Piano in the Foreground

~ Release by Duke Ellington (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

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Tracklist

1Digital Media
#TitleLength
1I Can’t Get Started4:22
2Cong‐Go
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Cong-Go (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Aaron Bell and Duke Ellington
4:15
3Body and Soul4:47
4Blues for Jerry
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Blues for Jerry (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington
4:37
5Fontainebleau Forest
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Fountainebleau Forest (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington
2:51
6Summertime
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1961-03-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
3:50
7It’s Bad to Be Forgotten
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
It's Bad to Be Forgotten (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington
3:20
8A Hundred Dreams Ago
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
A Hundred Dreams Ago (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington
2:25
9So
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
So (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington
4:32
10Searching (Pleading for Love)
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Searching (Pleading for Love) (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington
1:47
11Springtime in Africa
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Springtime in Africa (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington
3:45
12Lotus Blossom
engineer:
Allan Emig
double bass:
Aaron Bell (on 1961-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-02)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1961-03-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-02)
cover recording of:
Lotus Blossom (on 1961-03-02)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
recording of:
Lotus Blossom
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
3:16
13All the Things You Are (take 1)
engineer:
Harold Chapman
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1957-10-10)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1957-10-10)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1957-10-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-10)
cover recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1957-10-10)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
4:00
14All the Things You Are (take 2)
engineer:
Harold Chapman
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1957-10-10)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1957-10-10)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1957-10-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-10)
cover recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1957-10-10)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
3:50
15Piano Improvisation No. 2
engineer:
Fred Plaut
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1957-03-20)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1957-03-20)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
3:24
16Piano Improvisation No. 3
engineer:
Fred Plaut
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1957-03-20)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1957-03-20)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
2:47
17Piano Improvisation No. 4
engineer:
Fred Plaut
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1957-03-20)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1957-03-20)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
1:51
18Piano Improvisation No. 1
engineer:
Fred Plaut
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1957-03-20)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1957-03-20)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
9:45