Piano in the Foreground | ||||
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | March 1 & 2, 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Piano in the Foreground is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961. [1] It features Ellington in a piano trio setting, emphasising his own keyboard prowess rather than the big band arrangements more typical of his recordings.
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Allmusic | Not rated [2] |
:All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
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