Caravan
Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol (arr. James D Ployhar)
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General Info
Year: 1937 / 1975
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Big band
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
Caravan is an American jazz standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung. The exotic sound of Caravan interested exotica musicians; Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, and Gordon Jenkins all covered it. Steven Soderbergh used the Lyman version in his 2001 film Ocean's Eleven. The song appears often in the 2014 film Whiplash as an important plot element. The Mills Brothers recorded an a cappella version in which they imitated instruments with their voices. Johnny Mathis recorded the song in 1956. More than 350 versions have been recorded.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- State University of New York, Fredonia, Concert Band (Ray Stewart, conductor) – 5 March 2020
- Unidentified Israeli ensemble – 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Juan Tizol
Duke Ellington
- Caravan (arr. Ployhar) (1937/1975)
- Caravan (arr. Saucedo) (1937/2000)
- Classic Duke
- Come Sunday (arr. Murtha) (1943/2007)
- Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer) (1994)
- Duke Ellington in Concert (arr. Murtha) (2002)
- Ellington (arr. Kerchner)
- Ellington! (arr. Bulla) (2019)
- Ellington Portrait, An (arr. Werle) (1965)
- Highlights from "Sophisticated Ladies" (arr. Cacavas) (1981)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (arr. Mashima) (1932/2012)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (arr. Moss) (1932/1989)
- Rhythmoods (arr. Yoder) (1938)
- Salute the Duke (arr. Yoder) (1960)
- Salute to the Duke (arr. Sweeney) (1999)
- Satin Doll (arr. Osterling) (1953/1988)
- The Symphonic Duke (arr. Newsom) (1999)
Resources
- Caravan (Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington song), Wikipedia Accessed 22 March 2020
- Ellington, D.; Tizol, J.; Ployhar, J. (1975). Caravan [score]. American Academy of Music: New York.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Juan Tizol." Accessed 22 March 2020