Piano in the Foreground


Piano in the Foreground is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961. It features Ellington in a piano trio setting, emphasizing his own keyboard prowess rather than the big band arrangements more typical of his recordings.

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
  1. "I Can't Get Started" – 4:23
  2. "Cong-Go" – 4:16
  3. "Body and Soul" – 4:49
  4. "Blues for Jerry" – 4:38
  5. "Fontainebleau Forest" – 2:53
  6. "Summertime" – 3:52
  7. "It's Bad to Be Forgotten" – 3:22
  8. "A Hundred Dreams Ago" – 2:26
  9. "So" – 4:33
  10. "Searching " – 1:49
  11. "Springtime in Africa" – 3:46
  12. "Lotus Blossom" – 3:18
  13. "All the Things You Are" – 4:00 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "All the Things You Are" – 3:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Piano Improvisation No. 2" – 3:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Piano Improvisation No. 3" – 2:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
  17. "Piano Improvisation No. 4" – 1:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
  18. "Piano Improvisation No. 1" – 9:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
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