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 |
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Recorded | September 4, 5, & 6, 1973 |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Label | Flying Dutchman |
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Producer | Bob Thiele |
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The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]
- 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.
- 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)