On Green Dolphin Street (novel)
On Green Dolphin Street is a novel by Sebastian Faulks, published by Hutchinson in 2001. The title comes from a 1947 composition by Bronislau Kaper and Ned Washington -- written for the Hollywood film Green Dolphin Street -- and later recorded by jazz musicians Miles Davis (1958), and Bill Evans (1959), among others.
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