Take The "A" Train

Dreyfus Jazz FDM 36732-2
Recorded March 1938 -December 1950
Released 2001

Savage Music With Modern Comfort

Dreyfus continues to provide Ellington music in great sound. This cd is more a mixed bag than was Ko-Ko and provides some great vocals where Ko-Ko was all instrumental.

Date Track Title [vocalist]
15feb41 1 Take The "A" Train
14may45 2 In A Sentimental Mood
9 nov43 3 Things Ain't What They Used To Be
1dec43 4 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
[Ray Nance, Taft Jordan, vocal
10may45 5 Prelude To A Kiss
10nov47 6 Stomp, Look And Listen
1dec44 7 I'm Beginning To See The Light
[Joya Sherrill, vocal]
8nov43 8 Rockin' In Rhythm
9jul46 9 Just Squeeze Me
[Ray Nance, vocal]
17sep41 10 Chelsea Bridge
11may45 11 Caravan
11may45 12 Black And Tan Fantasy
3mar38 13 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
21jan42 14 Perdido
14feb40 15 Sophisticated Lady
21jan42 16 The "C" Jam Blues
[Ray Nance, vocal]
1dec43 17 Creole Love Call
5jun41 18 Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin'
8nov43 19 Mood Indigo
26jun41 20 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
[Ivie Anderson, vocal]
18dec50 21 Solitude