| Harlem Speaks | |
| Artist: | Duke Ellington |
| Released: | 1935 |
| Studio: | Decca Studios, London, England |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Composer: | Duke Ellington |
Harlem Speaks (1935) is a jazz song by Duke Ellington, made in response to the film Africa Speaks (1930). Ellington recorded the song at Decca Studios in London, England.[1] Gunther Schuller said that the London recording was his best recording, "a typical array of “hot” solos (the way Spike Hughes liked them), ending with an all-stops-pulled-out ensemble chorus, replete with riffing brass, torrid Nanton growls, and surging Bigard obbligatos."[2] It was also recorded by Charlie Barnet in 1941.[3]
Harlem Speaks is also the name of an album by Duke Ellington.[4]