Talk:A Night in Tunisia

Error in bass line

The last note of the 2-measure bass riff should be a D, not an F. I confirmed this by checking multiple recordings of the tune (including the sample used in the Wikipedia article itself). --2001:56A:F6DB:6000:D166:FEF9:FEA5:DA4D (talk) 22:00, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Released/Recorded confusion in article

The sidebar says the song was "released" in 1942, but "recorded" in 1944. That should probably be clarified. The article says it was composed in 1941-1942. Was there a 1942 recording? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.131.197.199 (talk) 18:16, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Sources

This article needs some sources, if possible. --NormalAsylum (t) 06:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, some of it comes from the jazzstandards.com page appearing in note 1. Hardly original material... --Aurelien Langlois (talk) 00:14, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Article Title/Correct name of song

I feel like the article should be retitled "Night in Tunisia", as within the article itself it is mentioned that while the song is sometimes referred to as "A Night in Tunisia", the proper title is actually "Night in Tunisia"; also, the JazzStandards.com article which is the article's only citation lists the song as "Night in Tunisia". 70.241.66.57 (talk) 07:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I could do this myself - but apart from the JazzStandards article and the unreferenced mention in the text I can't find an authoritative source for the title. I suspect that Gillespie himself had more important things on his mind than whether the composition should have an "A" at the beginning or not, although the ASCAP might have a definitive answer. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 18:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

This is confusing. Which is it? What does ASCAP say? Need the printed sheet music from the first publication? > Best O Fortuna (talk) 01:47, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I suspect the "A" may have been accidentally added as a result of the 1946 film title A Night in Casablanca, but that's WP:OR, of course. Rothorpe (talk) 01:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Gillespie uses both interchangeably in his autobiography. He himself initially called it "Interlude" and says the later name came from "some genius." He doesn't know (or doesn't identify) who the "genius" was, except to say Earl Hines's claim that it was him is false. SageGreenRider (talk) 18:06, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Ironic?

Not that this belongs in the article (or any article), but someone pointed out to me that this song (with lyrics from the 1940's) contains the following lines: "Each wonderful night in Tunisia /Where the nights are filled with peace." Ironic, or not, depending on what your definition of "irony" is. Neutron (talk) 20:53, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Frank Paparelli

Pianist Frank Paparelli is sometimes credited as co-writer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.181.20.128 (talk) 03:53, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Gillespie gave him co-writer credit as a payoff for some unrelated transcription work. Paparelli actually had nothing to do with the song. See https://books.google.com/books?id=ACApPO-A3OYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA172 SageGreenRider (talk) 17:52, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

The sheet music from Leeds Music Corporation, 1944 gives credit to Dizzy Gillespie, J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding, and Frank Paparelli (and says the title is without the "A... ") SageGreenRider (talk) 18:22, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Art Blakey's story

Does anyone know why Art Blakey would say the tune was "composed on the bottom of a garbage can in Texas?" Was it some kind of joke? Or a mistake? When the audience laughs at his preposterous claim, he says "No, seriously". Very strange... SageGreenRider (talk) 17:33, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Covers

Gonna need to trim this thing per wp:coversongs. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 01:04, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Year recorded and year released

Mr. Gillespie might have been ahead of his time, but this would surely have been beyond him: in the top right corner it currently says that the song was released in 1942 and recorded in 1944. Any jazz afficiandos out there who can correct this? Mwvandersteen (talk) 20:56, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

This is completely plausible, as it lines up with the recording ban from the musician's strike 47.188.17.45 (talk) 21:52, 24 September 2023 (UTC)