Duke Ellington - Take the A Train (Remastered) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Take the “A” Train is the vibrant signature composition of Duke Ellington, the most important composer in the history of jazz, also a rare bandleader who held his large group together for almost 50 years.

Ellington used his band as a musical laboratory for his new compositions and shaped his writing specifically to showcase the talents of his band members, many of whom remained with him for long periods.

It is quite impossible for one album to capture the full flavour and rich diversity of Duke Ellington’s music and orchestra. The eight tracks here offer a remarkably well-balanced sample of the prolific repertoire – the immortal compositions, the arresting arrangements, the outstanding soloists and, not least, the distinctive solo work of the piano player, Edward Kennedy Ellington, the Duke who became King of Orchestral Jazz

Tracklist:
1 Take the "A" Train: Take the A Train 03:00
2 Satin Doll 03:24
3 Things Ain't What They Used to Be 02:43
4 Blow By Blow 04:29
5 VIP Boogie - Jam with Sam 05:33
6 The Good Years of Jazz 01:23
7 It Don't Mean a Thing - Satin Doll - Solitude - I Got it Bad - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Mood Indigo - I'm Beginning to see the Light - Sophisticated Lady - Caravan 10:19
8 New World a-Comin 08:27

Personnel:
Duke Ellington & Band

Digitally remastered