On Green Dolphin Street (song)

"On Green Dolphin Street" (originally titled "Green Dolphin Street") is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song was composed for the film Green Dolphin Street, which was based on a 1944 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Goudge, and became a jazz standard after it was recorded by Miles Davis in 1958.[1]

For other uses, see Green Dolphin Street (disambiguation).
"On Green Dolphin Street"
Song by Jimmy Dorsey
Published1947
GenrePop, jazz
Composer(s)Bronisław Kaper
Lyricist(s)Ned Washington

Renditions
Date Main recording artist Vocalist Album title, notes Ref.
1947Jimmy Dorsey OrchestraBill LawrenceSoundtrack for Green Dolphin Street. The commercial recording charted briefly at No. 25 in January 1948.[2]
1956Ahmad Jamal TrioinstrumentalCount 'Em 88[3]
1958Miles Davis SextetinstrumentalJazz Track (with soundtrack Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), reissued as Basic Miles (1973) and 1958 Miles in Japan (1974), (also '58 Miles Featuring Stella by Starlight)[3]
1959Bill EvansinstrumentalOn Green Dolphin Street[3]
1959Wynton KellyinstrumentalKelly Blue[3]
1960Eric Dolphy QuintetinstrumentalOutward Bound[3]
1960Dakota StatonDakota StatonDakota (1960)[4]
1961Mark MurphyMark MurphyRah![3]
1961Dinah WashingtonDinah WashingtonThe Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 7 (1961)[5]
1961Nancy WilsonNancy WilsonThe Swingin's Mutual!
1962Mel TorméMel TorméComin' Home Baby!
1962Dodo MarmarosainstrumentalDodo's Back![6]
1962Sarah VaughanSarah VaughanIncluded in her album You're Mine You (1962)
1963Vince Guaraldi QuintetinstrumentalIn Person[7]
1964Tony BennettTony BennettWhen Lights Are Low
1965Sonny RollinsinstrumentalSonny Rollins on Impulse![3]
1974Eddie "Lockjaw" DavisinstrumentalLeapin' on Lenox[3]
1974Vince Guaraldi TrioinstrumentalLive on the Air
1977Return to ForeverinstrumentalLive (Return to Forever album)
1977Sadao WatanabeinstrumentalLive in Nemuro 1977

References
  1. "On Green Dolphin Street" at jazzstandards.com
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 133. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  4. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  5. "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  6. "Dodo Marmarosa – Dodo's Back!". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  7. Ginell, Richard S. "In Person". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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