Reference song
Take the 'A' Train by Duke Ellington is included as a jazz reference for music supervisors researching film, television, advertising, trailers and branded content. Rights, ownership, identifiers and exact recording details must be independently verified before licensing.
Creative reference
For Music Supervisors
Use Take the 'A' Train by Duke Ellington as a creative jazz reference. Playlist inclusion is for research only and does not imply that MRP or MFP controls or represents any rights.
Licensing & clearance
Rights representation
Publishing and master information below is reference research and should be independently verified for the specific use, territory, term, and budget.
Publishing Representation
- Publisher / rightsholder
- Tempo Music, Inc.
- Administrator
- Warner Chappell Music Scandinavia AB (documented Nordic administrator)
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- Research Required
- Licensing / contact information
- Tempo Music / applicable territorial administrator; confirm territory-specific sync contact before licensing.
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-08-31
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Duke Ellington — Take the A Train; exact MRP recording version not specified
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Research Required
- Record label
- Research Required
- Distributor / administrator
- Research Required
- Master licensing / contact information
- Research Required
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Research Required
- Verification date
- 2026-08-31
Rights note: Reference Catalog or playlist inclusion does not imply rights representation. This information is provided as a starting point for licensing research and may change over time. MFP can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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Request Licensing & Clearance- Genre
- Jazz
- Era
- Early 20th century
- Categories
- Upbeat · Sophisticated · Urban · New York · Travel · Style · Film/TV · City · Period · Lifestyle · Advertising
- Writers (existing research data)
- Billy Strayhorn
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