Duke Ellington – Piano In The Foreground (200g)
Piano – Duke Ellington [click here to see more vinyl featuring Duke Ellington]
Double Bass – Aaron Bell
Drums – Sam Woodyard
Written by Duke Ellington (A2, A4-5, B2-6), Vernon Duke (A1), Ira Gershwin (A1, B1), Aaron Bell (A2, B6), Edward Heyman (A3), Robert Sour (A3), Frank Eyton (A3), Johnny Green (A3), George Gershwin (B1), Dubose Heyward (B1), Steve Allen (B5)
1LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g SuperVinyl
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Classic Records (now part of Analogue Productions)
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded March 1, 1961 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
Engineered by Alan Emig
Produced by Irv Townsend
Originally released in 1961
Reissued in 2004
Tracks:
Side A:
- I Can't Get Started
- Cong-Go
- Body And Soul
- Blues For Jerry
- Fontainebleau Forest
Side B:
- Summertime
- It's Bad To Be Forgotten
- A Hundred Dreams Ago
- So
- Yearning For Love
- Springtime In Africa
Reviews:
“This rare trio session by Duke Ellington (on which he is joined by bassist Aaron Bell and drummer Sam Woodyard) was the first of several in the early '60s that featured his piano in a variety of settings. It is particularly interesting hearing Ellington, along with three standards and a blues, performing some of his rarer compositions such as "Cong-go, Fontainbleau Forest," "It's Bad to Be Forgotten" and "A Hundred Dreams Ago." One wishes that today's revivalists when playing "the Duke Ellington Songbook" would bring back some of his true obscurities such as the ones on this somewhat forgotten session.” AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Ratings :
Discogs : 4,42 / 5