It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (album)
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington and singer Teresa Brewer originally released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label in 1973.[1] It features the final studio recordings by Ellington.
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | September 4, 5, & 6, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Flying Dutchman | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Don George except as indicated
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Irving Mills)
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)
- "Mood Indigo' (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills)
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell)
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
- "I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter"
- "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
- "Tulip or Turnip (Tell Me, Tell Me, Dream Face)"
- "It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight"
- "Poco Mucho"
- Recorded in New York on September 4 (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 10), September 5 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 7), and September 6 (tracks 4, 9 & 11), 1973.
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Teresa Brewer - vocals
- Ray Nance - cornet (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Johnny Coles (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Mercer Ellington (tracks 1 & 7), Tyree Glenn (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 11), Barrie Lee Hall (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Money Johnson (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Joe Newman (tracks 1 & 7), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks 1 & 7), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1 & 7), Ernie Royal, (tracks 1 & 7) - trumpet
- Art Baron (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Vince Prudente - trombone
- Chuck Connors - bass trombone (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Harold Minerve - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11)
- Harold Ashby - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Norris Turney - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11)
- Joe Beck - guitar (tracks 4, 9 & 11)
- Joe Benjamin - bass (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10)
- Herb Bushler - electric bass (tracks 4, 9 & 11)
- Quentin White (tracks 1-3, 5-8 & 10), Pretty Purdie (tracks 4, 9 & 11) - drums
- Bunny Briggs - vocals (tracks 1, 7 & 9)
- James Mtume - conga (track 11)
References
- A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed July 8, 2010
- Allmusic Review accessed June 8, 2010
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