Piano in the Foreground

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.

Piano in the Foreground
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedMarch 1 & 2, 1961
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
Duke Ellington chronology
Piano in the Background
(1960)
Piano in the Foreground
(1961)
The Great Summit
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllmusicNot rated[2]

Track listing

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:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:23
  2. "Cong-Go" (Aaron Bell, Ellington) – 4:16
  3. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:49
  4. "Blues for Jerry" – 4:38
  5. "Fontainebleau Forest" – 2:53
  6. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 3:52
  7. "It's Bad to Be Forgotten" – 3:22
  8. "A Hundred Dreams Ago" – 2:26
  9. "So" – 4:33
  10. "Searching (Pleading for Love)" – 1:49
  11. "Springtime in Africa" (Bell, Ellington) – 3:46
  12. "Lotus Blossom" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:18
  13. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 4:00 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "All the Things You Are" [alternate take] (Hammerstein, Kern) – 3:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Piano Improvisation No. 2" – 3:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Piano Improvisation No. 3" – 2:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
  17. "Piano Improvisation No. 4" – 1:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
  18. "Piano Improvisation No. 1" – 9:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded:
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)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 14, 2010
  2. ^ "Piano in the Foreground - Duke Ellington | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.