Take the "A" Train (live, 1943‐12‐11: Carnegie Hall, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)
~ Recording by Duke Ellington
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Take the "A" Train | 3:18 | Duke Ellington | Live at Carnegie Hall Dec. 11, 1943 | Duke Ellington | Album + Live |
| Storyville Records (Danish jazz and blues label) | 103 8341 |
| 5.3 | Take the "A" Train | 3:18 | Duke Ellington | The Duke Box 1940-1949 | Duke Ellington | Album + Compilation |
| Storyville Records (Danish jazz and blues label) | 108 8600 |
Relationships
| alto saxophone: | Otto Hardwick (on 1943-12-11) Johnny Hodges (on 1943-12-11) |
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| baritone saxophone: | Harry Carney (on 1943-12-11) |
| bass: | Alvin Raglin (bass) (on 1943-12-11) |
| clarinet: | Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1943-12-11) |
| drums (drum set): | Sonny Greer (on 1943-12-11) |
| guitar: | Fred Guy (on 1943-12-11) |
| piano: | Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1943-12-11) |
| solo trumpet: | Ray Nance (on 1943-12-11) |
| tenor saxophone: | Skippy Williams (on 1943-12-11) |
| trombone: | Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1943-12-11) Joe Nanton (on 1943-12-11) |
| trumpet: | Harold Baker (on 1943-12-11) Wallace Jones (on 1943-12-11) Taft Jordan (on 1943-12-11) Rex Stewart (on 1943-12-11) |
| valve trombone [trombone]: | Juan Tizol (on 1943-12-11) |
| recorded at: | Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1943-12-11) |
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| recording of: | Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill) (on 1943-12-11: live) |
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Related works
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
| lyricist: | Joya Sherrill (in 1944) |
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| composer: | Billy Strayhorn (in 1939) |
| publisher: | Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) |
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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) |
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