Perdido

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See also: Perdido Key, Florida

Perdido is a jazz-song composed by Juan Tizol and was first recorded on December 3, 1941 by Duke Ellington and later by many others including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Art Tatum, Quincy Jones and Erroll Garner.

The melody can be heard in Woody Allen's "Another Woman" from 1988.

"Perdido" is Spanish and simply means "lost". The song refers to the resort town of Perdido in the Florida keys.

External links

"Perdido" at JazzStandards.com

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