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Undergound A train concert to play "Take the A Train"

Posted by italianstallion on Sat Nov 28 23:28:05 2015

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Sunday a vintage A train will host a pop-up concert featuring "Take the A Train." MTA will not announce time or place! Anyone here known when?

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/billy-strayhorn-centennial-take-the-a-train/

All aboard the A Train! This Sunday, Jazz at Lincoln Center will celebrate the centennial of jazz great Billy Strayhorn with a series of performances — including a surprise pop-up concert on the subway that inspired Strayhorn’s most famous composition, “Take the A Train.”

The MTA will unearth an era-appropriate subway train to run on the A line for the occasion. The train’s passengers will be serenaded by the Donald Malloy Quartet and the Evan Sherman Entourage playing a medley of Strayhorn compositions, including “Take the A Train”. (Time and location of the concert will not be announced because of concerns about crowding.)

“We celebrate the centennial of Mr. Strayhorn by saluting one of the most meaningful compositions in the jazz canon, as we also salute our public transit system,” Wynton Marsalis, the trumpeter and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, said in a statement.

The celebration is a collaboration between Jazz at Lincoln Center, MTA Music and the New York Transit Museum. Mr. Marsalis played “Take the A Train” on the subway in 1999 during the centennial of Duke Ellington, Strayhorn’s frequent collaborator.

Ellington and Strayhorn worked together on compositions and arrangements through the 1950s, with Ellington’s band popularized many Strayhorn tunes, including “Lush Life.” Strayhorn died in 1967.

Concerts celebrating Strayhorn will follow on Sunday evening at 7:30 and 9:30 at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Gale A. Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, will be present to officially proclaim Nov. 29 as “Billy Strayhorn Day.” A livestream of the event will be available at jazz.org/live.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 00:05:45 2015, in response to Undergound A train concert to play "Take the A Train", posted by italianstallion on Sat Nov 28 23:28:05 2015.

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Maybe. Email me.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Danny at 103rd street on Sun Nov 29 09:48:13 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 00:05:45 2015.

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Why does it have to be a secret?

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Dyre Dan on Sun Nov 29 10:13:51 2015, in response to Undergound A train concert to play "Take the A Train", posted by italianstallion on Sat Nov 28 23:28:05 2015.

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See http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=1374893

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 10:52:09 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by Danny at 103rd street on Sun Nov 29 09:48:13 2015.

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Because maybe. Email me.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 11:36:58 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by Dyre Dan on Sun Nov 29 10:13:51 2015.

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Thanks! Missed that.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 12:28:59 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 11:36:58 2015.

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Will you be there?

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by William A. Padron on Sun Nov 29 14:17:10 2015, in response to Undergound A train concert to play "Take the A Train", posted by italianstallion on Sat Nov 28 23:28:05 2015.

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It is also on this official website too as a news item...

Billy Strayhorn.com

-William A. Padron
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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by William A. Padron on Sun Nov 29 14:43:48 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by William A. Padron on Sun Nov 29 14:17:10 2015.

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And also announced on the NYTM page on Facebook. But, they are saying that the train will leave from 145th Street lower level at 5:00pm...

New York Transit Museum page on Facebook.

-William A. Padron
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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 15:56:21 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by William A. Padron on Sun Nov 29 14:43:48 2015.

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Will you be there?

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by William A. Padron on Sun Nov 29 16:03:46 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 15:56:21 2015.

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No, it would be too late for me at least. I will wait for the train to operate on 6th Avenue next weekend instead.

-William A. Padron
["IND 6th Avenue Line: 75 Years on 12/15/2015"]


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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by priya12 on Sun Nov 29 17:45:38 2015, in response to Undergound A train concert to play "Take the A Train", posted by italianstallion on Sat Nov 28 23:28:05 2015.

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I spent about 20 min at 145th Street. I didn't realize this event was jointly co-sponsored by the Autism Awareness Foundation and the American Association of the Unwashed. There sure were enough of their members there! SMH.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 17:51:49 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by priya12 on Sun Nov 29 17:45:38 2015.

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Be careful, you may be insulting many on this board!

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Nov 29 18:08:23 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by priya12 on Sun Nov 29 17:45:38 2015.

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The shade is real in railfanning!!!

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Kevin from Midwood on Sun Nov 29 18:14:28 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by priya12 on Sun Nov 29 17:45:38 2015.

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Oh, I get it now. WYWBYWB = Ray Jules.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by displaced angeleno on Sun Nov 29 23:04:29 2015, in response to Undergound A train concert to play "Take the A Train", posted by italianstallion on Sat Nov 28 23:28:05 2015.

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I'm surprised no one here noticed that the caption for the picture in the article says Wynton Marsalis is playing on an A train, when the terminals on the roll signs are 168th Street and Euclid Avenue.

This board is losing it.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 23:09:43 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by displaced angeleno on Sun Nov 29 23:04:29 2015.

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Sure looks like a C train. To be fair, since I didn't hyperlink the article, probably everyone here just read my cut-and-paste of it and didn't see the photo.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 23:11:12 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 23:09:43 2015.

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Good post. So did you ride the Billy S A train?

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 23:20:01 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 23:11:12 2015.

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No.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 23:30:57 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 23:20:01 2015.

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Darn.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Nov 30 10:48:44 2015, in response to Undergound A train concert to play "Take the A Train", posted by italianstallion on Sat Nov 28 23:28:05 2015.

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Where's Cab Calloway?

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by randyo on Mon Nov 30 14:59:49 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by displaced angeleno on Sun Nov 29 23:04:29 2015.

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What kind of equipment is being used for that train? If it is the R-9 then any combination of terminals along the A Line is acceptable.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Express Rider on Mon Nov 30 16:54:26 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Nov 30 10:48:44 2015.

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The High Prince of Heidi-ho is going down to St. James Infirmary!
:-)

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by italianstallion on Mon Nov 30 17:59:59 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Nov 30 10:48:44 2015.

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In the motorman's cab.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by milantram on Tue Dec 1 04:09:17 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by italianstallion on Sun Nov 29 17:51:49 2015.

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LOL

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by milantram on Tue Dec 1 04:17:08 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 29 23:11:12 2015.

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Actually, it was a wonderful ride. 100, the first R1 built was the south motor; 1802, the last R9, the north motor. Seven cars.

The band entertained with several Strayhorn numbers on the wide platform of the station. Then they boarded the train and played on, to great cheers.

The ride south was rather slow, because of extra traffic due to the operation of Cs skipping all the CPW local stations. But to this former Music and Art graduate, it was reliving the ride of my youth going home to school. The ride back north was much faster.





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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by milantram on Tue Dec 1 04:24:51 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by milantram on Tue Dec 1 04:17:08 2015.

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Should be "from" school.

My riding routine was to connect to and ride the IRT up to 137th Street, walk the 3 blocks to the "Castle" (as we M&Aers called it) at 135th & Convent in the morning. In the afternoon, we'd walk down the park to the IND 135th/St. Nicholas station, change at 125th for whatever express came first, then finish the ride depending on whether I had to go home, go to the Donnell Library or whatever else I had to do. The early Sixties were some glorious times on the subway.

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Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train''

Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Dec 1 06:52:43 2015, in response to Re: Undergound A train concert to play ''Take the A Train'', posted by milantram on Tue Dec 1 04:17:08 2015.

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Yep, I was on the train. I saw you board 1802 at one point.

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