Take the "A" Train

~ Recording by Duke Ellington

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Take the "A" Train2:55Duke EllingtonFrom the Blue Note: Chicago 1952Duke EllingtonAlbum + Live
Musidisc (French record label, at times styled as MUSIDISC with logo of its sibling label Accord)55092

Relationships

alto saxophone:Hilton Jefferson (on 1952-08-13)
double bass:Wendell Marshall (on 1952-08-13)
drums (drum set):Louie Bellson (on 1952-08-13)
piano:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1952-08-13)
reeds:Harry Carney (on 1952-08-13)
Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1952-08-13)
Russell Procope (on 1952-08-13)
tenor saxophone:Paul Gonsalves (on 1952-08-13)
trombone:Quentin Jackson (on 1952-08-13)
Juan Tizol (on 1952-08-13)
Britt Woodman (on 1952-08-13)
trumpet:William “Cat” Anderson (on 1952-08-13)
Willie Cook (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1952-08-13)
Ray Nance (on 1952-08-13)
Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1952-08-13)
vocals:Betty Roché (on 1952-08-13)
recording of:Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill) (on 1952-08-13: live)

Related works

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)