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Title	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Jazz and modern rhythms
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Publisher's article no.	click here
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	EUR
	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
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