Take the "A" Train
~ Recording by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.7 | Take the "A" Train | 4:27 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Duke Ellington, Volume 2: Dance Concerts California 1958 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| alto saxophone: | Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-03-04) |
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| double bass: | Jimmy Woode (on 1958-03-04) |
| drums (drum set): | Sam Woodyard (on 1958-03-04) |
| piano: | Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1958-03-04) |
| reeds: | Harry Carney (on 1958-03-04) Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1958-03-04) Russell Procope (on 1958-03-04) |
| tenor saxophone: | Paul Gonsalves (on 1958-03-04) |
| trombone: | Quentin Jackson (on 1958-03-04) John Sanders (US jazz trombonist) (on 1958-03-04) Britt Woodman (on 1958-03-04) |
| trumpet: | Harold "Shorty" Baker (on 1958-03-04) Ray Nance (on 1958-03-04) Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1958-03-04) |
| recording of: | Take the “A” Train (on 1958-03-04) |
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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) |