1937 HITS ARCHIVE: Caravan - Duke Ellington

Famous Ellington standard featuring its composer Juan Tizol on valve trombone. The first recording of the song had been made five months earlier by a smaller Ellington group, and issued as by Barney Bigard and his Jazzopaters. CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Master 131 - Caravan (Tizol) by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, recorded in NYC May 14, 1937 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/@the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf