Caravan (song)
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For other uses, see Caravan (disambiguation).
Caravan is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington[1], and performed by Duke Ellington from 1937. The lyrics were written by Irving Mills, but as many versions are instrumental he is sometimes not listed. The song is variously seen as the first Latin jazz song or as a Mideastern influenced jazz song. Its "exotic" sound made it of interest to Exotica musicians so it was covered by both Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. It has also appeared in two Woody Allen films, Alice and Sweet and Lowdown. Even rap musicians Redman and Busta Rhymes sampled the song heavily in their 1998 song Da Goodness (from Redman's album Doc's da Name 2000).
[edit] Noteworthy renditions
As the song became a standard this is just a list of a few examples.
- Nat King Cole
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Bobby Darin
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Thelonious Monk[2]
- Kye Palmer
- Tito Puente
- Arturo Sandoval
- Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Chicago
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Hepcat
- The Carpenters
- Lambert, Hendricks and Ross (with lyrics by Irving Ross)
- Eddie Torres & His Mambo Kings Orchestra
- Les Paul
- Chet Atkins
- Dick Dale
- The Ventures
- The Stimulators
- Phish
- Eddie Condon
- Freddie Hubbard
- Art Pepper
- The Mills Brothers
[edit] Appearances in film or television
- The Thirteenth Floor
- Chocolat
- Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)
- Ocean's Thirteen
- Jazzy and the Pussycats-An episode of The Simpsons.
- The Homecoming-An episode of The O.C..
- Funny Bones (performed by Duke Ellington)
- Mad Men Pilot episode
