Duke Ellington

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing). A true musical classic now available in the Discovery Jazz Series. Expertly arranged for younger choirs this is the perfect introduction to the music known as Swing. Available for 3-Part Mixed, 2-Part and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.

Originally made famous by Duke Ellington this jazz standard has been sung by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Harry Connick Jr. Enjoy this swinging setting from Mark Brymer. Available: SATB SAB SSA Instrumental Pak ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:45.

This hot '30s swing number is high energy from beginning to end. Featured in the Broadway revue Bubbling Brown Sugar, this chart has great dance potential.

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Available separately: 3-Part Mixed and 2-Part. VoiceTrax CD also available. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30. Discovery Level 2.

Put together these two titles in a unique arrangement and you have a hit! Tom Anderson has created a winning combination of great titles swinging style and arranging creativity in this piece. This challenging work will motivate your choir rather than discourage them. A wonderful opportunity to share a little of the history of swing music with your choir!

Everything But You. Here is a 1945 Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald tune that is an easy shuffle. The lyrical hook is fun and this arrangement matches that fun with style.

In the winter of 1932 Duke Ellington; consumate jazz pianist composer and orchestrator; released It Don't Mean A Thing (If it ain't Got That Swing) which included live vocals by Ivie Anderson. A significant work that marked a shift in the fashionable style from the Hot Jazz of the 1920s to the Swing music of the 1930s. The song went on to define the era and became one of his biggest and most successful hits.This popular tune is supplied here with vocal arrangements for SAB choir with Piano accompaniment.

ShowTrax CD-A true musical classic now available in the Discovery Jazz Series. Expertly arranged for younger choirs this is the perfect introduction to the music known as Swing. Available for 3-Part Mixed 2-Part and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.

In the winter of 1932 Duke Ellington; consummate jazz pianist composer and orchestrator; released It Don't Mean A Thing (If it ain't Got That Swing) which included live vocals by Ivie Anderson. A significant work that marked a shift in the fashionable style from the Hot Jazz of the 1920s to the Swing music of the 1930s. The song went on to define the era and became one of his biggest and most successful hits. This popular tune is supplied here with vocal arrangements for full mixed SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.

Put the swing into your concert programme with this traditional jazz standard It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) arranged for Upper Voices (SSA) with Piano accompaniment by Mac Huff.

Russell Robinson always finds a way to take a song and make it accessible for the younger voice and inexperienced ensemble. He continues with this arrangement of Take the A Train. The singer learns the melody in the openingthen is ready to take on the faster movement of the same melody throughout. A great jazz classic for choral groups. Available separately: SATB SAB StudioTrax CD.

Here's an extra-special arrangement of an exceptional song! Rich jazz-flavored harmonies and classic piano styling combine to create a shimmering musical effect. / Choeur (Unisson), Voix Hautes Et Voix Egales

The Novello Barbershop series offers unaccompanied arrangements of a variety of well-loved songs from the 1940s to the 1970s.Arranger Nicholas Hare has endeavoured to share the interest among all the voice parts but each singer should be aware at all times of who has the melody so that it is allowed to stand out. A discreet use of soloists is often appropriate.Blend and balance of the harmony is another vital element in successful performance of this music and vibrato should be kept in check so that the chords are clean and perfectly in tune. The various vocalisations (ah ooh mm etc.) may be considered as suggestions only and variedaccording to the performance conditions.Arranged specifically for male-voice groups (from as few as four voices in some numbers to a full choir) the songs are notated on two staves for easy Piano rehearsal.