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It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
by
The Modern Jazz Quartet
First released:
Aug 1987,
Length:
5:03
Creators
(4)
Instruments
Connie Kay
(21 Dec 1959)
drums (drum set)
John Lewis
(21 Dec 1959)
piano
Milt Jackson
(21 Dec 1959)
vibraphone
Percy Heath
(21 Dec 1959)
double bass
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Recording Of
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
(21 Dec 1959)
instrumental
Composer
Duke Ellington
(Aug 1931)
Lyricist
Irving Mills
(1931)
Releases containing this recording
(6)
Official
Album
Pyramid
Aug 1987
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Pyramid
2003
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Atlantic Masters
Pyramid + Patterns
2011
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Pyramid
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Album - Compilation
Original Album Series
2012
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Eight Classic Albums
28 Jun 2018
The Modern Jazz Quartet