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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Caravan canonical 8
"Caravan (Studio Band)" (track) 1
"Caravan" (track) 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's Jazz Messengers
surface form: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke Ellington notableWork Caravan
Whiplash (film score) hasPart Caravan
this entity surface form: "Caravan" (track)
Whiplash (film score) hasPart Caravan
this entity surface form: "Caravan (Studio Band)" (track)
Moondance hasTrack Caravan
Moondance (album) hasPart Caravan