Take the “A” Train
~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.5 | Take the "A" Train | 6:37 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | MGV 4010-4 |
| 1.5 | Take the "A" Train | 6:37 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | MGV 4008-2 |
| 1.5 | Take the "A" Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 837 035-2 |
| 5.5 | Take the “A” Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Classics & Jazz (a division of PolyGram Records, Inc., US), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 314-519-832-2 0501, 314519832-2 |
| 1.1 | Take the "A" Train | 6:43 | Ella Fitzgerald | Day Dream: Best of the Duke Ellington Songbook | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 3145272232 |
| 1.13 | Take the "A" Train | 6:43 | Ella Fitzgerald | Pure Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 314 539 206-2 |
| 1.13 | Take the "A" Train | 6:43 | Ella Fitzgerald | Pure Ella: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 3145392062 |
| 1.5 | Take the “A” Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 559 248-2 |
| 1.5 | Take the "A" Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 3145592482 |
| 1.3 | Take the "A" Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | New York Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75832 |
| 2.5 | Take the 'a' Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | Gold | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | B000951102 |
| 2.9 | Take the "A" Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin & Duke Ellington Songbooks | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Not Now Music | NOT3CD021 |
| 5.5 | Take the "A" Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | |
| 1.5 | Take the "A" Train | 6:42 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald | Album | Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 837 035-2 | |
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| 1.10 | Take the "A" Train | 6:40 | Ella Fitzgerald | Grand Collection | Ella Fitzgerald | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Val Valentin (on 1957-06-24) |
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| producer: | Norman Granz |
| alto saxophone: | Johnny Hodges (on 1957-06-24) |
| alto saxophone and clarinet: | Russell Procope (on 1957-06-24) |
| bass clarinet and clarinet: | Harry Carney (on 1957-06-24) |
| clarinet and tenor saxophone: | Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1957-06-24) |
| double bass: | Jimmy Woode (on 1957-06-24) |
| drums (drum set): | Sam Woodyard (on 1957-06-24) |
| piano: | Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1957-06-24) |
| tenor saxophone: | Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1957-06-24) Paul Gonsalves (on 1957-06-24) |
| trombone: | Quentin Jackson (on 1957-06-24) John Sanders (US jazz trombonist) (on 1957-06-24) Britt Woodman (on 1957-06-24) |
| trumpet: | William “Cat” Anderson (on 1957-06-24) Willie Cook (on 1957-06-24) Dizzy Gillespie (on 1957-06-24) Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1957-06-24) |
| trumpet and violin: | Ray Nance (on 1957-06-24) |
| lead vocals: | Ella Fitzgerald (on 1957-06-24) |
| performer: | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1957-06-24) |
| recording of: | Take the “A” Train (on 1957-06-24: cover) |
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Related works
Take the “A” Train
| publisher: | Billy Strayhorn (on 1941-06-12) |
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| lyricist: | Joya Sherrill (in 1944) |
| composer: | Billy Strayhorn (in 1939) |
| publisher: | Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) Tempo (on 1943-02-19) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Duke Elington Medley: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 〜Satin Doll〜Mood Indigo〜Take the “A” Train〜ending〜It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (order: 4) |
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| version of: | Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version) |
| has revision: | Take the “A” Train (Nikki Yanofsky version) |