Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Clark Terry and Red Mitchell: Take The A Train

 


From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, and Oscar Peterson. He was with The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1972.

Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. 

"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.


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