Take the 'A' Train

~ Recording by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Take the 'A' Train2:57Duke Ellington & His OrchestraTake the "A" Train (The Legendary Blanton-Webster Transcriptions)Duke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum
Vintage Jazz ClassicsVJC-1003-2
1.6Take the 'A' Train2:55Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1941: The Complete Standard TranscriptionsDuke EllingtonAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-07-20
Soundies

Relationships

alto saxophone:Johnny Hodges (on 1941-01-15)
cornet:Rex Stewart (on 1941-01-15)
double bass:Jimmy Blanton (on 1941-01-15)
drums (drum set):Sonny Greer (on 1941-01-15)
guitar:Fred Guy (on 1941-01-15)
piano:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1941-01-15)
reeds:Barney Bigard (on 1941-01-15)
Harry Carney (on 1941-01-15)
tenor saxophone:Ben Webster (on 1941-01-15)
trombone:Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-01-15)
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1941-01-15)
trumpet:Wallace Jones (on 1941-01-15)
Ray Nance (on 1941-01-15)
valve trombone:Juan Tizol (on 1941-01-15)
recording of:Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill) (on 1941-01-15)

Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)

lyricist:Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
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)
version of:Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
has revision:Take the “A” Train (Nikki Yanofsky version)