Released 1973 | Release date 1973 | |
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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. It features the final studio recordings by Ellington.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.
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"
Personnel
Songs
1It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing2:06
2I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues3:19
3Satin Doll2:27
References
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