Take the "A" Train

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"Take the 'A' Train"
Song by Billy Strayhorn
Written1939
Genre Jazz standard
Composer(s) Billy Strayhorn
Lyricist(s) Lee Gaines (1942); Joya Sherrill (1944)

"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra. [1]

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In 1976, the 1941 recording by Duke Ellington on Victor Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [2]

History

Awards and honors

In 1999, National Public Radio included this song in the "NPR 100", in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century.

Other recordings

See also

References

  1. Hansen, Liane; Gladstone, Brooke (February 15, 2009). "How Ellington Took 'The A Train'". NPR . Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  2. "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.
  3. "Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Jazz Composers: Take the 'A' Train". Smithsonian Documents Gallery. April 4 – June 28, 2009. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 25, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  4. "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #3". 1972.
  5. "A Pretty Fancy Guy". The Independent. April 18, 1999. p. 4. Retrieved June 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 421. ISBN   978-0-19-993739-4.
  7. Field Bro (2008-07-06). The Delta Rhythm Boys - Take The 'A' Train . Retrieved 2025-09-01 via YouTube.
  8. "Tina May – Live In Paris". Discogs.
  9. BroDawg202 (25 March 2020). "Lost Weekend - Harbor Lights and Cowboy Blues". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  10. Allen, Warren (18 June 2010). "Moody 4B". All About Jazz . Retrieved 31 August 2020.