Duke Ellington – Piano In The Foreground

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Label:	Columbia – COL 5129202, Legacy – 5129202000
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country:	Europe
Released:	2004
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Ballad, Swing

Tracklist

1	I Can't Get Started Written-By – I. Gershwin, V. Duke	4:21
2	Cong-Go Written-By – A. Bell, D. Ellington	4:14
3	Body And Soul Written-By – E. Heyman, F. Eyton, J. Green, R. Sour	4:46
4	Blues For Jerry	4:36
5	Fontainebleau Forest	2:50
6	Summertime Written-By – D. Heyward, D. Heyward, G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin	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) Written-By – D. Ellington, S. Allen	1:47
11	Springtime In Africa Written-By – A. Bell, D. Ellington	3:44
	Bonus Tracks
12	Lotus Blossom Written By – B. Strayhorn*	3:16
13	All The Things You Are (Take 1) Written-By – J. Kern, O. Hammerstein II	3:59
14	All The Things You Are (Take 2) Written-By – J. Kern, O. Hammerstein II	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.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Recorded At – Annex Studios, Hollywood
Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – S0100528599-0101

Credits

A&R [Coordination] – Stacey Boyle
Art Direction – Howard Fritzson
Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 1 to 12), Jimmy Woode (tracks: 13 to 18)
Design – Randall Martin
Drums – Sam Woodyard
Engineer – Alan Emig* (tracks: 1 to 12), Fred Plaut (tracks: 15 to 18), Harold Chapman (tracks: 13, 14)
Liner Notes – Patricia Willard
Mastered By [Re-master], Mixed By [Re-mix] – Mark Wilder
Photography By [Inner Tray Card & Back Cover] – John Hamilton (19)
Photography By [Liner Photos Booklet p. 4, 6, & back] – Don Hunstein
Piano – Duke Ellington
Product Manager [Packaging] – Fong Y. Lee
Project Manager [Project Director] – Seth Rothstein
Recorded By – Alan Emig* (tracks: 1 to 12), Fred Plaut, Harold Chapman (tracks: 13, 14)
Reissue Producer – Michael Brooks (2), Michael Cuscuna
Written-By – Duke Ellington (tracks: 4, 5, 7 to 9, 15 to 18)

Notes

Ⓟ Ⓒ 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc
"Legacy" and "L" are trade marks of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Made in Austria
Tracks 13 & 14 in mono

Recording Informations:
- Track 1 to 12: recorded at the Radio Recorders Annex, LA on March 1 & 2, 1961
- Tracks 13 & 14: recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC on October 10, 1957
- Tracks 15 to 18: recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC on March 20, 1957

Original issues:
- Tracks 1 to 11: on Columbia as "Piano In The Foreground"
- Track 12: on French CBS "Duke 56/62 - Volume 2"
- Tracks 13, 14 & 18: on French CBS "Duke 56/62 - Volume 1"
- Tracks 15 to 17: on Columbia "Improvisation In Three Parts" on The World Of Duke Ellington - Volume 3

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 099751 292029
Rights Society: BIEM SACEM / SACD / SGDL / SDRM
Label Code: LC 00162
Matrix / Runout: S0100528599-0101 15 A1
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555
Mould SID Code: IFPI 9490

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	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	CS 8829	Canada	1963