It Don'T Mean A Thing. SATB Accompanied

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.

Jump jive and swing your way into the hottest craze in years! Mark Brymer's show-style arrangement combines the best of the classics with the new hot tunes in an up-scale updated treatment that will put your choir on the map! Includes: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); The Joint Is Jumpin'; Jump Jive An' Wail; Steppin' Out With My Baby; Zoot Suit Riot. Available: SATB SAB SSA Instrumental Pak ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 8:00.

The great Ellington classic still swings in this setting that includes a written vocal and piano solo.Available separately: SATB ePak(R) and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 4:25.

This is a 7-minute powerhouse from start to finish. Show off those great swing dance moves! Includes: At the Hop Bandstand Boogie Gettin' in the Mood It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Jailhouse Rock. Available: SATB SAB 2-Part IPAKC and ShowTrax CD

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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