Stories of Standards—Night in Tunisisa
Stories of Standards—Night in Tunisisa Linda Hillshafer Share Tune in weekday mornings to hear our favorite versions of “Night in Tunisia.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 am beginning Monday, April 12! Stories of Standards is sponsored by ListenUp. Dizzy Gillespie wrote “Night in Tunisia” in 1942; it was first recorded in 1944 under the title “Interlude.” It may have been written while Gillespie was playing with the Benny Carter Band; Gillespie said he composed it on the piano at Kelly’s Stables, a jazz clu...
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