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Take the A Train

Composer:  Billy Strayhorn    (click to list other tunes)
Submitted by:  David Luebbert
Posted:  5/10/00; 12:52:53 PM
Msg#:  292 (top msg in thread)
Prev/Next:  291/293
Reads:  20858


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Changes for Take the A Train composed by Billy Strayhorn. This was one of the signature pieces for the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Strayhorn was Ellington's collaborator from the 1940's till his death. Ellington referred to him as "my alter ego".

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