Ike Carpenter (Isaac M. Carpenter, March 11, 1920, Durham, NC - November 1… Read Full Bio ↴Ike Carpenter (Isaac M. Carpenter, March 11, 1920, Durham, NC - November 17, 1998, Durham, NC) was a popular jazz bandleader and pianist active in the 1940s and 1950s, most noted for his success in nightclubs on the West Coast during the post-World War II rise in popularity of American Jazz music.

Carpenter began performing on piano with bands at a very young age, in the mid-1930s. After graduating from college, he performed with a number of successful musicians, including Johnnie Davis.
In 1944, he worked briefly as a pianist in bandleader Boyd Raeburn's first influential jazz group, then put together his first band, working gigs on the East coast. In 1947 he relocated to Hollywood, where he formed a popular 12-man band that played primarily in the Los Angeles area, with tours up the West coast as far as Canada.
In the 1950s, he left the band scene, and worked as an accompanist for performers in the Ice Capades. In the late 1950s, he briefly returned to bandleading with small groups, before retiring to his hometown in North Carolina.
He recorded for the Modern Records label, with much of his music arranged by noted Jazz arranger and composer Paul Villepigue. Notable musicians who played with him include Lucky Thompson, Gerald Wilson, Ted Nash, and George Weidler.
His band was featured in two Hollywood musical films in the 1950s, Rhythm and Rhyme and Holiday Rhythm.

Take The 'A' Train
Ike Carpenter Orchestra Lyrics

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Anita O'Day You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
B. Strayhorn You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
B.B. King Take a "5" train! C'mon! Let's go! Are you ready? キミを連れていくよ…
Betty Roché You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Billy Strayhorn TAKE THE "A" TRAIN You must take the "A" train to go…
Cab Calloway You must take the A train To go to Sugar Hill…
Chaka Khan Hurry, hurry, hurry Take the "A" train To find the quickes…
Chick Henderson Hurry, hurry, hurry Take the A-train To find the quickest wa…
Dave Brubeck & J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding When I'm feeling sad and blue When I don't know what…

Della Reese Hurry hurry hurry take the a train To find the quickest…
Dizzy Gillespie & The Mitchell-Ruff Duo You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington His Famous Orchestra You must take the 'A' train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Duke Ellington & Alice Babs You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra You must take the A train To go sugar hill 'way…
Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Duke Ellington w/Ella You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill,…
Duke Ellington;Duke Ellington & His Orchestra You must take the 'A' train To go Sugar Hill 'way…
Dule Ellington and his Famous Orchestra You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Ella Fitzgerald You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill,…
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington & His Orchestra You must take the "a" train To go to sugar hill…
Harry Carney You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Joe Henderson Hurry, hurry, hurry Take the A-train To find the quickest wa…
Marian McPartland & Oscar Peterson You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Sarah Vaughan You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill,…
Strayhorn You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…
Ted Heath You must take the "A" train To go to Sugar Hill…