It Don't Mean a Thing
~ Recording by WDR Big Band Köln
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.4 | It Don't Mean a Thing | 3:24 | WDR Big Band Köln | The World of Duke Ellington Box | WDR Big Band Köln | Album + Compilation |
| BHM Productions | BHM BOX 01 |
Relationships
| producer: | Wolfgang Hirschmann |
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| alto saxophone: | Harald Rosenstein (on 1994-05-16) Heiner Wiberny (on 1994-05-16) |
| baritone saxophone: | Jens Neufang (on 1994-05-16) |
| bass trombone: | Roy Deuvall (US trombonist, formerly active in Austria and Germany) (on 1994-05-16) |
| double bass: | Jimmy Woode (on 1994-05-16) |
| drums (drum set): | Grady Tate (on 1994-05-16) |
| guitar: | Milan Lulič (on 1994-05-16) |
| piano: | Frank Chastenier (on 1994-05-16) |
| tenor saxophone: | Olivier Peters (on 1994-05-16) Rolf Römer (on 1994-05-16) |
| trombone: | Henning Berg (trombone) (on 1994-05-16) David Horler (trombone) (on 1994-05-16) Bernt Laukamp (on 1994-05-16) |
| trumpet: | Rob Bruynen (on 1994-05-16) Andy Haderer (on 1994-05-16) Rick Kiefer (on 1994-05-16) John Marshall (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1994-05-16) Klaus Osterloh (on 1994-05-16) |
| vocals: | Freda Payne (on 1994-05-16) |
| orchestra: | WDR Big Band Köln (on 1994-05-16) |
| conductor: | Jerry van Rooyen (on 1994-05-16) |
| recorded at: | Kölner Philharmonie in Köln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1994-05-16) |
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| recording of: | It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (on 1994-05-16: instrumental) |
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Related works
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
| lyricist: | Irving Mills (in 1931) |
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| composer: | Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08) |
| publisher: | Duke Ellington Music EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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