Take the "A" Train (live, 1943‐12‐11: Carnegie Hall, Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA)

~ Recording by Duke Ellington

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Take the "A" Train3:18Duke EllingtonLive at Carnegie Hall Dec. 11, 1943Duke EllingtonAlbum + Live
Storyville Records (Danish jazz and blues label)103 8341
5.3Take the "A" Train3:18Duke EllingtonThe Duke Box 1940-1949Duke EllingtonAlbum + 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)
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)
recording of:Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill) (on 1943-12-11: live)

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)