It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. The music was written and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago's Lincoln Tavern and was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for Brunswick Records (Br 6265) on February 2, 1932. Ivie Anderson sang the vocal and trombonist Joe Nanton and alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges played the instrumental solos. The title was based on the oft stated credo of Ellington's former trumpeter Bubber Miley, who was dying of tuberculosis. The song became famous, Ellington wrote, "as the expression of a sentiment which prevailed among jazz musicians at the time." Probably the first song to use the phrase "swing" in the title, it introduced the term into everyday language and presaged the Swing Era by three years. The Ellington band played the song continuously over the years and recorded it numerous times, most often with trumpeter Ray Nance as vocalist.
Notable recordings of the song by other artists include:
*Thelonius Monk - "Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington" (1955)
*Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook" (1957), "Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur" (1967), "Ella in London" (1974)
*Nina Simone - "Nina Simone Sings Ellington" (1962)
*Carmen McRae, Betty Carter - "The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets" (1987)
*Tony Bennett - ' (1995), ' (1999)
*Eva Cassidy - "American Tune" (2003)
*The Mills Brothers - "Golden Greats" (2002), "Goodbye, Blues" (2005)
*Gabin - "Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap" (2007)
*Asuka Sakai - "A Crimson Rose and Gin Tonic"
External links
* [http://departments.risd.edu/faculty/dkeefer/web/swing.htm An academic essay on "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and its relation to musical performance practices and the possibility of musical meaning]
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