tracks

Take The "A" Train
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Duke Ellington Bond Promotion
9:20 Special
I Can't Get Started
Flamingo
Fancy Dan
Diminuendo In Blue
Transbluency
Crescendo In Blue
Duke Ellington Bond Promotion
Someone
Three Cent Stomp
Duke Ellington Bond Promotion
I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
Intro
Barzallai Lew
The "C" Jam Blues
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Subtle Slough
Take The "A" Train
In A Mellotone
I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
Announcement
Sono
Rugged Romeo
Circe
Air Conditioned Jungle
Full Moon And Empty Arms
Announcement
Duke Ellington Bond Promotion
Laughin' On The Outside
Take The "A" Train
Take The "A" Train
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Crosstown
Duke Ellington Bond Promotion
Summertime
Teardrops In The Rain
Frankie And Johnny
Duke Ellington Bond Promotion
Hop, Skip And Jump
Take The "A" Train
Take It From Here
Later Tonight
Wait For Me Mary
Go Away Blues
Tonight I Shall Sleep
Don't Get Around Much Anymore

notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-15 - Treasury Broadcast No. 36, Dartmouth College,Hanoner, NH, May 4,1946, (ABC)
Tracks 1-16 to 1-21 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, September 3, 1943 (MBS)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-21 - Treasury Broadcast No. 37 & 38, Radio City, New York, May 18 & 25, 1946 (ABC)
Tracks 2-22 to 2-28 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, September 1, 1943 (MBS)

credits

Alto Saxophone – Nat Jones (5) (tracks: 1-16 to 1-21, 2-22 to 2-28)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (tracks: 1-15 to 2-15, 2-1 to 2-21)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Junior Raglin (tracks: 1-16 to 1-21, 2-22 to 2-28), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21)
Cornet – Rex Stewart (tracks: 1-17 to 1-24, 2-18 to 2-24)
Drums – Sonny Greer
Guitar – Fred Guy
Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn
Piano, Arranged By, Leader – Duke Ellington
Producer – Jerry Valburn
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21), Elmer Williams (tracks: 1-16 to 1-21, 2-22 to 2-28), Elmer Williams (tracks: 1-17 to 1-24, 2-18 to 2-21)
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Bernard Archer (tracks: 1-16 to 1-21, 2-22 to 2-28), Claude Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21), Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21), Francis Williams (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21), Reunald Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21), Shelton Hemphill (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-21), Taft Jordan, Wallace Jones (tracks: 1-16- to 1-21, 2-22 to 2-28)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
Voice – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-6, 1- 15, 2-2, 2-17, 2-27), Betty Roché (tracks: 2-26), Kay Davis

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