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Title information

Take The "A" Train

Duke Ellington Orchestra & Branford Marsalis

Digital Duke

Date of recording

1987, New York City

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Performers

Branford Marsalis (Soloist) (tenor sax)

* 1960, Beau Bridge, Louisiana (LA), United States

Gerry Wiggins (Soloist) (piano)

* 12.5.1922, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Mercer Ellington (Conductor)

* 11.3.1919, Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 8.2.1996, Kopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Authors

Billy Strayhorn (Composer)

* 19.11.1915, Dayton, Ohio (OH), United States

† 31.5.1967, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Duke Ellington (Arranger)

* 29.4.1899, Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 24.5.1974, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Album information

Digital Duke

Duke Ellington Orchestra & Branford Marsalis

Digital Duke

Year of production

1987

Record Label

GRP

Tracks

  • 1. Satin doll
  • 2. Cottontail
  • 3. Prelude to a kiss
  • 4. Perdido
  • 5. Mood indigo
  • 6. Twnty-two cent stomp
  • 7. Do nothin' till you hear from me
  • 8. Jeep's Blues
  • 9. Solitude (In my)
  • 10. In a mellotone
  • 11. Sophisticated lady
  • 12. Take the A train