Take The A Train

Take the A Train (19 Versions Performed)

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    Amazon Rapids Fun stories for kids on the go. Amazon Restaurants Food delivery from local restaurants. ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics. East Dane Designer Men's Fashion. The tune became the signature number for Duke Ellington and his orchestra, as well as the official song of New York City. The title of the song refers to the A line of New York's subway train service.

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    At the time of the song's conception, this line ran from Brooklyn, up into Harlem, and then northern Manhattan where it used the express rails. Although traditionally played as an instrumental, 'Take The A Train' does have lyrics. Since most jazz pieces are centered more around instrumentalists, the lyrics are minimal. The following also only represents one version of what can be sung. As is typical of the genre, lyrics and even the instrumental parts often change from performance to performance and musician to musician. Happy Black History Month! We're not just going to Harlem, today, we're going to Sugar Hill.

    It wasn't just the place where Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn lived. Sugar Hill was "the good life.

    For many decades prior to the 's and 's, African-Americans from all over the country dreamed of living here. There were stately homes and apartments to live in, and the entire area had its own uptown, high-society quality about it, which is what gave way to the name 'Sugar Hill'.

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    The 'Sugar' part refers to money and the sweet life. More specifically, it extends westward from Edgecomb to Amsterdam Avenues.

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    Ike Carpenter and His Orchestra. Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra. Please try again later. Duke Ellington plays solo piano for the four bar introduction and then the A-A-B-A form is repeated three times. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. King Take the A Train by B. YouTube Spotify Added by kaghup6.

    Body and Soul, Ray Nance. Chris Tyle - Jazz Musician and Historian. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Music and Lyrics Analysis. Free Chord Changes for this Tune.

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    More information on this tune See the Reading and Research page for this tune for additional references. This one is a no-brainer. While there are many great versions of this tune, any discussion of definitive recordings starts and ends with the original Never No Lament: Overall this is a challenging tune that requires both breath support and comfort with wide jumps and chromatic scale.

    Strayhorn also uses elements of the whole-tone scale in this piece with the D7 b5 in mm. McElrath - Musicologist for JazzStandards. Additional information for "Take the "A" Train" may be found in: