tracks

(Theme) Take The "A" Train & Intro
Way Low
"C" Jam Blues
The Kissing Bug
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Caldonia
Fancy Dan
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Take The "A" Train
Take The "A" Train
The Last Time I Saw You
On The Atchinson, Topeka And Santa Fe
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
If I Loved You
I Can't Begin To Tell You
The Wonder Of You
Riff 'N' Drill And Close
Take The "A" Train
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
It Don't Mean A Thing If Ain't Got That Swing
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Take The "A" Train
San Fernando Valley
Way Low (Aborted) ; Suddendly It Jumped
Summertime (Incomplete)
On The Alamo
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Caravan
Rugged Romeo
Sono
Air Conditioned Jungle
Circe
Rhapsoditty
Fugueaditty
Take The "A" Train
Jam-A-Ditty
Magenta Haze
Diminuendo In Blue, Transbluency, Crescendo In Blue
Pitter Panther Patter
The Suburbanite
Boys Meets Horn
Jump For Joy
Three Cent Stomp (Incomplete)
Solid Old Man
How Blue The Night
Ring Dem Bells

notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-18 - Treasury Broadcast No. 32, Radio City, Studio 6-B, NYC, November 24,1945 (ABC)
Tracks 1-19 to 1-22 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, April 9, 1943 (MPS)
Tracks 1-23 to 1-28 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, April 20 , 1943 (MPS)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-13 - Treasury Broadcast No. 33, Civic Opera House, Chicago, ILL, January 20, 1946
Tracks 2-14 to 2-16 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, April 21, 1944 (MBS)
Tracks 2-25 to 2-31 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, April 27, 1944 (MBS)

credits

Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Junior Raglin (tracks: 1-19 to 1-28, 2-13 to 2-31), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1-1 to 1-18, 2-14 to 2-19)
Drums – Sonny Greer
Guitar – Fred Guy
Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn
Piano, Arranged By, Leader – Duke Ellington
Producer – Jerry Valburn
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: 1-1 to 1-18, 2-1 to 2-13)
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Elmer Williams (tracks: 1-19 to 1-28, 2-14 to 2-19), Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Claude Jones, Joe Nanton (tracks: 2-14 to 2-19), Juan Tizol (tracks: 1-23 to 1-25, 2-13 to 2-24), Lawrence Brown
Trumpet – Bernard Flood (tracks: 2-1 to 2-13), Cat Anderson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-18, 2-1 to 2-13), Ray Nance (tracks: 1-19 to 1-28, 2-14 to 2-19), Rex Stewart (tracks: 1-1 to 1-28, 2-14 to 2-19), Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan (tracks: 1-19 to 1-28, 2-1 to 2-19)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance (tracks: 1-19 to 1-28, 2-14 to 2-19)
Voice – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-9, 1-26,), Joya Sherrill (tracks: 1-4, 1-17 ), The Mellotones (9) (tracks: 1-7)

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