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Released
  
1960

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
May 31, June 2, 20, 21, 28, 29 & 30, 1960

Piano in the Background (1960)
  
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (1960)

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

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Piano in the Background is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1960.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "designed to showcase a series of new arrangements for the Ellington Orchestra, it also offers the composer and bandleader as a pianist leading the band... In all, this and the two discs that were reissued as companions to this one, Piano in the Foreground and Blues in Orbit, mark a highly creative and productive time in Ellington's long career".

Track listing

:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

  1. "Happy Go Lucky Local" - 3:02
  2. "What Am I Here For" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) - 4:08
  3. "Medley: Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm" (Ellington Harry Carney, Irving Mills) - 5:52
  4. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 6:49
  5. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 2:06
  6. "Midriff" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:29
  7. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 4:33
  8. "Main Stem" - 4:15
  9. "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) - 5:33
  10. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing) - 5:23 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "The Wailer" (Gerald Wilson) - 4:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Dreamy Sort of Thing" (Strayhorn) - 3:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  13. "Lullaby of Birdland" [alternate take] (Shearing) - 5:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Harlem Air Shaft" - 4:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on May 31, 1960 (tracks 4 & 5), June 2, 1960 (track 7), June 20, 1960 (tracks 3, 10, 12 & 13), June 22 (track 8), June 28, 1960 (tracks 6 & 9), June 29, 1960 (track 2) & June 30, 1960 (tracks 1 & 11) and March 3, 1961 (track 14)

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Eddie Mullins, Ray Nance - trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman - trombone
  • Juan Tizol - valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Aaron Bell - bass
  • Sam Woodyard - drums

    • Songs

    1Happy Go Lucky LocalDuke Ellington's Washingtonians3:01
    2What Am I Here For?Duke Ellington's Washingtonians4:08
    3Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in RhythmDuke Ellington's Washingtonians5:51

    References

    Piano in the Background Wikipedia
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