On Green Dolphin Street
"On Green Dolphin Street" Song by Jimmy Dorsey Published 1947 Genre Pop, jazz Composer(s) Bronisław Kaper Lyricist(s) Ned Washington
"On Green Dolphin Street" (originally titled "Green Dolphin Street") is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington.
On Green Dolphin Street 1947
The song was composed for the film Green Dolphin Street, based on 1944 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Goudge, and became a jazz standard after it was recorded by Miles Davis in 1958.
Bronisław Kaper (Polish pronunciation: [brɔˈɲiswaf ˈkapɛr]; February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1983)
was a Polish film composer
who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA.
The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper.
He was also variously credited as Bronislaw Kaper, Bronislaw Kapper, Benjamin Kapper, and Edward Kane.
Kaper is perhaps best remembered as the composer of the jazz standards "On Green Dolphin Street" (lyrics by Ned Washington) and "Invitation" (lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) which were the respective title songs for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Green Dolphin Street (1947) and Invitation (1952). He also scored the MGM film musical Lili (1953) for which he received the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Kaper's later works include 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty,[1] and the TV series The F.B.I. (1965–1974).
| Date | Main recording artist | Vocalist | Album title, notes |
|---|---|---|---|
1947 |
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra |
Bill Lawrence |
Soundtrack for Green Dolphin Street |
1955 |
Urbie Green |
instrumental |
East Coast Jazz Volume 6 (1955) ] |
1956 |
Ahmad Jamal Trio |
instrumental |
Count 'Em 88[2] |
1957 |
Poll Winners (Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne) |
instrumental |
The Poll Winners |
1957 |
Chet Baker |
instrumental |
Embraceable You |
1958 |
Jack Sheldon and His Exciting All-Star Big-Band |
instrumental |
Jack's Groove, arranged for big band by Lenny Niehaus |
1958 |
Miles Davis Sextet |
instrumental |
Jazz Track (with soundtrack Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), reissued as Basic Miles (1973) and 1958 Miles[2] in Japan (1974), (also '58 Miles Featuring Stella by Starlight) |
1958 |
Tony Perkins with Urbie Green's Orchestra |
Tony Perkins |
From My Heart... |
1959 |
Bill Evans |
instrumental |
On Green Dolphin Street[2] |
1959 |
Wynton Kelly |
instrumental |
Kelly Blue[2] |
1959 |
Paul Horn |
instrumental |
Impressions! |
1960 |
Dakota Staton |
instrumental |
Dakota |
1960 |
Duke Pearson Trio |
instrumental |
Tender Feelin's |
1960 |
Eric Dolphy Quintet |
instrumental |
Outward Bound[2] |
1960 |
Horace Parlan |
instrumental |
Movin' & Groovin' |
1960 |
John Coltrane |
instrumental |
1960 Düsseldorf (WDR Master Concerts series) |
1960 |
Miles Davis Quintet (with John Coltrane) |
instrumental |
Copenhagen 1960 |
1960 |
Miles Davis Quintet (with John Coltrane) |
instrumental |
Stockholm 1960 (reissue 2000) |
1960 |
Miles Davis Quintet (with Sonny Stitt) |
instrumental |
Miles Davis & Sonny Stitt Live in Stockholm 1960 (2005) |
1960 |
The Three Sounds |
instrumental |
Moods, released as single A-side with "Love for Sale" |
1961 |
Cal Tjader |
instrumental |
In a Latin Bag |
1961 |
Dave Pike |
instrumental |
It's Time for Dave Pike |
1961 |
Eric Dolphy Quartet (with McCoy Tyner) |
instrumental |
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (1992), recorded live in Munich, Germany (first released unofficially in 1981 as 1961) |
1961 |
George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson |
Nancy Wilson |
The Swingin's Mutual! |
1961 |
Grant Green Quartet |
instrumental |
Gooden's Corner (1979), with Sonny Clark |
1961 |
Les McCann Ltd. |
instrumental |
Pretty Lady, reissued as Django in 1968 |
1961 |
Lionel Hampton |
instrumental |
Soft Vibes Soaring Strings |
1961 |
Mark Murphy |
Mark Murphy |
Rah![2] |
1961 |
Miles Davis Quintet |
instrumental |
In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume II (2003), contains two previously unreleased versions of the song not part of the original album |
1961 |
Montgomery Brothers |
instrumental |
The Montgomery Brothers in Canada |
1961 |
Red Garland |
instrumental |
Bright and Breezy |
1961 |
Walter Bishop Jr. Trio |
instrumental |
Speak Low + 3 |
1962 |
Al Grey |
instrumental |
Snap Your Fingers, featuring Billy Mitchell (reissue 2003) |
1962 |
Eddie Harris |
instrumental |
Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies, with orchestra conducted by Dick Marx |
1962 |
Elek Bacsik |
instrumental |
The Electric Guitar of the Eclectic Elek Bacsik |
1962 |
Mel Tormé |
Mel Tormé |
Comin' Home Baby!, arranged and conducted by Shorty Rogers; rereleased as Right Now! (1967) |
1962 |
George Shearing |
instrumental |
Shearing Bossa Nova, arranged by Clare Fischer |
1962 |
Oscar Peterson Trio |
instrumental |
The Sound of the Trio (live) |
1962 |
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson |
instrumental |
Very Tall |
1963 |
Billy Eckstine |
instrumental |
Now Singing in 12 Great Movies |
1963 |
Bossa Três |
instrumental |
Bossa Três |
1963 |
Dick Schory's Percussion Pops Orchestra |
instrumental |
Supercussion |
1963 |
Jerry Goldsmith |
instrumental |
O.S.T. The Prize |
1963 |
Johnny Lytle |
instrumental |
The Village Caller!, reissued as A Groove |
1963 |
Marian McPartland |
instrumental |
Bossa Nova + Soul |
1963 |
Sonny Criss |
instrumental |
Mr Blues Pour Flirter |
1963 |
Vince Guaraldi |
instrumental |
In Person |
1964 |
Albert Ayler |
instrumental |
My Name Is Albert Ayler (a.k.a. Free Jazz) |
1964 |
Erroll Garner |
instrumental |
Amsterdam Concert |
1964 |
Gary Burton |
instrumental |
Something's Coming!, quartet recording with Jim Hall |
1964 |
Martin Denny |
instrumental |
Latin Village |
1964 |
Maynard Ferguson |
instrumental |
Color Him Wild, arranged by Michael Abene and Don Rader |
1964 |
Tony Bennett with the Ralph Sharon Trio |
Tony Bennett |
When Lights Are Low, arranged by Ralph Sharon |
1965 |
Eddie Harris |
instrumental |
Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway |
1965 |
Ernest Ranglin |
instrumental |
Guitar in Ernest |
1965 |
Miles Davis Quintet |
instrumental |
The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965, released in 1995 (song played on one of seven sets) |
1965 |
Ran Blake |
instrumental |
Plays Solo Piano |
1965 |
Sonny Rollins |
instrumental |
Sonny Rollins on Impulse![2] |
1965 |
Victor Feldman |
instrumental |
Love Me with All Your Heart, also released as single A-side |
1965 |
Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges |
instrumental |
Con-Soul and Sax |
1966 |
Earl Grant |
Earl Grant? |
Bali Ha'i |
1966 |
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis |
instrumental |
Lock, the Fox |
1966 |
Sarah Vaughan |
Sarah Vaughan |
You're Mine You |
1966 |
Stan Getz Quartet |
instrumental |
In Paris, live recording |
1967 |
Afro Blues Quintet Plus One |
instrumental |
Discovery 3 |
1967 |
Bill Evans Trio |
instrumental |
California Here I Come (1982) |
1967 |
Dinah Washington |
Dinah Washington |
Dinah Discovered |
1967 |
Les McCann Trio |
instrumental |
From the Top of the Barrel |
1967 |
Richard "Groove" Holmes |
instrumental |
Super Soul |
1967 |
Teddy Wilson Quintet |
instrumental |
Stomping at the Savoy (1971) |
1968 |
Ella Fitzgerald |
Ella Fitzgerald |
30 by Ella, recorded with Harry "Sweets" Edison |
1968 |
Joe Henderson |
instrumental |
Four with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. Released not until 1994. |
1968 |
Oscar Peterson Trio |
instrumental |
Mellow Mood |
1969 |
Meireles e Os Copa 7 |
instrumental |
Tropical with J. T. Meirelles |
1970 |
Anita O'Day |
Anita O'Day |
O.S.T. Zigzag |
1970 |
Art Van Damme Quintet |
instrumental |
Keep Going |
1970 |
Gene Harris Trio |
instrumental |
Live at the 'It Club' (1996) |
1971 |
Gene Russell |
instrumental |
New Direction |
1972 |
Joe Williams |
Joe Williams |
live with the Cannonball Adderley Sextet |
1972 |
Johnny Hartman |
Johnny Hartman |
For Trane |
1973 |
Bill Evans Trio |
instrumental |
The Tokyo Concert |
1973 |
Duke Jordan |
instrumental |
Flight to Denmark |
1973 |
Gene Harris Trio |
instrumental |
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow |
1973 |
Jimmy McGriff |
instrumental |
Friday the 13th. Cook County Jail |
1974 |
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis |
instrumental |
Leapin' on Lenox[2] |
1974 |
Herb Ellis & Ray Brown |
instrumental |
Herb Ellis & Ray Brown's Soft Shoe |
1974 |
Lee Konitz |
instrumental |
Satori |
1974 |
Oscar Peterson Trio |
instrumental |
Oscar Peterson in Russia |
1975 |
Singers Unlimited with Pat Williams Orchestra |
The Singers Unlimited |
Feeling Free |
1976 |
Joe Pass (solo) |
instrumental |
Virtuoso No. 2 |
1976 |
Joe Sample / Ray Brown / Shelly Manne |
instrumental |
The Three |
1976 |
Monty Alexander |
instrumental |
Unlimited Love - Live & In Concert |
1977 |
Archie Shepp |
instrumental |
On Green Dolphin Street |
1977 |
Benny Carter 4 |
instrumental |
Montreux '77, live |
1977 |
Carmen McRae |
Carmen McRae |
At the Great American Music Hall, recorded live with a quartet featuring Dizzy Gillespie |
1977 |
Les Brown & His Band of Renown |
instrumental |
Goes Direct to Disc |
1977 |
Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet |
instrumental |
Matrix |
1977 |
Return to Forever |
instrumental |
Live: The Complete Concert |
1977 |
Rhoda Scott and Kenny Clarke |
Rhoda Scott |
Rhoda Scott + Kenny Clarke, reissued as Jazz in Paris |
1977 |
Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen |
Sheila Jordan |
Sheila |
1978 |
Herbie Hancock |
instrumental |
The Piano |
1978 |
Woody Shaw Quintet |
instrumental |
Stepping Stones Bonus Tracks (2011), recorded live at the Village Vanguard |
1979 |
Anthony Braxton |
instrumental |
Solo (Milano) 1979 Vol. 2 (2004) |
1979 |
Herbie Hancock with Wayne Shorter |
instrumental |
V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky, the song played by the duo as an encore, a medley with "Stella by Starlight" |
1980 |
Bud Shank, Bill Mays, Alan Broadbent |
instrumental |
Crystal Comments |
1981 |
Paquito D'Rivera |
instrumental |
Blowin |
1981 |
Sun Ra |
instrumental |
The Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency (Jan. 1, 1981) |
1981 |
Ran Blake and Jaki Byard |
instrumental |
Improvisations, piano duo recording |
1982 |
Akira Miyazawa |
instrumental |
On Green Dolphin Street |
1982 |
Tony Rice Unit |
instrumental |
Backwaters |
1984 |
George Shearing & Mel Tormé |
Mel Tormé |
An Evening at Charlie's |
1984 |
Juan Luis Guerra & 4.40 |
(vocal and instrumental) |
Soplando, translated to Spanish with the title "La calle gris" |
1986 |
Kalima |
instrumental |
Night Time Shadows |
1986 |
Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette |
instrumental |
Standards II (DVD recorded live in Tokyo) |
1987 |
Billy Jenkins |
instrumental |
In the Nude |
1987 |
Harry Connick, Jr. |
instrumental |
[Harry Connick Jr. |
1987 |
Helge Schneider |
instrumental |
The Last Jazz |
1988 |
Plunky |
instrumental |
Tropical Chill |
1989 |
Rosenberg Trio |
instrumental |
Seresta |
1990 |
George Benson & The Count Basie Orchestra |
George Benson |
Big Boss Band, with arrangements by Frank Foster |
1990 |
Clare Fischer |
instrumental |
Lembranças |
1990 |
Joe Pass |
instrumental |
What Is There to Say (2001) |
1990 |
Walter Norris |
instrumental |
Lush Life |
1991 |
Chick Corea Akoustic Band |
instrumental |
Alive |
1994 |
Jerry Bergonzi, Mike Stern, Andy LaVerne, George Mraz, Billy Hart |
instrumental |
Vertical Reality |
1994 |
Keith Jarrett Standards Trio |
instrumental |
Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note |
1994 |
Steps Ahead |
instrumental |
Vibe |
1995 |
Moe Koffman |
instrumental |
Devil's Brew, with Ed Bickert |
2000 |
Cindy Blackman |
instrumental |
Works on Canvas |
2001 |
Cassandra Wilson |
instrumental |
soundtrack The Score |
2001 |
Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette |
instrumental |
My Foolish Heart – Live at Montreux (2007) |
2002 |
George Coleman, Mike Stern, Ron Carter & Jimmy Cobb |
instrumental |
Four Generations of Miles |
2006 |
Austin Peralta |
instrumental |
Maiden Voyage |
2009 |
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White |
instrumental |
Forever (2011) |
2012 |
Cory Henry |
instrumental |
Gotcha Now Doc |
2014 |
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band |
instrumental |
Life in the Bubble |