
Trumpeter
Dizzy Gillespie introduced his famous composition "A Night in Tunisia"
by saying, "It has withstood the vicissitudes of the contingent world
and moved in an odyssey into the realm of the metaphysical."
Nearly
60 years ago, the young Gillespie wrote a song that remains among the
most popular jazz standards around: "A Night in Tunisia." The song
marked the beginning of Gillespie's unique blending of Afro-Cuban
rhythms with American jazz.
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