Duke Ellington – Piano In The Foreground

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington –Piano In The Foreground

1963

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Alejandro Diaz @Sibelius_collection
Added September 20 2026
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Version Information

Label
Legacy
Catalog number
CK 87042
Original year
1963
Version year
2004
Region
US
Format

1 x CD
Album
Club Edition
Reissue

Version notes

Tracks 1 to 12 rec. Radio Recorders Annex, LA, 1-2/3/1961 - stereo
Tracks 13 & 14 rec. Columbia 30th St. Studio, NYC, 10/10/1957 - mono
Tracks 15 to 18 rec. Columbia 30th St. Studio, NYC, 20/3/1957 - stereo
Tracks 1 to 11 originally issued as Piano In The Foreground, (Columbia CS 8829)
Tracks 15 to 17 originally issued as "Improvisation In Three Parts" on The World of Duke Ellington Vol. 3 (Columbia CG 33961)
Tracks 13, 14, & 18 originally issued on Duke 56/62 Vol. 1 (French CBS 88653)
Track 12 originally issued on Duke 56/62 Vol. 2 (French CBS 88654)

Tracklist
1.I Can't Get Started 4:21
2.Cong-Go 4:14
3.Body And Soul 4:46
4.Blues For Jerry 4:36
5.Fontainebleau Forest 2:50
6.Summertime 3:50
7.It's Bad To Be Forgotten 3:19
8.A Hundred Dreams Ago 2:24
9.So 4:31
10.Searching (Pleading For Love) 1:47
11.Springtime In Africa 3:44

Bonus Tracks

12.Lotus Blossom 3:16
13.All The Things You Are (Take 1) 3:59
14.All The Things You Are (Take 2) 3:49
15.Piano Improvisation No. 2 3:23
16.Piano Improvisation No. 3 2:46
17.Piano Improvisation No. 4 1:51
18.Piano Improvisation No. 1 9:45

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