Take the "A" Train

Name: Take the "A" Train
Duration: 1 min 42 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.16	Take the "A" Train	1:42	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	The Treasury Shows, Volume 7	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album + Live	DK2003	D.E.T.S. (Duke Ellington Treasury Shows)	903 9007

bass:	Al Lucas (Canadian jazz bassist) (on 1945-10-07)
drums (drum set):	Sonny Greer (on 1945-10-07)
guitar:	Fred Guy (on 1945-10-07)
piano:	Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1945-10-07) Billy Strayhorn (on 1945-10-07)
reeds:	Harry Carney (on 1945-10-07) Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1945-10-07)
tenor saxophone:	Al Sears (on 1945-10-07)
trombone:	Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1945-10-07) Joe Nanton (on 1945-10-07) Claude Jones (on 1945-10-07)
trumpet:	Cat Anderson (on 1945-10-07) Taft Jordan (on 1945-10-07) Shelton Hemphill (on 1945-10-07) Rex Stewart (on 1945-10-07)
arranger:	Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) Billy Strayhorn

recorded at:	Cafe Zanzibar (2nd location 1944-1946) in New York, New York, United States (on 1945-10-07)

recording of:	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)