Pels "minuts musicals del 1974" d'avui, dia de les dones, he seleccionat la interpretació de la cançó "It Don't Mean a Thing" que Ella Fitzgerald va enregistrar l'any 1974 per una televisió alemanya.
Ella Fitzgerald és considerada la "Reina de Jazz" i "la Primera Dama de la Cançó".
El tema, composat per Duke Ellington l'any 1971, amb lletra d'Irvin Mills, és avui un estàndard del jazz. La lletra ve a dir que no hi ha res a dir, no hi ha diferència, si hi ha ritme!
Potser sí ja seria hora que homes i dones conciliéssim al mateix ritme!
Gaudiu-la!
It Don't Mean a Thing
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
Don't mean a thing all you've gotta do is swing
It don't mean a thing all you've gotta do is sing
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, dooooo-aaaaah)
Don't mean a thing
He dit abans que aquesta cançó la va composar Duke Ellington; aquí podem escoltar la cançó interpretada pel propi Duke Ellington i la seva orquestra l'any 1943.
Un altre gran del jazz, el saxofonista Sonny Rollins, també la va interpretar, en aquesta ocasió l'any 1959...
I finalment una altra veu femenina, la de Nina Simone...
