Take The A Train

There's already been a fine blog about the famous Duke Ellington classic 'Take the A Train' this week, so I'm not going very far down that line, except to say my favorite version of the tune was recorded in 1939 and I'll post a link to it at the end of the blog.
The A train, also known as the 8th Avenue line, runs from Manhattan to Queens in New York and is part of the city's rapid transit system, the fastest way to get around. As a result, the phrase "take the A train" has come to mean "get ...