Drop Me Off in Harlem - New York Round Midnight Orchestra 'Live at Jazzclub Leusden'

New York Round Midnight Orchestra featuring Graziëlla Hunsel Rivero
Live in Theater de Tuin, Leusden, (The Netherlands) at 13 oktober 2024
Vocals : Graziëlla Hunsel Rivero
Cornet : Bas Toscani
Sax : Alexander Beets
Piano : Miguel Rodrigues
Bas : Marius Beets
Drums : Sven Rozier
"Drop Me Off in Harlem" is a 1933 song composed during the Harlem Renaissance composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Nick Kenny. A.H. Lawrence writes that the song originated from an off the cuff remark from Ellington. Nick Kenny had hailed a taxi, and offered to share it with Ellington.
Opmerkelijke opnames
Duke Ellington en zijn orkest, 17 februari 1933
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald zingt het Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
Duke Ellington en Louis Armstrong over The Great Summit (1961, opnieuw uitgebracht in 2001) Deze opname verscheen in de film Harlem Nights uit 1989 .
Richie Kamuca - Drop me off in Harlem (1975)
Ran Blake - Duke Dromen (1981)
Sun Ra - Nucleaire oorlog (1982)
George Shearing Kwintet - "Terug naar Birdland"
Bas Toscani