Take the 'A' Train

Name: Take the 'A' Train
Duration: 2 min 55 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.6	Take the 'A' Train	2:57	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Take the "A" Train (The Legendary Blanton-Webster Transcriptions)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album	US1990	Vintage Jazz Classics	VJC-1003-2
1.6	Take the 'A' Train	2:55	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1941: The Complete Standard Transcriptions	Duke Ellington	Album + Compilation	US1999-07-20	Soundies

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)

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)