A Night in Tunisia
| "A Night in Tunisia" | |
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| Instrumental by Dizzy Gillespie & His Sextet | |
| Written | 1942 |
| Recorded | 1944 |
| Genre | Jazz, bebop |
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"A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written by American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in 1942. He wrote it while he was playing with the Benny Carter band. It has become a jazz standard. It is also known as "Interlude", and with lyrics by Raymond Leveen was recorded by Sarah Vaughan in 1944.