally) ⓘ
lyricist Ervin Drake ⓘ
Hans Lengsfelder ⓘ
notableFeature characteristic riff-based melody ⓘ
frequent use as a vehicle for improvisation ⓘ
publisher music publishers associated with Duke Ellington catalog ⓘ
structure AABA ⓘ
style swing ⓘ
tempo medium-up swing ⓘ
titleLanguage Spanish ⓘ
titleMeaning lost ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Juan Tizol → notableWork → Perdido ⓘ
Juan Tizol → composerOf → Perdido ⓘ
Jazz at Oberlin → hasTrack → Perdido ⓘ