Randy Sandke
Trumpet Solo on
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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Randy Sandke leads off the solos with two choruses on trumpet, the first of three improvisations on the recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 147 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in G, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Trumpeter Randy Sandke opens with two choruses, his bright, precise playing bringing a warmth and clarity to the proceedings. Recorded for the album Standards Only in 2001, the performance captures Randy Sandke at 51 to 52 years old. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" was composed by Duke Ellington in August 1931, with lyrics credited to Irving Mills.

Randy Sandke was 51 to 52 years old at the time.