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Title: Duke Ellington - It don't mean a thing (1943)
Added: Jan 3, 2008
Author: bretodeau
Duration: 2:44
Description:
Duke Ellington and his orchestra playing this awesome tune in 1943."It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. The music was written and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago's Lincoln Tavern and was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for Brunswick Records (Br 6265) on February 2, 1932. Ivie Anderson sang the vocal and trombonist Joe Nanton and alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges played the instrumental solos. The title was based on the oft stated credo of Ellington's former trumpeter Bubber Miley, who was dying of tuberculosis. The song became famous, Ellington wrote, "as the expression of a sentiment which prevailed among jazz musicians at the time." Probably the first song to use the phrase "swing" in the title, it introduced the term into everyday language and presaged the Swing Era by three years. The Ellington band played the song continuously over the years and recorded it numerous times, most often with trumpeter Ray Nance as vocalist.
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Tags: duke ellington piano it don't mean thing 1943 orchestra jazz swing bebop irving mills tricky sam nanton trombone solo
duke ellington piano it don't mean thing 1943 orchestra jazz swing bebop irving mills tricky sam nanton trombone solo
Youtube Comments: 1884
cop449 Says:
Apr 28, 2012 - at 2:23 look at the trumpeter at the back of the saxophonist
Lamar933 Says:
Apr 28, 2012 - Have you ever seen the movie Swing Kids? Great movie about swing kids in Germany
Rellim00000 Says:
Apr 28, 2012 - Yeah, I love this generation and the technology advancements, but think of the class you're missing out on. Nobody is classy anymore. Nobody is respectful of anything anymore. I was sitting in class the other day, and the teacher put on some beautiful piano piece and everyone started saying it was horrible and was giving them headaches. I understand liking what kind of genre you like, but no one can understand things that are that real, because of the generation we live in.
Lamar933 Says:
Apr 28, 2012 - Oh, those great smiles!
funkbuey Says:
Apr 29, 2012 - Thats Ben Webster on the tenor sax ;)
CptFuji Says:
Apr 30, 2012 - I think he was implying to how the current music industry is pretty corrupt and unchanging. It wasn't that long ago when we screwed up the music industry. There was NKC, MJ, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, and even RCHP. But look how many people even acknowledge their feat now.Same goes for the classical time. There are so many composers from so many eras. Half the people I know, generalizes the whole half of a millenium as the "classical era".
G33KST4R Says:
May 1, 2012 - But nothing beats witnessing in all live =)
munkeyboy123 Says:
May 1, 2012 - haha
rudska93820 Says:
May 4, 2012 - If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true,there would be little hope of advance.
Chordinated Says:
May 5, 2012 - I would give up all the technology to live back then in a country where women were respected and men were proper and nice. But ashkansadri93 has a point too...
Rangrok1k Says:
May 7, 2012 - When I finished the video, it played a commercial for Old Spice...Yeah... draw your own conclusions...
kameyu1000 Says:
May 7, 2012 - I love this.
Catswealthy Says:
May 9, 2012 - ahem!
TenorClef1971 Says:
May 11, 2012 - Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, incredible almost human vocal quality to that wah wah solo.
smceo28 Says:
May 14, 2012 - THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THESE 'OMG MY GENERATION SUCKS!!!!' PEOPLE IN THEIR PLACE! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
ColtWindstorm Says:
May 14, 2012 - who are the two men singing in the video?
smallhadroncollider Says:
May 15, 2012 - I think if you show up in 1930s America you're going to find exactly 100% more social problems than you expect. First, every generation has proper men and sleazy men; and second, in what universe were women in the West respected more 80 years ago relative to today?I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know this is Youtube u___u I'm done. That is all.
emptyhead Says:
May 15, 2012 - aren't we all..
yendorification Says:
May 15, 2012 - LOL Are you joking. Women & Minorities had NO rights back then, or damn near close to no rights. This was before the Civil Rights movement
gorganzolastilton22 Says:
May 17, 2012 - I play the trombone: I would love to play this!
lumunosat1 Says:
May 21, 2012 - Una genialidad todo lo que hizo a lo largo de su carrera este gran artista.Recomiendo a un gran cantante argentino de Barcelona,poeta y compositor que podeis pillar como MIGUEL ALE & FRIKTANGO
YTnotthesame Says:
May 21, 2012 - yes,yes AUTOTUNE BEFORE CHEAPNESS!!!I love the way that sounds with real talent.Instead of somebody hitting a fuckin button and playing half the whole melody.I think I just came in my mind
iamthefezzer123 Says:
May 23, 2012 - im playing this for the school concert :)
Eweezie415 Says:
May 25, 2012 - It's def a gift and a curse for sure. It's created this Idiocracy we are living in where things can't hold people's attention for over 25 seconds, record labels say they can now tell a hit in the first 15 seconds, bullshit! So many good artists were around then because that was their internet, or outlet. I'd much rather have more of this kind of music existing than more programmers, thats just me personally though.
Rangrok1k Says:
Apr 25, 2012 - Are the solos after the trombone solo dubbed over, or is it just me?