Dizzy Gillespie - A Night in Tunisia: 5 Customizable Versions
Composed by Dizzy Gillespie during the birth of bebop, this jazz standard features an innovative combination of Afro-Cuban rhythms with complex harmonic structures. The composition's famous bass line and chromatic passages became foundational elements in modern jazz.
"A Night in Tunisia" is a jazz standard pivotal to the bebop movement, featuring a distinctive bassline and Latin-inspired rhythms. Gillespie claimed he wrote it during a tour bus journey in 1942.
Jazz standard featuring Afro-Cuban rhythms and complex harmonic structure, considered one of Gillespie's most important contributions to the bebop canon.
A seminal bebop composition blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz harmony, famously challenging for improvisers due to its harmonic structure.
"A Night in Tunisia" is a jazz standard composed by Dizzy Gillespie, blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with bebop. It became a hallmark of Gillespie's innovative style and remains a staple in jazz repertoire.
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