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"'Doodlin'" is a composition by Horace Silver. The original version, by Silver's quintet, was recorded on November 13, 1954. It was soon covered by other musicians, including with lyrics added by Jon Hendricks. It has become a jazz standard.Yanow, Scott (2003) 'Jazz on Record The First Sixty Years'. Backbeat. p. 363.

Composition



"Doodlin'" is a twelve-bar blues.Cook, Richard (2004), 'Blue Note Records The Biography'. Justin, Charles & Co., p. 73. Reviewer Bill Kirchner suggests, "Take a simple riff, rhythmically displace it several times over D-flat blues harmonies, resolve it with a staccato, quasi-humorous phrase, and you have 'Doodlin' '."Kirchner, Bill, [http://www.jazz.com/music/2008/8/26/horace-silver-doodlin "Horace Silver: Doodlin'"] . jazz.com Retrieved September 13, 2015.

Original recording



The original version featured Silver on piano, with Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Doug Watkins (bass), and Art Blakey (drums). It is played as a "medium-tempo blues with a two-beat feel".Rosenthal, David H. (1993), 'Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music, 19551965'. Oxford University Press, p. 38. Silver's solo is largely blues-based, with little influence from bebop, and is formed around motifs.

"Doodlin'" was released as a single along with "The Preacher"; the pairing "might be the first example of a jazz hit single going on to boost sales of its source album or, as here, albums". They helped popularize hardbop.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/horace-silver-and-the-jazz-messengers-mw0000192509 "Horace Silver / Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers"]. AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2015.

Later versions



The song was soon covered by other musicians, including Ray Charles (on his album 'The Great Ray Charles', 1956).Yanow, Scott [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-ray-charles-mw0000357056 "Ray Charles The Great Ray Charles"]. AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2015. Jon Hendricks added lyrics, performed with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross;David Hajdu, [https://newrepublic.com/article/91168/annie-ross-jon-hendricks "Hendricks and Ross: Doodlin' Again"], 'New Republic', July 1, 2011. after Annie Ross left the group in 1962, the song was also included on the 1963 Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan album 'Recorded "Live" at Basin Street East'.Yanow, Scott [http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-basin-street-east-mw0000899006 "Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan Live at Basin Street East"]. AllMusic. Retrieved September 13, 2015. Some other versions were recorded by Sarah Vaughan (on her album 'No Count Sarah', 1958), Mark Murphy (on 'Rah', 1961), Baby Washington (on 'That's How Heartaches Are Made', 1963), Harry James (on his 'Twenty-fifth Anniversary Album', MGM SE4214, 1964), and Dusty Springfield (on 'Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty', 1965).

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Category:1950s jazz standards

Category:1954 songs

Category:Compositions by Horace Silver

Category:Jazz compositions in D-flat major

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