1961 studio album by Duke Ellington
Piano in the Foreground is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961.[ 1] It features Ellington in a piano trio setting, emphasising his own keyboard prowess rather than the big band arrangements more typical of his recordings.
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:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
"I Can't Get Started " (Vernon Duke , Ira Gershwin ) – 4:23 "Cong-Go" (Aaron Bell , Ellington) – 4:16 "Body and Soul " (Edward Heyman , Robert Sour , Frank Eyton , Johnny Green ) – 4:49 "Blues for Jerry" – 4:38 "Fontainebleau Forest" – 2:53 "Summertime " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin , Dubose Heyward ) – 3:52 "It's Bad to Be Forgotten" – 3:22 "A Hundred Dreams Ago" – 2:26 "So" – 4:33 "Searching (Pleading for Love)" – 1:49 "Springtime in Africa" (Bell, Ellington) – 3:46 "Lotus Blossom" (Billy Strayhorn ) – 3:18 "All the Things You Are " (Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern ) – 4:00 Bonus track on CD reissue "All the Things You Are" [alternate take] (Hammerstein, Kern) – 3:51 Bonus track on CD reissue "Piano Improvisation No. 2" – 3:25 Bonus track on CD reissue "Piano Improvisation No. 3" – 2:48 Bonus track on CD reissue "Piano Improvisation No. 4" – 1:53 Bonus track on CD reissue "Piano Improvisation No. 1" – 9:45 Bonus track on CD reissue at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio on March 20, 1957 (tracks 15–18) (stereo) at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio on October 10, 1957 (tracks 13–14) (monaural) at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on March 1, 1961 (tracks 1–11) & March 2, 1961 (track 12) (stereo)
Studio albums Harlem Jazz, 1930 Ellingtonia, Vol. One Ellingtonia, Vol. Two Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year The Blanton–Webster Band Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band Smoke Rings Liberian Suite Great Times! Masterpieces by Ellington Ellington Uptown The Duke Plays Ellington Ellington '55 Dance to the Duke! Ellington Showcase Historically Speaking Duke Ellington Presents... The Complete Porgy and Bess A Drum Is a Woman Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 Such Sweet Thunder Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 Ellington Indigos Black, Brown and Beige Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque The Cosmic Scene Happy Reunion Jazz Party Anatomy of a Murder Festival Session Blues in Orbit The Nutcracker Suite Piano in the Background Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. Unknown Session Piano in the Foreground Paris Blues Featuring Paul Gonsalves Midnight in Paris Studio Sessions, New York 1962 Afro-Bossa The Symphonic Ellington Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session Studio Sessions New York 1963 My People Ellington '65 Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins Ellington '66 Concert in the Virgin Islands The Popular Duke Ellington Far East Suite The Jaywalker Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York ...And His Mother Called Him Bill Second Sacred Concert Studio Sessions New York, 1968 Latin American Suite The Pianist New Orleans Suite Orchestral Works The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 The Intimacy of the Blues The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 The Intimate Ellington The Ellington Suites This One's for Blanton! Up in Duke's Workshop Duke's Big 4 Mood Ellington Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
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