Don't Get Around Much Anymore

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Don't Get Around Much Anymore is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington , with lyrics by Bob Russell . It was originally called "Never No Lament" and was recorded instrumentally for the first time by the Ellington Orchestra in 1940 with the soloist Johnny Hodges . Russell's text and the new title were added in 1942.

Two different versions of “ Don't Get Around Much Anymore ”, one of the Ink Spots (which had a hit in the new “Harlem Hit Parade” in 1942 ) and the other of Ellington with his orchestra, each reached space 1 on the rhythm and blues charts in 1943. Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra also hit the charts that same year with a recording sung by Kenny Sargent .

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

Music and lyrics

The song is about lovesickness that is paired with defiance in a peculiar way. The composition has the AABA shape. The theme typical of Duke Ellington is in C major and has a high recognition value with the moving-descending initial motif. In the A-part of the song has a typical chord progression of the swing on. The chords here are: / C / A7 / Dm7 / G7 / C / G7 /

Recordings

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

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