Satin Doll

E126751
jazz standard song

"Satin Doll" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington (with contributions from Billy Strayhorn and lyrics later added by Johnny Mercer) that has become one of his most frequently performed and recorded pieces.

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Label Occurrences
Satin Doll canonical 2
Satin Doll (lyrics) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Billy Strayhorn ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
firstPerformer Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
hasFeature call-and-response figures ⓘ
ii–V chord progressions ⓘ
modulating bridge ⓘ
walking bass line ⓘ
hasForm 32-bar AABA form ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn jazz education repertoire ⓘ
hasKey C major ⓘ
D major ⓘ
F major ⓘ
hasNotableRecording Art Blakey ⓘ
Cannonball Adderley ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Dave Brubeck ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Erroll Garner ⓘ
George Shearing ⓘ
Nancy Wilson ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Red Garland ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
hasTempoMarking medium swing ⓘ
hasType instrumental ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformedBy big bands ⓘ
jazz ensembles ⓘ
small jazz combos ⓘ
isFrequentlyRecordedBy jazz instrumentalists ⓘ
jazz vocalists ⓘ
isStandardIn bebop repertoire ⓘ
big band repertoire ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
swing repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Johnny Mercer ⓘ
notableWorkOf Duke Ellington ⓘ
partOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
publisher Mills Music ⓘ
usedAs jam session standard ⓘ
practice tune for chord changes ⓘ

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

Duke Ellington → notableWork → Satin Doll ⓘ
Johnny Mercer → wroteSong → Satin Doll ⓘ
this entity surface form: Satin Doll (lyrics)
Sophisticated Ladies → includesSong → Satin Doll ⓘ