"On Green Dolphin Street" (originally titled "Green Dolphin Street") is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronisław 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.[1]
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"On Green Dolphin Street" | |
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Song by Jimmy Dorsey | |
Published | 1947 |
Genre | Pop, jazz |
Composer(s) | Bronisław Kaper |
Lyricist(s) | Ned Washington |
Date | Main recording artist | Vocalist | Album title, notes | Ref. |
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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. | [2] |
1956 | Ahmad Jamal Trio | instrumental | Count 'Em 88 | [3] |
1957 | Barney Kessel and the Poll Winners | instrumental | The Poll Winners | [4] |
1958 | Miles Davis Sextet | instrumental | Jazz Track (with soundtrack Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), reissued as Basic Miles (1973) and 1958 Miles in Japan (1974), (also '58 Miles Featuring Stella by Starlight) | [3] |
1959 | Bill Evans | instrumental | On Green Dolphin Street | [3] |
1959 | Wynton Kelly | instrumental | Kelly Blue | [3] |
1960 | Eric Dolphy Quintet | instrumental | Outward Bound | [3] |
1960 | Duke Pearson | instrumental | Tender Feelin’s (album) | [3] |
1960 | Dakota Staton | Dakota Staton | Dakota (1960) | [5] |
1961 | Mark Murphy | Mark Murphy | Rah! | [3] |
1961 | Dinah Washington | Dinah Washington | The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 7 (1961) | [6] |
1961 | Nancy Wilson | Nancy Wilson | The Swingin's Mutual! | |
1961 | Grant Green | instrumental | Gooden's Corner | |
1962 | Mel Tormé | Mel Tormé | Comin' Home Baby! | |
1962 | Dodo Marmarosa | instrumental | Dodo's Back! | [7] |
1962 | Sarah Vaughan | Sarah Vaughan | Included in her album You're Mine You (1962) | |
1963 | Vince Guaraldi Quintet | instrumental | In Person | [8] |
1964 | Tony Bennett | Tony Bennett | When Lights Are Low | |
1964 | Erroll Garner | instrumental | Nightconcert (2018) - Recording from the Concertgebouw on November 7, 1964 | [9] |
1965 | Sonny Rollins | instrumental | Sonny Rollins on Impulse! | [3] |
1965 | Bunky Green | instrumental | Testifyin' Time | [10] |
1973 | Jimmy McGriff Quintet | instrumental | Concert: Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail | |
1974 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | instrumental | Leapin' on Lenox | [3] |
1974 | Vince Guaraldi Trio | instrumental | Live on the Air | |
1977 | Return to Forever | instrumental | Live | |
1977 | Sadao Watanabe | instrumental | Live in Nemuro 1977 | |
1978 | Herbie Hancock | instrumental | The Piano | |
1986 | Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald | Easy Living | [11] |
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