Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. If you like this chart, we ask that you please leave a comment in the comment section down below andor a rating in our ranking system. Take the a train guitar pro tab by duke ellington feat. Watch the video for take the a train from duke ellington s the complete ella fitzgerald song books for free. In the 1920s, ellington performed in broadway nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group which in time grew to a 10piece ensemble. However, nances solo is the definitive one and ellington said that no trumpet player can play the song without borrowing from what nance offered.
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Complete standard transcriptions duke ellington songs. Take the a train is a showcase for trumpeter ray nance, making his first commercial recording with the ellington orchestra after having joined the band in. 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. Take the a train music made famous by duke ellington. Billy strayhorn achieved musical immortality through his composition take the a train. Take the a train is a billy strayhorn compositions from 1939. February 15,1941, hollywood ca duke ellington, piano, directing. Meeting the level of intermediate or intermediate advanced players, offers pdf sheet music files. Watch the video for take the a train from duke ellington s the complete ella fitzgerald song books for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. You must take the atrain to go to sugar hill way up in harlem if you miss the a train youll find you missed the quickest way to harlem hurry get on now it. This song was written by billy strayhorn, who played piano and wrote arrangements for duke ellington s band. Jazz piano 101 take the a train lead sheet, chords duration. Take the a train, the a referring to a subway line in new york city, took the place of ellington s previous signature tune sepia panorama. Ellington wrote directions for strayhorn to get to his house by subway, directions that began, take the a train.
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We of course only add additional metadata to the files received from. Its most known as the signature tune of duke ellington s orchestra. Music notes for piano solo sheet music by billy strayhorn billy strayhorn. Host liane hansen looks at the story behind the song. He invented a new way to play take the a train, using the violin and accompanied on piano by dr. Duke ellington from the duke plays ellington 1953 slowly, rubato 3 transcribed by thomas mueller 20161010 3 7 3 3 3 3 3 19 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 bowed bass. Duke ellington sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. F d7 dm7 a 7 9 g9 g7 9 c e maj7 d7 5 dm7 a 7 9 g7 d 11 7 to coda c d. Duke ellington and his famous orch billy strayhorn. Take the a train is a jazz standard by billy strayhorn from 1939.
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Take the a train jazz piano strayhorn ellington duke ellington ending meduium swing assignment. Now you can perform with the worlds top musicians as your backup and sound like the record maybe better. It was quite difficult for me to assign a form to this piece and identify various sections, because one of the main elements of jazz is improvisation. The pdf booklet link is right under the cover art of the album. Sheet music can be viewed and printed as a downloadable pdf file or through the interactive sheet music viewer. Take the a train 1941 duke ellingtonbilly strayhorn. Take the a train duke ellington full big band arrangement sheet music for piano, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone download free in pdf or midi. Duke ellington s signature song, take the a train was written by billy strayhorn. Take the a train for clarinet solo, intermediate clarinet sheet music. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly.
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See new and popular duke ellington songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. In defense of giants have just been listening to some of the tunes on the ella duke songbook album. Duke ellington for piano solo 19251950 collection of 100 pieces for piano solo list of pieces 234 pages p. Duke ellington hits include sophisticated lady, take the a train and duke ellington medley no 2. Di billy strayhorn, duke ellington e ella fitzgerald. Latinautor peermusic, emi music publishing, reservoir media publishing, ascap, latinautor, and 4 music rights societies. Take the a train is a jazz standard by billy strayhorn that was the signature tune of the duke ellington orchestra. Arrangiamento per pianoforte, corno 2, vocale e real book melodia e accordi. Quote take the a train is the vibrant signature composition of duke. Take the a train composed and arranged by billy strayhorn recorded by duke ellington and his orchestra for victor records. Take the a train duke ellington song info allmusic. It quickly became a signature tune of the duke ellington orchestra and is, to this.
It also includes interactive sheet music for realtime transposition. In fact, he said that the music and lyrics for take the a train, originally recorded on. Download duke ellington take the a train sheet music notes and chords for alto saxophone. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. Duke ellington and his orchestra take the a train 1962. Take the a train duke ellington full big band arrangement. The music of duke ellington helped define jazz music in america, and this swingin medley brings the duke s magic to your concert stage. Dukes son mercer ellington recalled that he found take the a train in a garbage can after strayhorn discarded it because it sounded too much like a fletcher. Duke ellington and his famous orchestra take the a train the.
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