tracks

Take The "A" Train
Caravan
Sono
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Laughin' On The Outside
Take The "A" Train
Take The "A" Train
The Blues
Teardrops In The Rain
I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Metronome All Out
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
One O'Clock Jump
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Ko-Ko
Take The "A" Train
Take The "A" Train
Jump For Joy
A Gathering In A Clearing
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Suddendly It Jumped
Take The "A" Train
2-8 Medley
Black And Tan Fantasy
In A Sentimental Mood
Mood Indigo
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Sophisticated Lady
Caravan
Solitude
I Let A Song Out Of My Heart
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Passion Flower
Just You, Just Me
You Don't Love Me No More
Unbooted Character
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Cotton Tail
Take The "A" Train
Swing Shifters Swing
Altitude (Main Steam)

notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-14 - Treasury Broadcast No. 41, Million Dollar Theatre, Los Angeles, July 6, 1946 (ABC)
Tracks 1-15 to 1-17 - Broadcast from Lakeside, El Patio Restaurant,Denver, July 14, 1942 (CBS)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-15- Treasury Broadcast No. 42, Orpheum Theatre, San Diego, July 27, 1946 (ABC)
Tracks 2-16 to 2-18 - Broadcast from the Trianon Ballroom,South Gate, Cal. NYC, May 2, 1942(MBS)

credits

Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (tracks: 1-1 to 1-24, 2-18 to 18-24)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-14)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Junior Raglin (tracks: 1-17 to 1-24, 2-18 to 2-25), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-15)
Clarinet – Barney Bigard (tracks: 2-16 to 2-18)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Chauncey Houghton, (tracks: 1-15 to 1-17)
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 1-16, 2-1 to 2-17, 2-22 to 2-25), Elmer Williams (tracks: 1-17 to 1-24, 2-18 to 2-21)
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Claude Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-15), Joe Nanton (tracks: 1-1 to 1-17, 2-16 to 2-18), Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-15)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-14), Francis Williams (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-15), Harold Baker (tracks: 2-1 to 2-15), Reunald Jones (tracks: 1-4 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-15), Rex Stewart (tracks: 1-15 to 1-17, 2-16 to 2-18), Shelton Hemphill (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-15), Taft Jordan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-15), Wallace Jones (tracks: 1-15- to 1-17, 2-16 to 2-18)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 1-15 to 1-17, 2-16 to 2-18)
Voice – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-5, 1- 10, 2-12), Kay Davis (tracks: 1-8 , 2-5), Ray Nance

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