IT DON'T MEAN A THING (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | Duke Ellington | Grade 2 Jazz Piano

Purchase ‘Trinity Piano Exam Pieces, Grade 2’ from Trinity College London, which includes the sheet music for 'God Bless the Child': https://store.trinitycollege.com/disc... As a Trinity College London Affiliate I earn from qualifying purchases. You will receive a 10% discount if you buy through my links, and your support helps me to keep making piano demonstration videos. PIANO PERFORMER: William Binden (Liverpool, England, 2025) TITLE: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) COMPOSER: Duke Ellington ORIGIN: United States of America (U.S.A.) YEAR: 1931 PIANO ARRANGEMENT: Sam Leak ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS: Irving Mills, Bubber Miley, Ivie Anderson, Joe Nanton, Johnny Hodges, The Mills Brothers, The Boswell Sisters, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Sidney Bechet, Martial Solal, Louis Armstrong, The Great Reunion, Ella Fitzgerald, Teresa Brewer, Chuck Brown, Diane Schuur, Stan Getz, Dr. John, Tony Bennet, Lady Gaga BOOK: Trinity College London Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Grade 2 (Trinity College London Press) KEY: B-flat major TEMPO: 138 BPM GENRE: Jazz, Swing Jazz, Jazz Standard LEVEL: Grade 2 EXAM SYLLABUS: Trinity College London (TCL), Grade 2 Piano, from 2023 WIKIPEDIA: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Don't_Mean_a_Thing_(If_It_Ain't_Got_That_Swing) "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills. It is now accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.