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 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Radio Recorders
- Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio
- Manufactured For – BMG Direct – D153622
Credits
- Double Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 1 to 12), Jimmy Woode (tracks: 13 to 18)
- Drums – Sam Woodyard
- Engineer – Alan Emig* (tracks: 1 to 12), Fred Plaut (tracks: 15 to 18), Harold Chapman (tracks: 13, 14)
- Mastered By [Re-master], Mixed By [Re-mix] – Mark Wilder
- Piano – Duke Ellington
- Reissue Producer – Michael Brooks (2), Michael Cuscuna
- Written-By – Duke Ellington (tracks: 4, 5, 7 to 9, 15 to 18)
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)
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)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: D153622
Other Versions (5 of 32)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | Piano In The Foreground (LP, Album, Stereo, Black text 360, with arrows) | Columbia | CS 8829 | US | 1963 | ||
New Submission | Piano In The Foreground (LP, Album, Mono) | CBS | BPG 62204 | UK | 1963 | ||
New Submission | Piano In The Foreground (LP, Album, Mono) | Columbia | CL 2029 | US | 1963 | ||
Recently Edited | Piano In The Foreground (LP, Album, Mono, Promo) | Columbia | CL 2029 | US | 1963 | ||
New Submission | Piano In The Foreground (LP, Album, Stereo) | Columbia | CL 8829 | Canada | 1963 |