Piano in the Foreground

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1I Can't Get Started
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1961-03-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:23
2Cong-Go
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Cong-Go (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:17
3Body and Soul
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1961-03-01)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:49
4Blues for Jerry
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Blues for Jerry (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:39
5Fountainebleau Forest
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Fountainebleau Forest (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:54
6Summertime
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) 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:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (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:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (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)
3:52
7It's Bad to Be Forgotten
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) 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 (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:23
8A Hundred Dreams Ago
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
A Hundred Dreams Ago (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:27
9So
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
So (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:34
10Searching (Pleading for Love)
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Searching (Pleading for Love) (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
1:50
11Springtime in Africa
engineer:
Allan Emig
producer:
Irving Townsend
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-01)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1961-03-01)
recording of:
Springtime in Africa (on 1961-03-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:47
12Lotus Blossom
engineer:
Allan Emig
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1961-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1961-03-02)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-03-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2004)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) 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
3:19
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 (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1957-10-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (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 (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
4:01
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 (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1957-10-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (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 (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
3:51
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 (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
3:26
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 (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
2:48
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 (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
1:53
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 (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1957-03-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2004)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-03-20)
9:44