Harlem Nocturne
| "Harlem Nocturne" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | 1939 |
| Writer(s) | Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers |
"Harlem Nocturne" is a jazz standard written by Earle Hagen and Dick Rogers in 1939 for the Ray Noble orchestra. of which they were members. The song was chosen by the big-band leader Randy Brooks the next year as his theme song.
"Harlem Nocturne" has been recorded often, by artists as diverse as the Viscounts, Stan Kenton, Charlie Barnet, Sil Austin, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Willis Jackson, Georgie Auld, Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, Woody Herman, Harry James, Dick Jurgens, Ray Noble, Johnny Otis with Rene Bloch on alto sax and Bill Doggett on piano, Randy Brooks with Eddie Caine on alto sax, Lou Donaldson, Big Jay McNeely, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Carla White with Lew Tabackin, Ted Heath (UK), Ken Mackintosh (UK), Bill Haley and His Comets (performed live), John Lurie & the Lounge Lizards, Earl Bostic, King Curtis, Oliver Sain, Ace Cannon, Herbie Fields,Mink DeVille, Eric Reed, David Sanborn,Michael Lington (Denmark),Sonny Moorman, the Ventures, Robby Krieger, Johnny Reno & the Sax Maniacs, Eric Alexander, Mark Whitfield, Edgar Winter, Danny Gatton,Herbie Mann, Messer Chups (Russia), Esquivel, Mantovani, Martin Denny, Flat Duo Jets, Ray Anthony, Les Brown & His Band of Renown, Chakachas, Jake H. Concepcion (Philippines), Illinois Jacquet, the Knickerbockers, Quincy Jones, Boots Randolph, Quartet San Francisco, New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, Charlie Musselwhite, Ulrich Tukur & Die Rhythmus Boys (Germany), David Rose, Mel Tormé, Ernestine Anderson, Steve Douglas, Mel Taylor & the Magics, Louis Prima with Sam Butera & the Witnesses, Toots Thielemans, Ray Gelato & the Chevalier Brothers, Richard Greene & the Greene String Quartet, Jonny Cooper Orchestra (South Africa), Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, The Reese Project, Bill Justis, Les Elgart, Glen Gray, the Rumblers, Sonny Stitt, Booker Ervin, Freddy McCoy, Eddie Harris, John Firmin & the Johnny Nocturne Band, Jerry Vivino, Bryan Savage, Bill Black, Jim Campilongo & the 10 Gallon Cats, Bill Perkins with Frank Strazzeri, Henry Franklin with Azar Lawrence, Billy Butterfield, Sam Donahue, Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra, and Terry Edwards & the Scapegoats (paired in a medley with Lydia Lunch's "Cesspool Called History").
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