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Re: VIDEO: [4K] Today's Billy Strayhorn Special Arriving at 145th Street with Plenty of Whistle Action

Posted by randyo on Tue Dec 1 15:53:56 2015, in response to Re: VIDEO: [4K] Today's Billy Strayhorn Special Arriving at 145th Street with Plenty of Whistle Action, posted by italianstallion on Mon Nov 30 20:31:10 2015.

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There was a PBS special on jazz music in which the title of the tune was explained. Billy Strayhorn was to go to duke Ellington’s apartment in Harlem and when he asked for directions, the Duke simply said “take the A train” and that became the name of their composition.

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