It don't mean a Thing
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Product ID: HL2 04490714
By Duke Ellington
published: 1932
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Arranger:
Longfield
Series:
Easy Pop Specials for Strings
Genre:
Swing
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Duration:
2:00
Level: 2-3
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Here's a carefully crafted version of this jazz standard that treats syncopation and melody in a practical, teachable way for younger players. A very accessible edition for your pops programming.
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Composer
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the words of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington."
A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.
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