Take the "A" Train

~ Recording by Duke Ellington

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Take the "A" Train4:16Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington's Jazz Violin SessionDuke EllingtonAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD-1688

Relationships

producer:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
bass:Ernie Shepard (on 1963-02-22)
drums (drum set):Sam Woodyard (on 1963-02-22)
piano:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1963-02-22)
viola:Svend Asmussen (on 1963-02-22)
violin:Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1963-02-22)
Ray Nance (on 1963-02-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
recorded at:Barclay Studios (Barclay) in Paris (on 1963-02-22)
recording of:Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)

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)