STAN GETZ DIZZY GILLESPIE :dark eyes-ochi chorniye

dark eyes-ochi chorniye...one of the most impressive versions by the all time greats of jazz...dizzy gillespie(t),stan getz(ts),sony stitt(as),john lewis(p),ray brown(b),herb ellis(g),stan levey(d) recorded in LA oct.16,1956....LP purchased in Philadelpihia..south street Tower records..1984...still sounds great...
about the song which is believed to be a russian gypsy tune:
Dark Eyes (Russian: Очи чёрные, Ochi chyornye;The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843.
The words were subsequently set to Florian Hermann's Valse Hommage (in an arrangement by S. Gerdel') and published as a romance on 7 March 1884.
Although often characterised as a Russian gypsy song, the words and music were written respectively by a Ukrainian poet and a German composer: Florian Hermann. Feodor Chaliapin popularised the song abroad in a version amended by himself....from wikipedia