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