It Don't Mean a Thing

Name: It Don't Mean a Thing
Duration: 1 min 38 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	It Don't Mean a Thing	1:38	Harry Allen with Bill Charlap Trio	Harry Allen Plays Ellington Songs	Harry Allen with The Bill Charlap Trio	Album	JP1999-10-21	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), novus J	BVCJ-34004
1.4	It Don't Mean a Thing	1:38	Harry Allen with Bill Charlap Trio	Harry Allen Plays Ellington Songs	Harry Allen with Bill Charlap Trio	Album	-2009	Slider Music

assistant engineer:	Bill Moss (US engineer)
engineer:	Jim Czak (engineer, owner of NOLA Recording Studios)
producer:	Harry Allen (saxophone) Ikuyoshi Hirakawa
bass:	Peter Washington (American jazz double bassist) (from 1999-07-28 until 1999-07-29)
drums (drum set):	Kenny Washington (drums) (from 1999-07-28 until 1999-07-29)
piano:	Bill Charlap (from 1999-07-28 until 1999-07-29)
tenor saxophone:	Harry Allen (saxophone) (from 1999-07-28 until 1999-07-29)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	BMG Funhouse, Inc. (BMG Fun House)

recorded at:	NOLA Recording Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (from 1999-07-28 until 1999-07-29)

recording of:	It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (in 1999-07: instrumental)

lyricist:	Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:	Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)

publisher:	Duke Ellington Music EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)

referred to in medleys:	Duke Elington Medley: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 〜Satin Doll〜Mood Indigo〜Take the “A” Train〜ending〜It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (order: 1)
later parody versions:	It Don't Mean a Thing If Your State's Not a Swing
later versions:	Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap
part of:	The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I) (part of collection)
is the basis for:	Ellington Mix: It Don’t Mix Swingy Thing (Solo Tenor Horn & Brass Band)
arrangements:	It Don't Mean A Thing (Arr. Bengt Hallberg) It Don’t Mean a Thing (arr. Mac Huff) It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (for choir, Parry)