Take the “A” Train (1959-07-14 – 08-09: Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, USA)

Name: Take the “A” Train
Duration: 3 min 5 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.21	Take the “A” Train	3:05	Oscar Peterson	Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book	Oscar Peterson	Album + Compilation	US1999-02-09	Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)	314 559 785-2

producer:	Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:	Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)
drums (drum set):	Ed Thigpen (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)
piano:	Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)

recorded at:	Universal Recording Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)

recording of:	Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill) (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)

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)