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A Night in Tunisia

A Night in Tunisia — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

A Night in Tunisia was composed by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli. It dates from 1946. It is in D minor, 32 bars long, and in AABA (8-8-8-8) form.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

D minor

Section A1

Eb7
Dm6
Eb7
Dm6
Eb7
Dm6
Em7b5A7
Dm6

Section A2

Eb7
Dm6
Eb7
Dm6
Eb7
Dm6
Em7b5A7
Dm6

Section B1

Am7b5
D7b9
Gm7
Gm7
Cm7b5
C7b9
Fmaj7
Em7b5A7

Section A3

Eb7
Dm6
Eb7
Dm6
Eb7
Dm6
Em7b5A7
Dm6

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

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Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

  • Yosuke Yamashita — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1976
  • Miles Davis — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1984
  • Underkarl — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    1999
  • The Incredible Sucking Spongies — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2002
  • Brad Goode, Von Freeman, Paul McKee, Ron Perrillo, Stewart Miller, Bob Rummage — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2002
  • Charlie Parker — Album not listed
    Source: musicbrainz
    2005

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

  • Clifford Brown (trumpet) — Quadromania Jazz Edition, Clifford Brown, Easy Living, CD 4
    Hard bop · 190 bpm · swing feel
    2005
  • Pepper Adams (baritone sax) — The Cooker, Lee Morgan
    Hard bop · 128 bpm · latin feel
    1958

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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