Various Artists Betty Roché Take the "A" Train 1995, Bethlehem Jazz Original recording, 1956: After stints with the Duke Ellington and Earl Hines bands, Roche made it on her own with this bop version of the Strayhorn classic. Various Artists “Take the ‘A’ Train” is a Billy Strayhorn compositions from 1939. Ellington’s son, Mercer, recalled that he found A Train in the trash. Various Artists
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It was so easy for him, he said it was "like writing a letter to a friend. Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists The occasion was the memorial service for Strayhorn and so much was the song intertwined with both Strayhorn and Ellington, it was performed at Ellington's memorial, too, seven years later. Various Artists Using the subway directions that Ellington gave him, Strayhorn wrote, "Take the A Train."
Various Artists He said all of his most meaningful work was written this way. Various Artists Véritable créateur de l'esthétique du grand orchestre, Duke Ellington réussit à mêler dans un langage très personnel le blues et le swing, la simplicité des thèmes qu'il compose et le raffinement des arrangements dont il les pare. L'Américain Duke Ellington (1899-1974), pianiste de jazz, compositeur, arrangeur et chef d'orchestre. When Strayhorn played the song for Ellington after a show in Newark, a partnership that would last the rest of Strayhorn's life had begun. The title refers to the, at the time, new A train service in New York City.
She performed the song numerous times during her long association with Ellington and it also appears on her 1957 critically acclaimed album Fans of the song the song are undoubtedly familiar with the trumpet solo performed by Ray Nance. Various Artists It quickly became a signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and is, to this day, one of the most famous compositions of the swing era.
Here the trumpets are similar to the beginning, but there seems to have been a slight change in key, shifting from a higher major (0:18 – 0:22) to a lower major key (0:29 – 0:3). Various Artists He invented a new way to play "Take the A Train," using the violin and accompanied on piano by Dr. Billy Taylor in 1967. Sonata form).
Strayhorn originally thought it sounded too …
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