A quick history of this song: “A Night in Tunisia” is one of the most famous jazz standards, composed in 1942 by Dizzy Gillespie. In the beginning, there was no mention at all of Tunisia in this song. It was named “Interlude », and its lyrics were completely different... But why Tunisia? During World War II, the American army fought the German army in North Africa, particularly on Tunisia’s soil. Several thousands of American soldiers died there, their remains now resting in the American cemetery of Carthage. The Second World War represented a crucial moment in the African-Americans empowering movement. Black people fought alongside White people and were welcomed as heroes by liberated populations. But in the United States, they were still subject to segregation and did not receive the same honors at the end of the war. Thus, the years that followed were years of uprisings which lead to the Civil Rights Movement. The bebop style, introduced during this period by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and others, pictured that rebellious spirit perfectly. This innovative style turned its back on big bands’ too conventional and consensual jazz. It developed complex harmonies on a rhythm way faster, more nervous and syncopated, taking inspiration from African rhythms. “A night in Tunisia” belongs to that movement: its rhythm is Afro-Cuban, its harmonies and its melody have something unsettling and exotic which can evoke Orient… or Tunisia. The same Tunisia which represented, during the war, the arrival on the African ground, the continent of origin of Black Americans. Thus, this Tunisia where “the moon is the same moon above you […] Never does it shine so bright”, where stars “guide you through the desert sand” and where “the nights are filled with peace” was a beautiful symbol of return to the roots, peace, and hope for African-Americans
Thank you for the great account of the origin; even more for the rich history of all performers who found refuge in Europe when their own homeland kept them from belonging to their birthplace.
I don't mean to be rude or even racist but the majority of Tunisians are not black I'm myself Tunisian and I'm not black so when u say that the africo-americans are originally from Tunisia is completely false
@@supportersofcheguevaraandc5551 He never said african americans were from Tunisia, he said Tunisia represented landfall on the continent of Africa, which is the origin of Black Americans.
Fantastic comment---History, culture, music and innovation of the Black and Latin interplay. It's all represented in your post. Thanks("Shukran" as they say in Arabic).
All yoy guys are unbelievable!!!!... The most evolved version I've heard of that magic theme.... And the best background for the Dizzy's heritage with Mr. Faddis... Muy grande!!!
Pacific Mambo Orchestra; That band is 'SMOKIN'!!!!!!!!! YES; 'FUMANDO'!!!!!! I hope to hear the orchestra live as soon as they hit the Big Apple. The arrangement was well done and Jon Faddis hit those golden high notes in the spirit of the great Dizzy Gillespie. The percussionists were definitely 'on point' and the entire woodwind and brass sections were screaming; 'lets swing this'!!! A job that was definitely, 'well done'!!
PACIFIC MAMBO: " A NIGHT IN TUNISIA". SIMPLY FABULOUS + FANTASTIC LATIN RHYTHMS!!! AMAZING TRUMPET PLAYING!!! LOVELY ORCHESTRATION + ARRANGEMENTS!!!!! TQ FOR A LOVELY PRESENTATION THAT IS QUITE UPLIFTING!!! 💗💗💗
One of the best version I've ever heard of Gillespies theme. The PMO's sound is like a thunder and Mr. Faddis ... well he's Dizzy's son. So great!. Mr. Birks would be proud!.
Super playing guys! Jon and Dafnis are outstanding! I have followed Jon's playing for the past 40 years and his stratospheric playing is amazing as always! I will certainly be listening to more of the Pacific Mambo Orchestra! Thank you for post this great video!
Wow!! What a dope performance! This is what a big band all about. I know from experience, it's nothing like playing my saxophone in a big band. I love Latin Jazz!
PACIFIC MAMBO: "A NIGHT IN TUNISIA". MIL GRACIAS POR UNA BELLÍSIMA PRESENTACIÓN DE ALTO CALIBRE. EXCELENTE TRUMPETISTA, ORCHESTRA E ARREGLO MÚSICALES!! LINDO RITMOS LATINOS!!! 💗
Got to say, this is a great arrangement of one of my favorite Jazz tunes. Just enough novelty to give it its own personality while still paying homage to the original. Love Jon Faddis.
What a killer arrangement. I got to be on stage with Faddis once back in 2002. To hear him play while standing just a few feet away was amazing. The amount of sound that comes out of his trumpet is just crazy. A different level...lol.
Dafnis is one of a few drummers who can play with a Latin percussion section and enhance the music without covering up the parts of the percussionists.
I thought that was him, you're right he's not in the text credits but he is in the end-credits on the video for those who watch all the way to after the tune is over and they promote the site and all... Maybe he was overdubbing from the East Coast last minute?
2:34 I just love it when a trumpet player can have such a bright and big sound and then just switch to a super soft and mellow sound
Jon and his name is “Jon” as well! :)
That was cool
I enjoy that
Jon Faddis... the only who inherit the electrifying gift of Dizzy.
Was an honor to perform with Jon Faddis, trumpet teacher and mentor!
Magnificent interpretation of the Dizzy Gillespie classic. The trumpet player is killing it, and all the other players are boss!
Latin jazz is an unlimited emotional experience. God bless all of them. The mambo is back !
A NIGHT IN TUNISIA: COMPOSED BY THE INDELIBLE
MR. DIZZY GILLESPIE, JAZZ.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
TQ FOR A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE BY PACIFIC
MAMBO!!!! 💗💗💗
This got recommended for me and i am not mad at all
A quick history of this song: “A Night in Tunisia” is one of the most famous jazz standards, composed in 1942 by Dizzy Gillespie.
In the beginning, there was no mention at all of Tunisia in this song. It was named “Interlude », and its lyrics were completely different... But why Tunisia?
During World War II, the American army fought the German army in North Africa, particularly on Tunisia’s soil. Several thousands of American soldiers died there, their remains now resting in the American cemetery of Carthage. The Second World War represented a crucial moment in the African-Americans empowering movement. Black people fought alongside White people and were welcomed as heroes by liberated populations. But in the United States, they were still subject to segregation and did not receive the same honors at the end of the war. Thus, the years that followed were years of uprisings which lead to the Civil Rights Movement.
The bebop style, introduced during this period by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and others, pictured that rebellious spirit perfectly. This innovative style turned its back on big bands’ too conventional and consensual jazz. It developed complex harmonies on a rhythm way faster, more nervous and syncopated, taking inspiration from African rhythms.
“A night in Tunisia” belongs to that movement: its rhythm is Afro-Cuban, its harmonies and its melody have something unsettling and exotic which can evoke Orient… or Tunisia. The same Tunisia which represented, during the war, the arrival on the African ground, the continent of origin of Black Americans.
Thus, this Tunisia where “the moon is the same moon above you […] Never does it shine so bright”, where stars “guide you through the desert sand” and where “the nights are filled with peace” was a beautiful symbol of return to the roots, peace, and hope for African-Americans
Thank you for the great account of the origin; even more for the rich history of all performers who found refuge in Europe when their own homeland kept them from belonging to their birthplace.
I don't mean to be rude or even racist but the majority of Tunisians are not black I'm myself Tunisian and I'm not black so when u say that the africo-americans are originally from Tunisia is completely false
@@supportersofcheguevaraandc5551 He never said african americans were from Tunisia, he said Tunisia represented landfall on the continent of Africa, which is the origin of Black Americans.
Eddie Conos
Fantastic comment---History, culture, music and innovation of the Black and Latin interplay. It's all represented in your post. Thanks("Shukran" as they say in Arabic).
Can't stop listening this set... Maybe one of the best nights in Tunisia ever played. Dizz should be proud... No doubt!
My dudes, that is the legendary Jon Faddis on the trumpet...!
All yoy guys are unbelievable!!!!... The most evolved version I've heard of that magic theme.... And the best background for the Dizzy's heritage with Mr. Faddis... Muy grande!!!
Salutes to you mindi!
Pacific Mambo Orchestra; That band is 'SMOKIN'!!!!!!!!! YES; 'FUMANDO'!!!!!! I hope to hear the orchestra live as soon as they hit the Big Apple. The arrangement was well done and Jon Faddis hit those golden high notes in the spirit of the great Dizzy Gillespie. The percussionists were definitely 'on point' and the entire woodwind and brass sections were screaming; 'lets swing this'!!! A job that was definitely, 'well done'!!
I love this group plays A Night in Tunisia. I love Mambo music.
Mr. Gove's great arrangement...!!
PACIFIC MAMBO: " A NIGHT IN TUNISIA". SIMPLY FABULOUS + FANTASTIC LATIN RHYTHMS!!!
AMAZING TRUMPET PLAYING!!! LOVELY ORCHESTRATION + ARRANGEMENTS!!!!! TQ FOR A
LOVELY PRESENTATION THAT
IS QUITE UPLIFTING!!! 💗💗💗
Lord have mercy. Pure joy. Cooking! My previous life, I must have lived in Latin countries, cause I dig this beyond words.
One of the best version I've ever heard of Gillespies theme. The PMO's sound is like a thunder and Mr. Faddis ... well he's Dizzy's son. So great!. Mr. Birks would be proud!.
yes yes yes, and thanks for the woodshed....so fun to see all you cats blowing and playing like that. Congratulations.
Lots of old friends from my years in the Bay Area in the band. Great playing and great chart. Also hello to Jon. Let's go get some Mexican food.
Authentic?
Super playing guys! Jon and Dafnis are outstanding! I have followed Jon's playing for the past 40 years and his stratospheric playing is amazing as always! I will certainly be listening to more of the Pacific Mambo Orchestra! Thank you for post this great video!
Killer!!! Awesome arrangement!
Wow!! What a dope performance! This is what a big band all about. I know from experience, it's nothing like playing my saxophone in a big band. I love Latin Jazz!
Now that is music. Mind sufficiently blown.
PACIFIC MAMBO: "A NIGHT IN
TUNISIA". MIL GRACIAS POR
UNA BELLÍSIMA PRESENTACIÓN DE ALTO
CALIBRE. EXCELENTE TRUMPETISTA, ORCHESTRA E
ARREGLO MÚSICALES!!
LINDO RITMOS LATINOS!!! 💗
Got to say, this is a great arrangement of one of my favorite Jazz tunes. Just enough novelty to give it its own personality while still paying homage to the original. Love Jon Faddis.
After the interpretation of this song of the Dizzy Gillespie, I can say: Mambo is the most beautiful rhythm there is!
Wow!!! Love this version of A Night In Tunisia!!!!!
What a killer arrangement. I got to be on stage with Faddis once back in 2002. To hear him play while standing just a few feet away was amazing. The amount of sound that comes out of his trumpet is just crazy. A different level...lol.
Guys, Dizzy would be doing a standing ovation to theses boys! Amazing performance!
I still need to listen to this theme at least once at week... overnatural!.
holy f! what tremendous percussion section :D
actually everything, but as a percussionist I'd stand out that section
Great player - fine musicians - a tune from my past which I will always love!
Amazing arrangement. I love the ensemble playing and of course feeling Faddis radiating from above.
FANTASTIC...genius to record the session... I love watching the creation. Thanks.
Hello
Superbe version de nights in Tunisia, avec les grands Dafnis Prieto et John Faddis , au top
Merci ...
Asi debe sonar cuando reunes a un grupo de excelentes de musicos como estos, gracias !!!! puro sabor
Fantastic performance and recording, wow! Dafnis acabando, and what a tight band!
Right on man. Cheers all the way to China!
Simply fabulous playing!
NICE, Jon Faddis Brilliant
He is the best!
OMG 😲😍! I can’t get enough of you guys! You OWN this big band ish!!!!
🤭 just outstanding 👏 😎 have to love the priceless look finished 🤣🤣🤣.
OMG!!! THANK GOD JAZZ IS
ALIVE. BEAUTIFUL VIBES!!!!
WOW!!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!
Dafnis is one of a few drummers who can play with a Latin percussion section and enhance the music without covering up the parts of the percussionists.
Wow! What a great feel to this chart!
The arrangement is so exciting!! Thank you Mr Faddis!!
🤦♂️🥇 Best Dizzy master ambassador
Could not sit still....got to Mumbo in Minnesota. Wow! Tunisia
What a great version!!Great play and ofcourse mister John Faddis high on trumpet!!
Awesome arrangement.
Coming from you, is a real compliment!
You know!
3-2 Music Publishing mambo is alive and well
La.mejor version que.haya escuchado simplemente fabulosa
THE MAMBO IS BACK
Fantastic arrangement. Flawless.
Awesome arrangement.PAPO LUCCA Y LA SONORA PONCEÑA!!!
It's nice to hear that MAMBO is back to stay forever!
Wao, Blown Away listening this interpretation of Night In Tunisia.
Wow great arrangment and playing wow
I love how near the end it goes to the original Night in Tunisia (5:35).
The mix is incredible!
But somebody here complained that there is too much cowbell! lol
Bueniisisisisimosss!!! excelente interpretación
Loved every note! Can't get enough of it!
Felicidades Excelente Arreglo y estupendas interpretaciones !!
Great stuff guys, way to represent the Bay Area!
Valla Mario. Saludos!
They are so good, it's a sin not to SUBSCRIBE. Keep the planet dancing, Pacific Mambo!!!
Ok OK LOL - Liked - Subscribed ... this is smokin’ ... good ... really REALLY good!!!!!!!!
Please please please come to Sydney!!!!!!
Let's do it!
Great Big Band
Yesssss
Right on!
Cheers to you Hans!
Excelente en todo el sentido de la palabra 👍
What a band
PARABÉNS muito bom...Mambo é maravilhosamente dançante...Essa banda, NOTA 10.
Bravura ai massimi livelli complimentissimi👏👏👏👏👏
#mean..all you guy are awsome..God bless y'all..
Good Lord Jon Faddis is a BEAT on Trumpet !!!!!
EXCELENT!!!👏👏👏👏😉✔
Cooking arrangement and sound
Great Group... Really love Overjoyed as well!
Thanks !
Vaya! tremendo ritmo... si he escuchado su versión antigua, pero está versión modernizada está bien chevere... Very Good! Congratulations!
Oh cuss words! 🔥🔥🔥 that’s some excellent interplay and smoking hot banter being exchanged!
YOU ARE. SIMPLY WONDERFUL!!!!
Siempre bailable! Felicidades!
wonderfull , congratulations, and thank you
What a god damn boss! Lead trumpet is so high
He is the boss indeed! lol
High? Yes! Beautiful solo? No!!
Great arrangement!!!!
this joint rockinnnn🔥🔥🔥
music for my ears !!! simply fabulous !!!!
Hi” All”=. Dizzy* would be Proud ! , of this session & performance etc , cheers to All from = South Wales , U.K.
Cheers to you Madjazzmike!
Me might be in the UK this year!
Ca déménage et les musicos sont de sacrés déménageurs
Extremely fantastic musicians regards to all and thanks for sharing such of amazing song, be safe guys.
wow wow wow just great
No credit for the drumer? - Dafnis Prieto - Gran inspiración.
El arreglo está sabroso.
I thought that was him, you're right he's not in the text credits but he is in the end-credits on the video for those who watch all the way to after the tune is over and they promote the site and all... Maybe he was overdubbing from the East Coast last minute?
Dafnis is a genius!
The production of this is great!
That was INCREDIBLE!!!!
holy hell
amazing
It's really amazing...!
waaaaa que buena intro quede pasmado tremendo arreglo
Jon faddis au top niveau. Super
Sensational! Bravo!!
excelente adaptación muchas gracias maestros 👍
I heard that trumpet solo and I was like "Whoah, Maynard!"
Great as always PMO!!
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!
Just awesome performance...good job✔💯👌❤❤