A Night in Tunisia

This article is about the Dizzy Gillespie song. For other uses, see A Night in Tunisia (disambiguation).
"A Night in Tunisia"
Instrumental by Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet
Written1942
Recorded1944
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Composers

"A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written in 1942 by American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that has become a jazz standard. Dizzy wrote it while he was playing with the Benny Carter band. The tune is also known as "Interlude".

"A Night in Tunisia" was one of the signature pieces of Gillespie's bebop big band, and he also played it with his small groups. In January 2004, The Recording Academy added Gillespie's 1946 RCA Victor recording to the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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