Would you believe there was a time where I would listen to Duke Ellington on cassette in my car… in high school? Don’t worry, I wasn’t in jazz band. Rather, I took guitar lessons from a shredder turned jazz and bluegrass head, and he kept throwing standards at me in my lessons until some of it rubbed off. This is a great recording and you just can’t go wrong with a triple threat of “Take the A Train,” “Sophisticated Lady,” and “I Got it Bad.” Only complaint is that it takes a little time getting there. But I could listen to this all day.