C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.500022 Composed by Billy Strayhorn. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Folk,Jazz,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #113251. Published by John Fries (A0.500022). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Take the 'A' Train was composed in 1939, after Ellington offered Strayhorn a job in his organization and gave him money to travel from Pittsburgh to New York City. Ellington wrote directions for Strayhorn to get to his house by subway, directions that began, Take the A Train.
