Cotton Tail

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"Cotton Tail" is a 1940

.

The 1941 Soundie gives the title as "Hot Chocolate," with "Cotton Tail" below it in parentheses and smaller letters, but this was likely done by the producer, as that title does not seem to appear anywhere else between the original record's release and this production.

in 1998.

"Cotton Tail" is the theme song for "The Art of Jazz," a music history radio program hosted by Ken Wiley on

. Wiley plays Ellington's entire version of "Cotton Tail" both at the beginning and at the end of every show.

Notable recordings

• The Duke Ellington Orchestra, May 2, 1940
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
  (1957)
• The Big Four (George Kawaguchi, Go Ueda, Hachidai Nakamura, Hidehiko Matsumoto) - Jazz at the Torys (1957)
• Harry James - Harry James And His New Swingin' Band (MGM SE-3778, 1959)
• Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
  - Everybody's Boppin' (August 6, 1959)
• So Much Guitar
  (1961)
• Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington - Ella at Duke's Place (1965)
• Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette - In Concert Tokyo
  (1988)
• The Buddy Rich Big Band with Neil Peart - Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich (1994)
• Dave Grusin - Homage to Duke (1993)
• Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dear Ella (1997)
• Herbie Hancock - Gershwin's World (1998)
• The Duke Ellington Legacy Band, featuring Nancy Reed (vocals) (2007)
• Neil Peart - an excerpt is included in his drum solo "De Slagwerker" on Rush's live album Snakes & Arrows Live (2008)

See also

• List of jazz contrafacts

References

External links

• "Cottontail" at jazzstandards.com