Take the "A" Train is a 1956 album by the American jazz singer Betty Roché. It was Roché's debut album. Take the "A" Train was reissued on CD in 2000, with two alternate takes of "Go Away Blues".

Reception

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for AllMusic and wrote that the album was Roché's "definitive session" and that "Roché is heard at her best on this set of standards", concluding that it was an "excellent release".

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Track listing

"Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:13

"Something to Live For" (Duke Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:04

"In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 2:29

"Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:05

"Go Away Blues" (Ellington) – 3:18

"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:42

"Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 4:34

"All My Life" (Harry Akst, Benny Davis) – 3:48

"I Just Got the Message, Baby" – 2:39

"All Too Soon" (Ellington, Carl Sigman) – 4:07

"You Don't Love Me No More" (Ellington) – 3:17

"September in the Rain" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 3:50

Personnel

Betty Roché – vocals

Conte Candoli – trumpet

Donn Trenner – piano

Eddie Costa – vibraphone

Whitey Mitchell – double bass

David Williams – drums

Leonard Feather – liner notes

Burt Goldblatt – cover art

Rick Essig, Frank Abbey, John Cue – engineer

Lyn Bradley – reissue package design

Tom Moulton – remastering

References

1956 debut albums

Bethlehem Records albums

Betty Roché albums

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