Take The ‘A’ Train is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn made popular by Duke Elliton.
With this being a traditional big band tune try to have fun and really swing it. Really try to get the train chugging. Make sure that throughout the song the melody sticks
out, but throw some spice on it with the stabs of the trumpets. Enjoy what you are playing and go for the ride. Try not to over articulate throughout phrases, and try to
shape every phrase. Overall enjoy this song and have fun. Just make sure you Take the A train to get to Sugar Hill all the way up in Harlem, or this won't sound right. Choo Choo!
