tracks

(Opening Theme) Take The "A" Train
Caravan
Fickle Fling
Ellington Bond Promo
Kissing Bug
Honeysuckle Rose
Day Dream
One O'Clock Jump
Ellington Bond Promo
(Theme) Take The "A" Train (Into Station Break)
Return And Introduction To Billy Strayhorn Medley
Medley
Chelsea Bridge
(I Want) Something To Live For
Clementine (Ellington Bond Promo)
My Little Brown Book
(Otto Make That) Riff Staccato
Carnegie Blues
I'm Beginning To See The Light (Into Ellington Bond Promo)
Old King Dooj
(Theme) Things Ain't What They Used To Be
(Theme) Take The "A" Train
Clementine
I'll Buy That Dream
Come To Baby, Do!
Harlem Hairshaft
(Theme) Everything But You
(Opening Theme) Take The "A" Train
Blue Belles Of Harlem
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Ellington Bond Promo
Can't You Read Between The Lines?
Medley : Trio In Blue
Diminuendo In Blue
Carnegie Blues
Crescendo In Blue
Ellington Bond Promo
Mood To Be Wooded (Into Station Break)
(Theme) Take The "A" Train (And Return)
The Perfume Suite
Balcony Serenade
Strange Feeling
Dancers In Love
Coloratura
Ellington Bond Promo
Hollywood Hanghover
I Don't Mind
Ring Dem Bells
(Theme) Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Into Broadcast Close)
(Theme) Take The "A" Train
Fancy Dan
Walkin' With My Honey
Go Away Blues
Homesick, That's All
I'd Do It All Over Again

notes

℗ & © D.E.T.S.

Made in Germany.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-17 : Treasury Broadcast No. 12 - Apollo Theatre - NYC - June 30, 1945
Tracks 1-18 to 1-23 : Broadcast from the New Zanzibar, NYC, October 11, 1945 (MBS)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-15 : Treasury Broadcast No. 13 from Studio 6-B, Radio City - new York - July 7, 1945
Tracks 2-16 to 2-21 : Broadcast from the New Zanzibar, NYC, October 7, 1945 (MBS)

Total time:
CD1: 71:36.
CD2: 71:53.

credits

Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Al Lucas (tracks: 1-18 to 1-23, 2-16 to 2-21), Junior Raglin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-15)
Drums – Sonny Greer
Guitar – Fred Guy
Liner Notes – Jerry Valburn
Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn
Piano, Arranged By, Leader – Duke Ellington
Reissue Producer – Jerry Valburn
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Claude Jones, Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown
Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (tracks: 1-1 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-15), Rex Stewart, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan
Voice – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-12d, 2-10b), Joya Sherrill (tracks: 1-5, 1-15, 1-21, 2-3, 2-19), Marie Ellington (tracks: 1-12b, 2-13), Ray Nance (tracks: 1-13)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – D.E.T.S.
Copyright (c) – D.E.T.S.
Recorded At – Apollo Theater-New York City
Recorded At – The New Zanzibar ,NYC
Recorded At – Radio City, Studio 6B

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