It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (album)

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It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got that Swing
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Studio album by
Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer
Released1973
RecordedSeptember 4, 5, & 6, 1973
GenreJazz
LabelFlying Dutchman
ProducerBob Thiele
Teresa Brewer chronology

(1973) 		It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got that Swing
(1973)
(1973)
Duke Ellington chronology
Duke's Big 4
(1973) 		It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
(1973) 		Third Sacred Concert
(1973)

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.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Don George except as indicated
  1. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Irving Mills)
  2. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
  3. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)
  4. "Mood Indigo' (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills)
  5. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell)
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
  7. "I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter"
  8. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
  9. "Tulip or Turnip (Tell Me, Tell Me, Dream Face)"
  10. "It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight"
  11. "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[]

References[]

  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed July 8, 2010
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Allmusic Review accessed June 8, 2010
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