A Night in Tunisia

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"A Night in Tunisia" is a musical composition written in 1942 by American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that has become a jazz standard. Gillespie wrote it while he was playing with the Benny Carter band. The tune is also known as "Interlude". "A Night in Tunisia" was one of the signature pieces of Gillespie's bebop big band, and he also played it with his small groups. In January 2004, The Recording Academy added Gillespie's 1946 RCA Victor recording to the Grammy Hall of Fame. In June 2026, CBS News included the piece in its list of the 250 essential American songs of the past 250 years.

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