Walt Smith - Harlem Nocturne (Hagen/Rogers)

Walt Smith - Harlem Nocturne (Hagen/Rogers) played at the 2011 Fife Jazz Festival at the Byre Theatre, St. Andrews. “Harlem Nocturne“ is a jazz standard written by Earle Hagen and Dick Rogers in 1939. The song was adopted by bandleader Randy Brooks the next year as his theme song. “Harlem Nocturne“ has been frequently recorded. Artists include the Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Lounge Lizards, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Earl Bostic, King Curtis, Anton Szandor LaVey, Herbie Fields, Willy Deville, David Sanborn, and guitarist Danny Gatton. The song peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1966 for The Viscounts. In 1990, pianist Kofi gained popularity in the instrumental world for her cover from the album of the same name “Harlem Nocturne“. It was also the theme song for the television series Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer. Earle Harry Hagen (July 9, 1919 — May 26, 2008) was an American co