Take the "A" Train Billy Strayhorn / Arr. Idar Torskangerpoll

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Take the A Train is a jazz standard written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington and his Duke Ellington Orchestra. Today, it is known as the signature tune of the Ellington orchestra and arguably the most famous of the many compositions to merge from the Ellington/Strayhorn collaboration.
The song 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. Ellington wrote directions for Strayhorn to get to his house by subway, directions that began, Take the A Train.

[NO]Take the «A» Train er en jazz-standard låt skrevet av Billy Strayhorn og blir regnet for selve signatur-låten til Duke Ellington og hans Duke Ellington Orchestra. Låten er uten tvil den aller mest kjente som har blitt til som et resultat av Strayhorn/Ellington-samarbeidet.
Take the «A» Train ble komponert i 1939 etter at Ellington tilbød Strayhorn jobb som komponist og arrangør i sitt storband. Ellington gav han penger til å reise fra Pittsburgh til New York City samt at han skrev ned reiseveien til sitt hus ved reise via New York sin undergrunnsbane. Denne reiseveien begynner med «Take the «A» Train.»

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Take the A Train is a jazz standard written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington and his Duke Ellington Orchestra. Today, it is known as the signature tune of the Ellington orchestra and arguably the most famous of the many compositions to merge from the Ellington/Strayhorn collaboration.
The song 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. Ellington wrote directions for Strayhorn to get to his house by subway, directions that began, Take the A Train.