It Don't Mean a Thing

Name: It Don't Mean a Thing
Duration: 6 min 38 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
125.7	It Don't Mean a Thing	6:38	Dizzy Gillespie	The Ultimate Jazz Archive	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2005-08-29	Membran Music Ltd.	222800-387
1.7	It Don’t Mean a Thing	6:38	Dizzy Gillespie	The Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 32: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz	Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Woods, Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd, The Jazz Messengers	Album + Compilation	DE2005-08-29	Membran Music Ltd.	222788-382
4.18	It Don’t Mean A Thing	6:36	Dizzy Gillespie	Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac	Dizzy Gillespie	Album + Compilation	DE2011	Membran Music Ltd.	233342

recorded in:	Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1953 until 1954) New York, New York, United States (from 1953 until 1954)

bass:	Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1953 until 1954) Lou Hackney (from 1953 until 1954)
drums (drum set):	Louie Bellson (from 1953 until 1954)
guitar:	Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1953 until 1954)
piano:	Wade Legge (from 1953 until 1954) Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1953 until 1954)
tenor saxophone:	Stan Getz (from 1953 until 1954) Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (from 1953 until 1954)
trumpet:	Dizzy Gillespie (from 1953 until 1954)

recording of:	It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (cover)

lyricist:	Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:	Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)

publisher:	Duke Ellington Music EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)

referred to in medleys:	Duke Elington Medley: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 〜Satin Doll〜Mood Indigo〜Take the “A” Train〜ending〜It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (order: 1)
later parody versions:	It Don't Mean a Thing If Your State's Not a Swing
later versions:	Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap
part of:	The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I) (part of collection)
is the basis for:	Ellington Mix: It Don’t Mix Swingy Thing (Solo Tenor Horn & Brass Band)
arrangements:	It Don't Mean A Thing (Arr. Bengt Hallberg) It Don’t Mean a Thing (arr. Mac Huff) It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (for choir, Parry)