Take The A Train

Composer:	Bill Strayhorn (click to list other tunes)
Submitted by:	David Luebbert
Posted:	7/22/00; 7:44:24 PM
Msg#:	538 (top msg in thread)
Prev/Next:	537/539
Reads:	14571

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Chord sequence for Billy Strayhorn's Take the A Train with hi-hat and ride cymbal accompaniment. 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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