Perdido (song)

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"Perdido"
Juan Tizol 1943.jpg
Juan Tizol from 1943
Song
Writer(s) composer: Juan Tizol, 1941
lyricist: Ervin Drake and Hans Lengsfelder, 1944
"Perdido" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and was first recorded on De
cember 3, 1941 by Duke Ellington. However, it is their January 21, 1942, recordi
ng of the song on the Victor label, that is regarded as their original recording
.[1] In 1944, Ervin Drake and Hans Lengsfelder were enlisted to write lyrics for
the tune.
The song was not usually sung with the Ellington band, the exception being Ella
Fitzgerald on her 1957 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook.
Later, many others recorded the song, including Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington,
Art Tatum, Quincy Jones, the Charlie Parker Quintet, Dave Brubeck, Charles Ming
us, Erroll Garner, Bill Doggett, Harry James,and "Verden Rundt's" All Star Band.
The melody can be heard in Woody Allen's Another Woman from 1988.
"Perdido" is Spanish and simply means lost, but also sloppy or indecent.[2] The
song refers to Perdido Street in New Orleans.[3]
External links[edit]
"Perdido" at JazzStandards.com
Standards Throwdown! (THE Greatest Standard of ALL-TIME!): Perdido "36 different
artists recordings of Perdido, in a 'Standards Throwdown!'" at rdio.com
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Perdido" at JazzStandards.com http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositio
ns-0/perdido.htm
Jump up ^ H. J. Schaal Jazz-Standards. p. 395
Jump up ^ Basilio Serrano Juan Tizol: His talents, his collaborators, his legacy
Centro Journal 18(2): 83-99 (2006)
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