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On Green Dolphin Street (song)
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Wikipedia article
'"On Green Dolphin Street"' (originally titled "Green Dolphin Street") is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronisaw Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song was composed for the film 'Green Dolphin Street,' which was based on a 1944 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Goudge, and became a jazz standard after it was recorded by Miles Davis in 1958.[http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/ongreendolphinstreet.htm "On Green Dolphin Street" at jazzstandards.com]
Renditions
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| 1947 || Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra || Bill Lawrence || Soundtrack for 'Green Dolphin Street'. The commercial recording charted briefly at No. 25 in January 1948. ||
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| 1956 || Ahmad Jamal Trio || instrumental || 'Count 'Em 88' ||
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|1957 || Barney Kessel and the Poll Winners || instrumental || 'The Poll Winners' ||
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| 1958 || Miles Davis Sextet || instrumental || 'Jazz Track' (with soundtrack 'Ascenseur pour l'chafaud'), reissued as 'Basic Miles' (1973) and '1958 Miles' in Japan (1974), (also ' '58 Miles Featuring Stella by Starlight') ||
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| 1959 || Bill Evans || instrumental || 'On Green Dolphin Street' ||
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| 1959 || Wynton Kelly || instrumental || 'Kelly Blue' ||
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| 1960 || Eric Dolphy Quintet || instrumental || 'Outward Bound' ||
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| 1960 || Duke Pearson || instrumental || 'Tender Feelins (album)' ||
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| 1960 || Dakota Staton ||Dakota Staton || 'Dakota' (1960) ||
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| 1961 || Mark Murphy || Mark Murphy || 'Rah!' ||
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| 1961 || Dinah Washington ||Dinah Washington || 'The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 7 (1961)' ||
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| 1961 || Nancy Wilson||Nancy Wilson||'The Swingin's Mutual!' ||
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|1961
|Grant Green
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|'Gooden's Corner'
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| 1962 || Mel Torm||Mel Torm||'Comin' Home Baby!' ||
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| 1962 || Dodo Marmarosa||instrumental||'Dodo's Back!' ||[http://www.allmusic.com/album/dodos-back%21-mw0000744565 "Dodo Marmarosa Dodo's Back!"]. AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
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| 1962 || Sarah Vaughan ||Sarah Vaughan || Included in her album 'You're Mine You' (1962) ||
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| 1963 || Vince Guaraldi Quintet || instrumental || 'In Person' ||
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| 1964 || Tony Bennett||Tony Bennett||'When Lights Are Low' ||
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| 1965 || Sonny Rollins || instrumental || 'Sonny Rollins on Impulse!' ||
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| 1965 || Bunky Green || instrumental || 'Testifyin' Time' ||
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| 1973 || Jimmy McGriff Quintet || instrumental || 'Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail' ||
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| 1974 || Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis || instrumental || 'Leapin' on Lenox' ||
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| 1974 || Vince Guaraldi Trio|| instrumental || 'Live on the Air' ||
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| 1977 || Return to Forever || instrumental || 'Live' ||
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| 1977 || Sadao Watanabe || instrumental ||'Live in Nemuro 1977' ||
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| 1978 || Herbie Hancock || instrumental || 'The Piano' ||
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| 1986 || Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald || Ella Fitzgerald ||'Easy Living' ||
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References
Category:1940s jazz standards
Category:1947 songs
Category:Songs with lyrics by Ned Washington
Category:Songs with music by Bronisaw Kaper
Category:Jazz standards
Category:Jazz compositions in E-flat major
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