A Night in Tunisia

This article is about the Dizzy Gillespie song. For other uses, see A Night in Tunisia (disambiguation).
"A Night in Tunisia"
Instrumental by Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet
Released1942
Recorded1944
GenreJazz, bebop[1]
Composer(s)

"A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie around 1940–1942. He wrote it while he was playing with the Benny Carter band. It has become a jazz standard. It is also known as "Interlude",[2] and with lyrics by Raymond Leveen was recorded by Sarah Vaughan in 1944.[3][4]

  1. ^ Porter, Eric (31 January 2002). What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists. University of California Press. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-0-520-92840-4. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Night in Tunisia" at jazzstandards.com. Accessed 10 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Original versions of Interlude written by Raymond Leveen | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  4. ^ "Sarah Vaughan Discography: Early Years".