Take the "A" Train

Name: Take the "A" Train
Duration: 40 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Take the "A" Train	0:40	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	At the Hurricane 1943	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album + Compilation	US2003-04-08	Storyville Records (Danish jazz and blues label)	8359
1.1	Take the "A" Train	0:40	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	At the Hurricane	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	Album + Compilation	XW2020-05-25

alto saxophone:	Johnny Hodges (on 1943-04-03)
double bass:	Junior Raglin (bass) (on 1943-04-03)
drums (drum set):	Sonny Greer (on 1943-04-03)
guitar:	Fred Guy (on 1943-04-03)
piano:	Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1943-04-03)
reeds:	Harry Carney (on 1943-04-03) Chauncey Haughton (on 1943-04-03) Sax Mallard (on 1943-04-03)
tenor saxophone:	Ben Webster (on 1943-04-03)
trombone:	Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1943-04-03) Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1943-04-03) Juan Tizol (on 1943-04-03)
trumpet:	Harold “Shorty” Baker (on 1943-04-03) Wallace Jones (on 1943-04-03) Rex Stewart (on 1943-04-03)

recording of:	Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill) (on 1943-04-03: live)

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)