Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.734674 By Duke Ellington. By Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. Arranged by Joseph Hasper. Jazz. Score and parts. 51 pages. Joseph Hasper #2059717. Published by Joseph Hasper (A0.734674). Jazz combo arrangement for Flute, Sax Section (2 Alto Saxes, 2 Tenor Saxes, Baritone Sax) and Rhythm Section (Piano, Bass, and Drums).Includes a full score and all parts. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) is a 1931 Duke Ellington composition 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 on February 2, 1932. 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 continually over the years and recorded it numerous times, most often with trumpeter Ray Nance as vocalist.
