A Night in Tunisia

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A Night in Tunisia is a landmark bebop jazz composition, known for its Afro-Cuban rhythmic influences and complex harmonies, that became one of Dizzy Gillespie’s signature pieces.

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A Night in Tunisia canonical 4
Another Night In Tunisia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bebop standard
jazz composition
alsoKnownAs Interlude NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement bebop movement
becameStandardIn bebop repertoire
modern jazz repertoire
coComposer Frank Paparelli NERFINISHED
composer Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED
firstRecordedBy Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED
firstRecordingYear 1944
form AABA
frequentlyIncludedIn jazz fake books
frequentlyPerformedAt jam sessions
genre Afro-Cuban jazz
bebop
hasCharacteristic complex harmonies
contrasting A and B sections
prominent bass line
syncopated rhythm
hasInfluenceOn later Afro-Cuban jazz compositions
hasRhythmicInfluence Afro-Cuban rhythm
hasSection A section with Latin feel
B section with swing feel
intro with ostinato bass figure
influencedBy Afro-Cuban music
Latin music
isConsidered jazz standard
landmark bebop composition
key D minor
notableRecordingBy Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers NERFINISHED
Bud Powell NERFINISHED
Chaka Khan NERFINISHED
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
Miles Davis NERFINISHED
The Modern Jazz Quartet NERFINISHED
publisher Edward B. Marks Music Company NERFINISHED
signatureTuneOf Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED
tempo medium-up
typicalPerformanceContext big band
small jazz combo
usesFeature dramatic melodic leaps
extended chord changes
modal inflections

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Dizzy Gillespie notableWork A Night in Tunisia
album "Spontaneous Inventions" hasTrack A Night in Tunisia
subject surface form: Spontaneous Inventions
this entity surface form: Another Night In Tunisia
Regina Taylor notableWork A Night in Tunisia
Art Blakey notableAlbum A Night in Tunisia
John notableWork A Night in Tunisia
subject surface form: John Birks Gillespie