よく知られた Duke Ellington の “Take the ‘A’ Train” の録音をいくつか紹介しておくことに。
1941:
Rex Stewart (cnt) Ray Nance (tp,vln) Wallace Jones (tp) Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Otto Hardwick (as,cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (d)
1950:
Duke Ellington (p), Oscar Pettiford (cello), Lloyd Trotman (sb), Jo Jones (dm)
1952:
Bette Roche (vo), Willie Cook, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vn), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (cl, as), Willie Smith (as), Paul Gonsalves, Hilton Jefferson (ts), Harry Carney (cl, bcl, bar), Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p), Weldell Marshall (sb), Louis Bellson (dm)
1956:
Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance (tp), Quentin Kackson, Britt Woodman, Joe Sanders (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as), Russell Procope (cl, as), Paul Gonsalvez (ts), Harry Carney (cl, bcl, bar), Duke Ellington (p), Jim Woode (sb), Sam Woodyard (dm)
※ Newport ライブ
1957:
Ella Fitzgerald (vo), Dizzy Gillespie, Cat Anderson, Harold ''Shorty'' Baker, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry (tp), Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Russell Procope (as, cl), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Harry Carney (bs, cl, bcl), Mercer Ellington (cv), Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (sb)
1958:
Clark Terry, Harold ''Shorty'' Baker, Cat Anderson (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vn), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts), Russell Procope (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (cl, bar, b-cl), Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (sb), Sam Woodyard (dm)
※ パリでのライブ
1961:
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ed Mullens, Fats Ford, Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Snooky Young, Lonnie Johnson (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vn), Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Lou Blackburn, Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell (tb), Jimmy Hamilton, Marshal Royal (cl, as), Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (as), Frank Wess (fl, as, ts), Paul Gonsalves, Frank Foster, Budd Johnson (ts), Charlie Fowlkes, Harry Carney (bar), Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (sb), Sam Woodyard (dm)
1967?:
※ Duke Ellington Trio の演奏であることはわかる。Ellington (p) 以外のメンバーは、John Lamb (b), Rufus Jones (dr) 。1967年、デンマーク、コペンハーゲンでの録画？
