🇬🇧 “Caravan” is an standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung.
The first recording was made in 1936 with musicians from the Duke Ellington orchestra but under the leadership of clarinetist Barney Bigard.
In this lesson you will learn how the form has evolved through different versions, the melodic and harmonic analysis, chords scales and the analysis of Freddie Hubbard‘s solo.
🇫🇷 “Caravan” est un standard composé par Juan Tizol et Duke Ellington qu’il jouera pour la première fois en 1936. Des paroles ont été écrites par Irving Mills mais elles sont rarement chantées.
C’est le clarinettiste Barney Bigard qui enregistre en premier ce thème avec des musicians de l’orchestre de Duke Ellington.
Dans ce cours vous étudierez l’évolution de la forme de ce morceau à travers différentes versions, l’analyse mélodique et harmonique, les gammes d’accords et une analyse du solo de Freddie Hubbard.
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4 comments on “Caravan”
Hi guys
Here is my improvisation on Caravan.
Any comments are welcome. Have a good day!
Laurent
Nice Laurent, beautiful sound! Try to breathe more between phrases, don’t resolve on the G- too early! And maybe revisit some ideas from the rhythmic course: https://jazzvideolessons.net/courses/rhythmic-considerations-in-improvisation/
original interpretation by Karlon Hester (piccolo flute)