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`` Cotton Tail '' is a 1940 composition by Duke Ellington .. composition. Musical composition. Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington. It is based on the rhythm changes from George Gershwin 's `` I Got Rhythm '' .. rhythm changes. rhythm changes. George Gershwin. George Gershwin. I Got Rhythm. I Got Rhythm. The first Ellington recording -LRB- 2 May 1940 -RRB- is notable for the driving tenor saxophone solo by Ben Webster .. Ben Webster. Ben Webster. Originally an instrumental , `` Cotton Tail '' later had lyrics written for it by Ellington .. instrumental. instrumental. lyrics. lyrics. Later , more lyrics were written , based on the 1940 recording , by Jon Hendricks , and recorded by Lambert , Hendricks and Ross .. lyrics. lyrics. Jon Hendricks. Jon Hendricks. Slide Hampton 's arrangement of `` Cotton Tail '' on Dee Dee Bridgewater 's 1997 album Dear Ella won him the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist -LRB- s -RRB- in 1998 .. Slide Hampton. Slide Hampton. Dee Dee Bridgewater. Dee Dee Bridgewater. Dear Ella. Dear Ella. `` Cotton Tail '' is the theme song for `` The Art of Jazz , '' a music history radio program hosted by Ken Wiley on KPLU-FM .. Wiley plays Ellington 's entire version of `` Cotton Tail '' both at the beginning and at the end of every show .