Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Do not Get Around Much Anymore is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington, with text by Bob Russell. It was originally called "Never No Lament " and was recorded instrumental Ellington Orchestra in 1940, with the soloist Johnny Hodges for the first time. Russell's text came, as well as the new title, added in 1942.

Two different versions of "Do not Get Around Much Anymore ", the one of the Ink Spots and the other by Ellington and his orchestra, each No. 1 on the rhythm and blues charts reached in 1943. Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra also reached in the same year with a recording charts, sung by Kenny Sargent.

Duke Ellington took the title a few more times to 1947 a vocal version with Al Hibbler, published in 1976 on the plate Duke Ellington 's Jazz Violin Session, 1989 added to a re-release of the 1973 record, The Great Paris Concert.

Other recordings

Jazz recordings are available from Rex Stewart ( 1947), the Modern Jazz Quartet with Lou Donaldson (1953), by Ben Webster also (1953), accompanied by Ella Fitzgerald from the Ellington orchestra on the Duke Ellington Songbook Album ( 1957). In addition, on June Christy Ballads for Night People (1959 ), Dave Brubeck All The Things We Are ( 1973) on the album Do not Get Around Much Anymore - Live at Bullerbyn (1975 ), among others, Rolf Ericson and Dick Morrissey and Stéphane Grappelli on the album Just One of Those Things! (recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1973). A standing in the tradition of rock ' n ' roll cover version took Paul McCartney for his album Снова в СССР (1988). Michael Bublé interpreted the song on his album Babalu (2001), Rod Stewart As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2 ( 2003).

Literature / Sources

• Carlo Bohländer, Karl -Heinz Holler & Christian parish: Reclam Jazz guide; Reclam, Stuttgart, 1990
• Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001

Weblink

• Do not Get Around Much Anymore (1942 ) on JazzStandards.com

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