Standard 1941 arrangement, david berger transcription the new york jazzharmonic ron. Duke ellington and his orchestra take the a train 1962 official video. Take the a train was written by a kid who lived in pittsburgh named billy strayhorn. Strayhorn was a soda jerk and drugstore delivery boy by day, a. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Billy strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brainwaves in his head, and his in mine. Duke ellington and billy strayhorn take the a train youtube. After stints with the duke ellington and earl hines bands, roche made it on her own with this bop version of the strayhorn classic. Licensed to youtube by emi music publishing, reservoir media publishing. Nikki yanofsky take the a train lyrics genius lyrics. A blog supreme though overshadowed during his own lifetime by his employer, duke ellington, the composerarranger wrote. Think of take the a train with a contemporary flair and yo. The great jazz standard take the a train for jazz guitar now with audio and pdf with chord melody, solo, and. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video.
Provided to youtube by holding account take the a train billy strayhorn yuri tashiro the dramatic pipesi got rhythm. We made this playalong and others like it to help further serve our jazz audience at learn jazz standards, and we did that by using a great piece of software that we recommend as a practice tool. Take the a train by duke ellington on amazon music. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. In this guitar lesson im going to teach you the jazz standard take the a train by billy strayhorn and made. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises take the a train dave steinmeyer billy strayhorn pete barenbregge rick lillard kenny smukal c. Take the a train billy strayhorn, 1939 jazziz magazine. Download your take the a train chord melody, solo, and more pdf here. Take the a train is a billy strayhorn compositions from 1939.
You must take the a train to go to sugar hill way up in harlem if you miss the a train youll find youve missed the quickest way to harlem hurry, get on. Strayhorn was a great fan of fletcher hendersons arrangements. Take the atrain billy strayhorn naohiro iwai duke ellington. Take the a train is a jazz standard by billy strayhorn that was the signature tune of the duke ellington orchestra. The new york jazzharmonic performs take the a train by billy strayhorn jonathan powell, trumpet solo. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals take the a train. The young bigband of school of arts preformed take the a train. Take the a train was composed in 1939, after ellington offered strayhorn a job in his organization and gave him money to travel from pittsburgh to new york city. This is a segment from the film reveille with beverly from 1943. Ellington wrote directions for strayhorn to get to his house by subway, directions that began, take the a train. Check out take the a train by duke ellington on amazon music. I made the take the a train guitar tab too, which you can download from one of the. Print now take the a train sheet music for piano, voice or other instruments by billy strayhorn.
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