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Sarah Vaughan & Her All-Stars

Interlude

Night In Tunisia

Continental Label Records 1944

• Night in Tunisia is a magnifique musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942 while he was playing with the superb Earl Hines Band

Night in Tunisia is a Jazz standard

It is also known as "Interlude", under which title it was recorded (with lyrics) by Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day

Gillespie himself called the tune Night in Tunisia

Although the song is sometimes titled "A Night in Tunisia", the proper title is Night in Tunisia

• The complex bass line in the "A section" is notable for avoiding the standard walking bass pattern of straight quarter notes, and the use of oscillating half-step-up/half-step-down chord changes gives the song a unique, mysterious feeling

• Like many of Gillespie's tunes, it features a short written introduction and a brief interlude that occurs between solo sections — in this case, a twelve-bar sequence leading into a four-bar break for the next soloist.

• Sarah Vaughan and Her All-Stars

• Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)

• Aaron Sachs (clarinet)

• Georgie Auld (tenor Sax)

• Jack Lesberg (Double Bass)

• Chuck Wayne (guitar)

• Piano/Producer: Leonard Feather (piano)

• Morey Feld (drums)

• Recorded in New York City on December 31 1944 (Continental Label Records)

Interlude

Lyrics

I lived in a dream for a moment
We'd loved in a midnight solitude
But I never knew at the moment
Love was just an interlude

I thrill as your arms would enfold me
A kiss of surrender says the mood
Then heaven fell down when you told me
Love's a passing interlude

The magic was unsurpassed
Too good to last
The magic my heart once knew
Is dressed in blue

The shadow of night all around me
I walk in a moonlight solitude
When I thought romance really found me
Love was just an interlude

The shadow of night all around me
I walk in a moonlight solitude
When I thought romance really found me
Love was just an interlude

Z

Sources

• My LP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan?wprov=sfla1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_in_Tunisia?wprov=sfla1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAvj2cidBs

Reaction I

You can clearly see, based on the size of the toot, that I love this song.

• For the first time I heard it on the radio the AM radio
• For the second version, which is the first computer rendering, I heard it on my Amiga computer! As a module
• When I heard it again after many decades, I didn't recognize Night in Tunisia at first, because I remembered a super fast live version that Dizzy Gillespie played.
• It was when I heard the second part, a few beats in, that I recognized the brilliance of the band and the composer

What a powerful song both fast and slow versions
You should also listen to the Art Blakey version

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Kusch 🏆
#DizzyGillespie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhD_KJpRwAY

Kusch 🏆
#DizzyGillespie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhD_KJpRwAY

Downbeat - February 19, 1970 - Dizzy Gillespie
#jazz #DizzyGillespie

Downbeat - February 19, 1970 - Dizzy Gillespie
#jazz #DizzyGillespie

1971 - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Griffin & Stan Getz - Stella By Starlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fznh5GDHDxc

#DizzyGillespie (tp), #JohnnyGriffin (ts), #StanGetz (ts), Vince Benedetti (p), Alby Cullaz (b), Art Taylor (dr)

#jazz

1971 - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Griffin & Stan Getz - Stella By Starlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fznh5GDHDxc

#DizzyGillespie (tp), #JohnnyGriffin (ts), #StanGetz (ts), Vince Benedetti (p), Alby Cullaz (b), Art Taylor (dr)

#jazz

Dizzy Gillespie & Johnny Griffin + Stan Getz au Festival de Châteauvallon le 29 août 1971

#DizzyGillespie (tp, voc), #JohnnyGriffin (ts), #StanGetz (ts), Vince Benedetti (p), Alby Cullaz (b), Art Taylor (dr), Virginia Vee (voc)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/dizzy-gillespie-johnny-griffin-stan-getz-a-chateauvallon-le-29-aout-1971-6025936

Dizzy Gillespie & Johnny Griffin + Stan Getz au Festival de Châteauvallon le 29 août 1971

#DizzyGillespie (tp, voc), #JohnnyGriffin (ts), #StanGetz (ts), Vince Benedetti (p), Alby Cullaz (b), Art Taylor (dr), Virginia Vee (voc)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/dizzy-gillespie-johnny-griffin-stan-getz-a-chateauvallon-le-29-aout-1971-6025936

Dizzy Gillespie & Johnny Griffin au Festival de Châteauvallon le 29 août 1971

#DizzyGillespie (tp), #JohnnyGriffin (ts), Vince Benedetti (p), Alby Cullaz (b), Art Taylor (dr)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/dizzy-gillespie-johnny-griffin-au-festival-de-chateauvallon-le-29-aout-1971-2101577

Dizzy Gillespie & Johnny Griffin au Festival de Châteauvallon le 29 août 1971

#DizzyGillespie (tp), #JohnnyGriffin (ts), Vince Benedetti (p), Alby Cullaz (b), Art Taylor (dr)

#jazz #podcast #francemusique :
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/les-legendes-du-jazz/dizzy-gillespie-johnny-griffin-au-festival-de-chateauvallon-le-29-aout-1971-2101577

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1971 - The Jazz Weekend in London
- #KidThomas Preservation Hall Band
- #OrnetteColeman Quartet
- #MilesDavis Septet
- The Giants of Jazz : #TheloniousMonk, #DizzyGillespie, #SonnyStitt, #ArtBlakey, #KaiWinding, #AlMcKibbon
#jazz

#DemandezLeProgramme :
1971 - The Jazz Weekend in London
- #KidThomas Preservation Hall Band
- #OrnetteColeman Quartet
- #MilesDavis Septet
- The Giants of Jazz : #TheloniousMonk, #DizzyGillespie, #SonnyStitt, #ArtBlakey, #KaiWinding, #AlMcKibbon
#jazz

"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by #GeorgeGershwin with lyrics by #IraGershwin and published in 1930, which became a #jazzStandard. Its #chordProgression, known as "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other jazz tunes such as #CharlieParker's and #DizzyGillespie's #bebop standard #AnthropologyThrivinOnARiff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ViCaVW5JWs

"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by #GeorgeGershwin with lyrics by #IraGershwin and published in 1930, which became a #jazzStandard. Its #chordProgression, known as "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other jazz tunes such as #CharlieParker's and #DizzyGillespie's #bebop standard #AnthropologyThrivinOnARiff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ViCaVW5JWs

‘It’ll never be like that again’: Sonny Rollins and Steve Schapiro on jazz’s golden age – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jun/04/itll-never-be-like-that-again-sonny-rollins-and-steve-schapiro-on-jazzs-golden-age-in-pictures #Photography #Jazz #ArtAndDesign #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books #DizzyGillespie #BillEvans #SonnyRollins #Culture #Music

‘It’ll never be like that again’: Sonny Rollins and Steve Schapiro on jazz’s golden age – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jun/04/itll-never-be-like-that-again-sonny-rollins-and-steve-schapiro-on-jazzs-golden-age-in-pictures #Photography #Jazz #ArtAndDesign #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books #DizzyGillespie #BillEvans #SonnyRollins #Culture #Music

Kusch 🙈
#DizzyGillespie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPlKDuRHHo

Kusch 🙈
#DizzyGillespie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPlKDuRHHo

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Dizzy Gillespie:
🎵 Shaw Nuff (Boots Riley Funk mix)

#DizzyGillespie

https://open.spotify.com/track/7bNfxr6yGyTRcpqIC0YX2U

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Dizzy Gillespie:
🎵 Shaw Nuff (Boots Riley Funk mix)

#DizzyGillespie

https://open.spotify.com/track/7bNfxr6yGyTRcpqIC0YX2U

this one's a keepr, though!

#vinyl #jazz #dizzygillespie

this one's a keepr, though!

#vinyl #jazz #dizzygillespie

Kusch 🈁
#DizzyGillespie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1j4mN7OT0

Kusch 🈁
#DizzyGillespie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1j4mN7OT0

Carter, Gillespie Inc.

Seems unlikely they incorporated for this release. :-)

Part of the very enjoyable Pablo re-release series from Analogue Productions, this has two greats from different eras—Benny Carter (alto) and Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)—playing with Tommy Flanagan (piano), Joe Pass (guitar), Al McKibbon (bass), and Micky Roker (drums).

A mix of styles and tempos from this sextet, and a nice listen.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #bop #DizzyGillespie #BennyCarter #TommyFlanagan

Carter, Gillespie Inc.

Seems unlikely they incorporated for this release. :-)

Part of the very enjoyable Pablo re-release series from Analogue Productions, this has two greats from different eras—Benny Carter (alto) and Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)—playing with Tommy Flanagan (piano), Joe Pass (guitar), Al McKibbon (bass), and Micky Roker (drums).

A mix of styles and tempos from this sextet, and a nice listen.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #swing #bop #DizzyGillespie #BennyCarter #TommyFlanagan

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Dizzy Gillespie:
🎵 Kush

#DizzyGillespie

1944 - Dizzy Gillespie promotional poster
#jazz #DizzyGillespie