Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Take the "A" Train - (Opening Theme) 2. Mood to Be Woo'd 3. Jack the Bear 4. Ellington Bond Promo 5. More I See You, The 6. Way Low 7. Blues on the Double 8. Ellington Bond Promo 9. Summertime 10. Take the a Train - (Theme Into Station Break) 11. Take the a Train - (Theme Broadcast Return) 12. Come Sunday / Light (The Work Song) 13. I'm Beginning to See the Light 14. Ellington Bond Promo 15. On the Alamo 16. Carnegie Blues 17. Ellington Bond Promo 18. Riff Stacatto 19. Blue Skies 20. Things Ain't What They Used To - (Closing Theme) 21. Take the a Train - (Opening Theme) 22. As Long as I Live 23. Nine-Twenty Special 24. Wonder of You, The 25. Walkin' With My Honey 26. Three Cent Stomp
DISC 2: 1. Don't Take Your Love From Me 2. Court Session 3. Emancipation Celebration 4. Let the Zoomers Drool 5. Take the "A" Train - (Opening Theme) 6. Blue Is the Night 7. Ellington Bond Promo 8. Can't You Read Between the Lines? 9. Hop Skip and Jump 10. Kissing Bug 11. Solid Old Man 12. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues 13. Ellington Bond Promo 14. I Miss Your Kiss 15. Things Ain't What They Used To - (Theme Into Station Break) 16. Things Ain't What They Used To - (Theme) 17. Blues Cluster 18. Diminuendo in Blue 19. Rocks in My Bed 20. Crescendo in Blue 21. I'm Beginning To See The Light / Ellington Bond Promo 22. Teardrops in the Rain 23. My Little Brown Book 24. AC-Cen-Tu-Ate the Positive 25. Duke Ellington Bond Promo 26. C-Jam Blues 27. Take the a Train - (Closing Theme)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Billy Strayhorn, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Oscar Pettiford | | Producer: | Jerry Valburn (Reissue) | | Distributor: | Allegro Corporation (Dist | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Duke Ellington (leader, arranger, piano); Joya Sherrill, Al Hibbler, Kay Davis (vocals); Billy Strayhorn (arranger, piano); Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (alto saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Al Sears (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet); Ray Nance (trumpet, violin); Rex Stewart, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton (trombone); Fred Guy (guitar); Junior Ranglin, Oscar Pettiford (bass); Sonny Greer (drums). Recorded at The Percy Jones Center, Battle Creek Michigan; New Zanzibar, New York, New York between June 2 and October 7, 1945. Includes liner notes by Dick Zander. All tracks have been digitally remastered.
| See an error? Submit a change request |