It Don’t Mean a Thing
~ Recording by Lionel Hampton
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.14 | It Don't Mean a Thing | 3:17 | Lionel Hampton | Small Groups, Volume 2: 1938-39 | Lionel Hampton | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin France S.A. (not for release label use!) | 30372 |
| 2.14 | It Don't Mean a Thing | 3:15 | Lionel Hampton | The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 | Lionel Hampton | Album + Compilation |
| Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues) | MD5-238 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 2.22 | It Don’t Mean a Thing | 3:16 | Lionel Hampton | Bluebird Sessions | Lionel Hampton | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| recorded in: | New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-03) |
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| double bass: | Milt Hinton (on 1939-04-03) |
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| drums (drum set): | Cozy Cole (on 1939-04-03) |
| guitar: | Allan Reuss (on 1939-04-03) |
| piano: | Clyde Hart (on 1939-04-03) |
| reeds: | Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-04-03) Jerry Jerome (on 1939-04-03) Russell Procope (on 1939-04-03) Hymie Shertzer (on 1939-04-03) |
| trumpet: | Irving Randolph (on 1939-04-03) |
| vibraphone: | Lionel Hampton (on 1939-04-03) |
| orchestra: | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (on 1939-04-03) |
| recording of: | It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) |
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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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