The Tiger of San Pedro is a jazz song, by John LaBarbera. This song was made popular by trombonist Bill Watrous. It was the title song of the Grammy-nominated Columbia recording "Tiger of San Pedro" by Watrous' band "The Manhattan Wildlife Refuge." The band also did a self-titled album in 1974 before it disbanded and Watrous moved to Los Angeles.
The song is one of several based on the Sherlock Holmes stories. Don Juan Murillo is a deposed dictator from South America, formerly known as "The Tiger of San Pedro", living in England, in the story The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge.
Famous quotes containing the words tiger and/or san:
“As a tiger may lose its footing on soft ground, so people may be tripped up by sweet words.”
—Chinese proverb.
“We had won. Pimps got out of their polished cars and walked the streets of San Francisco only a little uneasy at the unusual exercise. Gamblers, ignoring their sensitive fingers, shook hands with shoeshine boys.... Beauticians spoke to the shipyard workers, who in turn spoke to the easy ladies.... I thought if war did not include killing, I’d like to see one every year. Something like a festival.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)