jazz tunes (or standards) with Middle Eastern or Asian place-names...

[B. Goren.]

Aren't there a slew of Randy Weston titles related to Morocco?

You mean "Marrakech in the Cool of the Evening".

[B. Goren.]

From Jazz Impressions of Japan (Dave Brubeck): Tokyo Traffic, Fujiyama, Osaka Blues.

[Swinging Swede]

Also, what are some of the earliest examples??

Original Dixieland Jazz Band had a couple of early ones,Soudan and Palesteena, both from 1920. I can't say for sure that they are the earliest examples, since by that time many jazz or jazz-influenced bands had recorded, and exotic references in tune titles were not uncommon.

[B. Goren.]

Telavivision is a tune written by Joanne Brackeen inspired by her visit to Tel-Aviv.

[Swinging Swede]

And of course the early Fletcher Henderson classic Shanghai Shuffle from 1924, which has a cornet solo by Louis Armstrong.

In 1936 Henry "Red" Allen recorded Algiers Stomp. On guitar was Lawrence Lucie who just turned 100.

[BillF]

India (John Coltrane)

[B. Goren.]

Israel - Nat Adderley

MG

I think the composer of "Israel" is Johnny Carisi.

[montg]

Stuff Smith "Twilight in Turkey"

[White Lightning]

Jenin - Gilad Atzmon

Al-Quds - Gilad Atzmon

both from "Exile"

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Israel - Nat Adderley

MG

I think the composer of "Israel" is Johnny Carisi.

So it is - only got that CD a week or so ago and Nat writes so many of his own tunes, I jumped to that conclusion. I slouch corrected. Thanks Bengtsy.

MG

[Free For All]

Israel - Nat Adderley

MG

I think the composer of "Israel" is Johnny Carisi.

So it is - only got that CD a week or so ago and Nat writes so many of his own tunes, I jumped to that conclusion. I slouch corrected. Thanks Bengtsy.

MG

FWIW, Carisi did a great arrangement of the tune that was recorded by the Mullian CJB.

[Hardbopjazz]

Blue Rondo a la Turk- Dave Brubeck

[BERIGAN]

Singapore Sorrows. Ben Pollack orch.

[BruceH]

Ad Lib on Nippon---Far East Suite, Ellington

[Chas]

Also, what are some of the earliest examples??

Original Dixieland Jazz Band had a couple of early ones,Soudan and Palesteena, both from 1920.

Gil Melle had a Bartok-inspired number called Soudan on his Gil's Guests Prestige album .

As a result of his appearance with Dizzy Gillespie on his State Department-sponsored tour of the Middle East in 1956 , Frank Rehak wrote a couple of tunes based on their travels : Very Syrian Business , and Never Do An Abadanian In ( a reference to Abadan Iran , the site of the opening concert of the tour ) . Both these tracks appeared on Rehak's Dawn album , Jazzville Vol. 2 .

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Japanese sandman - written by someone called R Whiting and Egan, but famously recorded by Paul Whiteman & Benny Goodman

The Holy Land - Cedar Walton

MG

[mikeweil]

Asia Minor by Tom Harrell, not to be confused with the album Asia Minor by Dizzy Reece.

The "Asia Minor" Reece recorded is the tune written by Roger "King" Mozian in the 1940's - he was of Armenian descent and the tune was featured by the Machito Orchestra.

Herbie Mann recorded that tune in a medley with one of his own titled "Baghdad", in 1960.

[mikeweil]

Cold Turkey - Ray Bryant

Cold Turkey - James Booker (a different one)

Don't these use the term in the sense of ridding oneself of a drug addiction the hard way, not the country?

John Lennon wrote a piece with that title, and the lyrics didn't leave any room for speculation ...

[BillF]

"Hymn of the Orient" (Gigi Gryce)

[Harold_Z]

Hindustan - Played by a lot of Dixieland bands

The Road to Morocco - Bing and Bob

Oriental Strut - Pop's Hot 5

The Road To Mandalay - Frank

[Harold_Z]

Almost forgot - Little Egypt - the Leiber-Stoller tune done by The Coasters.

Also - Egyptian Ella - Ted Lewis with Fats Waller, Muggsy Spanier, Benny Goodman and George Brunis.

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Alice Coltrane

• Blue Nile
  
• Stopover Bombay
  

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Cold Turkey - Ray Bryant

Cold Turkey - James Booker (a different one)

Don't these use the term in the sense of ridding oneself of a drug addiction the hard way, not the country?

John Lennon wrote a piece with that title, and the lyrics didn't leave any room for speculation ...

Yes - it's like picking songs with a person's name in the title - like "Albatros".

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Almost forgot - Little Egypt - the Leiber-Stoller tune done by The Coasters.

Road to Morocco is just about OK since Bing was slightly a bit jazzy - but we ARE looking for tunes at least done by jazz bands (What about "Ahab the Arab"?)

Little Niles - Randy Weston

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Oh - On a slow boat to China - recorded by Benny Goodman

MG