It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (album)
- It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (album)
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It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington and singer Teresa Brewer originally released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label in 1973.[1] It features the final studio recordings by Ellington.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Don George except as indicated
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Irving Mills)
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)
- "Mood Indigo' (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills)
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell)
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
- "I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter"
- "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
- "Tulip or Turnip (Tell Me, Tell Me, Dream Face)"
- "It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight"
- "Poco Mucho"
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- Recorded in New York on September 4 (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 10), September 5 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 7), and September 6 (tracks 4, 9 & 11), 1973.
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Teresa Brewer - vocals
- Ray Nance - cornet (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Johnny Coles (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Mercer Ellington (tracks 1 & 7), Tyree Glenn (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 11), Barrie Lee Hall (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Money Johnson (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Joe Newman (tracks 1 & 7), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks 1 & 7), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1 & 7), Ernie Royal, (tracks 1 & 7) - trumpet
- Art Baron (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Vince Prudente - trombone
- Chuck Connors - bass trombone (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Harold Minerve - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11)
- Harold Ashby - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Norris Turney - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11)
- Joe Beck - guitar (tracks 4, 9 & 11)
- Joe Benjamin - bass (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Herb Bushler - electric bass (tracks 4, 9 & 11)
- Quentin White (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Pretty Purdie (tracks 4, 9 & 11) - drums
- Bunny Briggs - vocals (tracks 1, 7 & 9)
- James Mtume - conga (track 11)
References
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The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year · Liberian Suite · Great Times! · Masterpieces by Ellington · Ellington Uptown · The Duke Plays Ellington · Ellington ‘55 · Dance to the Duke! · Ellington Showcase · Historically Speaking · Duke Ellington Presents... · The Complete Porgy and Bess · A Drum Is a Woman · Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Black, Brown and Beige · Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque · The Cosmic Scene · Happy Reunion · Jazz Party · Back to Back · Side by Side · Anatomy of a Murder · Festival Session · Blues in Orbit · The Nutcracker Suite · Piano in the Background · Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. · Unknown Session · Piano in the Foreground · The Great Summit: The Master Takes · Paris Blues · First Time! The Count Meets the Duke · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Featuring Paul Gonsalves · Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 · Midnight in Paris · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Studio Sessions, New York 1962 · Money Jungle · Afro-Bossa · The Symphonic Ellington · Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session · Studio Sessions New York 1963 · My People · Ellington '65 · Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins · Ellington '66 · Concert in the Virgin Islands · The Popular Duke Ellington · The Far East Suite · The Jaywalker · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Second Sacred Concert · Studio Sessions New York, 1968 · Latin American Suite · The Pianist · New Orleans Suite · Orchestral Works · The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 · The Intimacy of the Blues · The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 · The Intimate Ellington · The Ellington Suites · This One's for Blanton! · Up in Duke’s Workshop · Duke's Big 4 · Mood Ellington ·
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Categories:
- 1973 albums
- Duke Ellington albums
- Teresa Brewer albums
- Flying Dutchman Records albums
- Albums produced by Bob Thiele
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