Rooster_Ties Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) Rawalpindi Blues (from Escalator over the Hill) A Night in Tunisia (Hey, technically Middle Eastern or not, they speak Arabic in Tunisia -- so that's "Middle Eastern" enough for me.) Basra (Pete La Roca) Others?? (Just fishin' to get a big list goin'.) Also, what are some of the earliest examples?? Anything else interesting that comes to mind, related to this general topic?? Edited December 28, 2007 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Free For All Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Thank god, we were WAY overdue for a good ol' fashioned "WTF?" thread from our man Rooster. Oh, and "The Baghdad Blues" by Horace Silver. Quote
Free For All Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Isfahan - Duke Ellington I believe you meant Strayhorn.... Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Posted December 28, 2007 Thank god, we were WAY overdue for a good ol' fashioned "WTF?" thread from our man Rooster. I aim to please. Quote
Dave Garrett Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Isfahan - Duke Ellington Also from The Far East Suite: Mount Harissa Agra Quote
Adam Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Aren't there a slew of Randy Weston titles related to Morocco? Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) Moonlight on the Ganges predates any of the examples cited above. Edited December 28, 2007 by Teasing the Korean Quote
White Lightning Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Gaza Strip - Lee Morgan Quote
BFrank Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 If we can have "Night in Tunisia", then we can have ... Quote
BillF Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) From Nat Hentoff's liner note to Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce Jazz Lab: "Bangoon by Hank Jones combines parts of two place-names, Bangkok and Rangoon, both visited and enjoyed by him several months ago when he journeyed to the Far East with Benny Goodman under the auspices of the State department." Edited December 28, 2007 by BillF Quote
White Lightning Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Everything on the Bethlehem label? Quote
Elissa Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) Pharoah Sanders has a bunch. Tauhid, Summum Bukmum Umyum, Shukuru... I think that Thembi however is Zulu? edit to say: Ooopsi. I didn't read the 'place names' part of the title question, heh. Edited December 28, 2007 by Elissa Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 The Tokyo blues - Sliver Midnight in Moscow - Kenny Ball Hong Kong blues - Hoagy Tokyo express - Red Holloway MG Quote
BillF Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Victor Feldman, "New Delhi" and, of course, "Nagasaki"! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Ah, I was just going to put in "New Delhi". Here are a few others Song of India - Eddie Chamblee Marrakesh blues - Randy Weston Nights in Medina - Randy Weston Nights in Zeralda - Manu Dibango (I don't know where Zeralda is, but it's NOT in Cameroun) Sudan - Idris Muhammad By the Red Sea - Idris Muhammad Morroco - Lynn Hope Black Nile - Wayne Shorter Upper and Lower Egypt - Pharoah Sanders Medina - Bobby Hutcherson Cold Turkey - Ray Bryant Cold Turkey - James Booker (a different one) China gates - Sun Ra Ethiopian knights - Donald Byrd (near the Middle East ) Calcutta cutie - Horace Sliver Tokyo - Kankawa Nightlife in Tokyo - Harold Mabern Israel - Nat Adderley MG Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Everything on the Bethlehem label? And Everest? MG Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Does "Alexandria, Virginia" by Bill Jennings count? Tune from Rangoon - Martin Denny MG Quote
DTMX Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Asia Minor by Tom Harrell, not to be confused with the album Asia Minor by Dizzy Reece. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Damascus - Les McCann MG Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 China boy - Paul Whiteman China stomp - Lionel Hampton MG Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Sheik of Araby (I got a lot of people pissed off on the Jazz Research list a few years ago by pointing out that this is a song about rape, so I won't even mention that here) - Quote
Swinging Swede Posted December 28, 2007 Report Posted December 28, 2007 Midnight in Moscow - Kenny Ball Everything east of the English Channel is Asia, I presume? Quote
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