Jazz Music Doesn’t Have an Expiration Date – 10 Greatest Jazz Songs Ever Made

Salt Peanuts by Dizzy Gillespie

Originally composed by the great Dizzy Gillespie in 1942, Salt Peanuts was first recorded in 1945 by Gillespie and his All-Star Big Band in New York City, with the band featuring Gillespie himself, Charlie Parker on the sax, Al Haig on piano, Sid Catlett on drums, and Curley Russell on bass.

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The lyrics to the song are nonsensical, and the composition was based on I Got Rhythm, with the same 32-bar AABA structure. A timeless bebop classic, Salt Peanuts was famously sung by President Jimmy Carter at a White House concert in 1978.