Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing: Concert Band: Score

Edward Kennedy ?Duke? Ellington?s influence on the swing era as musician, bandleader and composer is unparalleled. His arrangement of his own composition It Don?t Mean a Thing (If It Ain?t Got That Swing) is perhaps the first to carry the word ?swing? in the title, thereby coining a musical phrase. Toshio Mashima?s stylish arrangement of this jazz standard for concert band hits the perfect note.

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.

16 Songs with Online Audio Backing Tracks-16 renditions of Duke Ellington jazz classics in arrangements for piano voice and guitar with awesome online audio backing tracks featuring a full back-up jazz ensemble so you can sound like you're playing with a band. Songs include: Caravan · Come Sunday · Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good · I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart · I'm Beginning to See the Light · In a Mellow Tone · In a Sentimental Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Love You Madly · Mood Indigo · Satin Doll · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady · Take the A Train.

Four Ellington hits - Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear from Me, Sophisticated Lady, and It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - are given special treatment in this monster medley. Full instrumentation is required, and the arrangement is moderately advanced, but the result is great music!

This quality folio contains 16 of the best from America's premier jazz band composer, arranged for string quartet up to string orchestra. Great for recitals, concerts, receptions, parties, and encores. Contents: Caravan * Creole Love Song * Day Dream * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me * I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart * I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) * I'm Just a Lucky So and So * In a Sentimental Mood * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Mood Indigo * Satin Doll * Solitude * Sophisticated Lady, Prelude to a Kiss, Take the A Train.