About This Song
About "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" by Marty Paich Band
Marty Paich's band takes the Ellingtonian lament and turns it into a wry, big-band shrug. The title's nostalgia becomes a swinging unease: brass punches through velvet arrangements, asking what progress really means. Calm on the surface, but the rhythm section mutters dissent.
