Take the "A" Train (1939). Billy Strayhorn /wide jumps/ african-american music appreciation month #5

Sun Ra via Wikipedia

I'm listening to Sun Ra play the Ellington standard, Take the "A" Train (rdio). Mostly  a traditional reading except for some cascading sweeps of the piano towards the end. 

Jazz Standards on the original:

Nance’s solo on ‘Take the ‘A’ Train’ was so integral to the composition that he repeated it nightly verbatim. When he left in 1965, Cootie Williams continued playing his successor’s solo....Overall this is a challenging tune that requires both breath support and comfort with wide jumps and chromatic scale.