Take the "A" Train

E124103

big band composition jazz standard song

"Take the 'A' Train" is a classic jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn that became the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and one of the most famous pieces in big band jazz.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Take the "A" Train canonical	4
Take the A Train	2
Take the 'A' Train	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	big band composition ⓘ jazz standard ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedAct	Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
becameThemeFor	Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
composer	Billy Strayhorn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuredInstrument	piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ
firstPerformanceEra	early 1940s ⓘ
firstRecordedBy	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra ⓘ
form	32-bar song form ⓘ AABA ⓘ
genre	big band jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	big band orchestration ⓘ memorable opening piano figure ⓘ strong melodic hook ⓘ swing rhythm ⓘ
hasNotableArrangementBy	Billy Strayhorn ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ
inspiredBy	New York City Subway A line ⓘ
isFrequentlyIncludedIn	jazz education curricula ⓘ
isFrequentlyUsedAs	opening number in jazz concerts ⓘ
isStandardIn	jazz repertoire ⓘ
key	C major ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Billy Strayhorn ⓘ
notablePerformer	Charles Mingus ⓘ Dave Brubeck ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Oscar Peterson ⓘ Sarah Vaughan ⓘ Stan Getz ⓘ
notableRecordingEra	1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
publisher	Tempo Music ⓘ
recordLabel	Victor ⓘ
signatureTuneOf	Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
style	swing ⓘ
tempo	medium-fast swing ⓘ
titleRefersTo	Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Eighth Avenue Express (A train)

Referenced by (7)

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Duke Ellington → notableWork → Take the "A" Train ⓘ

Duke → notableWork → Take the "A" Train ⓘ

subject surface form: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington Orchestra → notableWork → Take the "A" Train ⓘ

this entity surface form: Take the 'A' Train

Sophisticated Ladies → includesSong → Take the "A" Train ⓘ

this entity surface form: Take the A Train

Billy Strayhorn → notableWork → Take the "A" Train ⓘ

Billy Strayhorn → wroteStandard → Take the "A" Train ⓘ

Soular Energy → hasTrack → Take the "A" Train ⓘ

this entity surface form: Take the A Train