Things Ain't What They Used To Be Backing Track Jazz Blues - Apply your improvisational knowledge to this famous 1940s blues.

"Things Ain't What They Used To Be" is a jazz standard composed by Mercer Ellington in 1942. It is a 12-bar blues commonly played in the Db key.

This theme has been performed by jazz greats, including Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Jim Hall, Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Gene Harris, Dave Grusin, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Turrentine and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in "Real Book vol.2" on page 365.

This backing track consists of drums, double bass and piano. The tempo is at 130bpm.

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