lots of lovely desert...

A Night in Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie & Frank Paparelli, Composers

... music to live by ...




        - as Another Night in Tunisia

The Manhattan Transfer, with Bobby McFerrin & Jon Hendricks

        - from their Vocalese recordings






Elvin Jones Trio






Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach

        - live, Toronto, 1953

(...as strong a group of musicians on one stage as is possible)

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According to Allmusic.com, the song has been recorded by various artists or released in separate format at least 797 times. And I’m sure there are others.

It is, absolutely, on my short list of necessary songs.