| Duke Ellington: It Don'T Mean A Thing: Concert Band: ScoreEdward Kennedy Duke Ellington s influence on the swing era as musician, bandleader and composer is unparalleled. His arrangement of his own composition It Don t Mean a Thing (If It Ain t Got That Swing) is perhaps the first to carry the word swing in the title, thereby coining a musical phrase. Toshio Mashima s stylish arrangement of this jazz standard for concert band hits the perfect note. Composer/Artist : Duke Ellington Instrumentation : Publisher : |