Take the "A" Train (Closer)
~ Recording by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.14 | Take the "A" Train (Closer) | 0:30 | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | The Uncollected Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Volume 5 - 1947 | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | Album + Compilation |
| Hindsight Records | HSR-129 |
Relationships
| alto saxophone: | Johnny Hodges (on 1947-06-10) |
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| double bass: | Oscar Pettiford (on 1947-06-10) |
| drums (drum set): | Sonny Greer (on 1947-06-10) |
| guitar: | Fred Guy (on 1947-06-10) |
| piano: | Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1947-06-10) |
| reeds: | Harry Carney (on 1947-06-10) Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1947-06-10) Russell Procope (on 1947-06-10) |
| tenor saxophone: | Al Sears (on 1947-06-10) |
| trombone: | Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1947-06-10) Wilbur de Paris (on 1947-06-10) Claude Jones (on 1947-06-10) |
| trumpet: | Harold "Shorty" Baker (on 1947-06-10) Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb (Sr., jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-06-10) Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (on 1947-06-10) Taft Jordan (on 1947-06-10) Francis Williams (trumpeter) (on 1947-06-10) |
| vibraphone: | Tyree Glenn (on 1947-06-10) |
| recording of: | Take the “A” Train (on 1947-06-10: partial) |
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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) |