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Duke Ellington - Take the ‘A’ Train - 1943
" Take the 'A' Train " is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
The song was composed in 1939 and first recorded on January 15, 1941, as a standard transcription for radio broadcast. The first (and most famous) commercial recording was made on February 15, 1941.
In 1976, the 1941 recording by Duke Ellington on Victor Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame .
This is a segment from the 1943 film Reveille with Beverly with vocalist Betty Roché . The band is depicted performing in a railroad passenger car.
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" Take the 'A' Train " is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
The song was composed in 1939 and first recorded on January 15, 1941, as a standard transcription for radio broadcast. The first (and most famous) commercial recording was made on February 15, 1941.
In 1976, the 1941 recording by Duke Ellington on Victor Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame .
This is a segment from the 1943 film Reveille with Beverly with vocalist Betty Roché . The band is depicted performing in a railroad passenger car.
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Lou Donaldson - Candy - 1961
" Candy " ( Mack David , Kramer , Whitney ) is from the album Gravy Train by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961 and performed by Donaldson with pianist Herman Foster , bassist Ben Tucker, drummer Dave Bailey and percussionist Alec Dorsey.
“Candy” (Rudy Van Gelder/Digital Remaster/2007)
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" Candy " ( Mack David , Kramer , Whitney ) is from the album Gravy Train by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961 and performed by Donaldson with pianist Herman Foster , bassist Ben Tucker, drummer Dave Bailey and percussionist Alec Dorsey.
“Candy” (Rudy Van Gelder/Digital Remaster/2007)
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