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Title	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)
Article no.	9379100
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Jazz and modern rhythms
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Netherlands (nl)
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Series title	Real BigBand Sound Series
Year of publication	2010
Composer	Ellington, Duke
Arranger	Ravenal, Dick
Difficulty level	3
Duration	2:29
Additional info/contents	This well-known jazz piece by Mills and Ellington was part of the standard repertoire of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The complete title is "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing". Especially successful was the recording for the legendary The Great Reunion which was recorded in April 1961 in New York by Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington (1899-1974). Prt PicFlt Flt Ob Fag EsClr Clr 1,2,3 AClr BClr SSax ASax TSax BSax EsCnt Flh 1,2,3 Trp 1,2,3 Hrn in F+Eb 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2,3 (BC) Trb in Bb 1,2,3 (BC+TC) Brt in C (BC) Brt in Bb (BC+TC) EsTub (BC+TC) BTub (BC+TC) Tub in C Perc Tmp
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	Format
	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing) (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing) (concert/wind band), full score
	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing), extra instrumental part
	Alte Brummbär, Der, audio CD  out of print
	Karnevals Rückzug, audio CD
	New Compositions for Concert Band #9: Upside Down, audio CD
	Solisten Feuerwerk, audio CD

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