It Don’t Mean a Thing

Name: It Don’t Mean a Thing
Duration: 3 min 29 s

~ Recording by Al Casey

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	It Don’t Mean a Thing	3:29	Al Casey	A Tribute to Fats	Al Casey	Album	DE1994	Jazzpoint (German label)	CDP JP 1044
1.1	It Don’t Mean a Thing	3:29	Al Casey	A Tribute to ‘Fats’	Al Casey	Album	DE2011-01-26	Jazzpoint (German label)

engineer:	Mark Derksen
mixer:	Peter Hubka
bass:	Ján Jankeje (on 1994-05-22)
drums (drum set):	Imre Kőszegi (Jazz) (on 1994-05-22)
guitar:	Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1994-05-22)
piano:	Red Richards (on 1994-05-22)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Jazzpoint Records (German label) (in 1994)

recorded at:	Markant Studio (Heeze, Netherlands) in Heeze-Leende, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1994-05-22)
mixed at:	Slovak Radio Bratislava in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia

recording of:	It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (on 1994-05-22: 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)