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Caravan are considered a key example of the Canterbury scene genre. [25] Their records generally indicate a jazz influence, and the group's lyrics have been described as whimsical and very "English", particularly during Richard Sinclair's tenure in the band. [26]
The musicians were members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which often split into smaller combinations to record songs under different band names. For this recording, which included Ellington and Tizol as performers, the session band leader was Bigard. As of 2024 this is the most covered song in history, with over 500 versions published. [2]
1st spinoff and collaboration of the R&B/Pop group New Edition. The band was created by chance suggested by Ralph Tresvant as well as Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis as a way to venture off to solo endeavors as Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill and Bobby Brown already reached solo success. The name derives off their respective last names.
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
Caravan" [10] [116] [117] is a jazz song with Middle Eastern influences, composed by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol with lyrics by Irving Mills. It is mostly associated with Ellington, who recorded it many times in different arrangements. [ 118 ]
The band look favourably on the album. Hastings later said the group "began to peak in many ways" and praised in particular David Sinclair's playing and Hitchcock's production skills. [9] Caravan continue to perform songs from In the Land of Grey and Pink in their live repertoire, particularly "Nine Feet Underground" [5] and "Golf Girl". [23]
Waterloo Lily is the only album by Caravan with Steve Miller (brother of Phil Miller) as the keyboard player.Miller brought a more jazz-focused sound to the album than had been heard on the previous album [1] through his stylings on the Wurlitzer piano rather than the Hammond organ favored by previous keyboardist Dave Sinclair.
Caravan is a jazz album released by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in February 1963. [1] It was Blakey's first album for Riverside Records after he signed with them in October 1962. [ 2 ] The songs were recorded at the Plaza Sound Studio in New York City, on October 23–24, 1962 [ 3 ] The producer was Orrin Keepnews who also supervised the ...