Piano in the Foreground

• ... and His Mother Called Him Bill
• 100 Anniversaire
• 16 Most Requested Songs
• 1947
• 1950-1951
• 1951
• 70th Birthday Concert
• Afro-Bossa
• All Star Road Band, Vol. 1
• America Swings: The Great Duke Ellington
• At Basin Street East
• At Newport 1956 Complete
• Best
• Best Of
• Best of Duke Ellington
• Best of Duke Ellington [Universal]
• Best of Ellington [Sony]
• Best of the California Concerts
• Black, Brown and Beige
• Blue Harlem [Synergy]
• Blue Light/Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown
• Blues & Ballads
• Blues in Orbit [Bonus Tracks]
• Centenary Celebration, Vol. 1-3
• Centennial Salute
• Complete Standard Transcriptions
• Concert 1960
• Concert in the Virgin Islands
• Cotton Club Anthology: 1938
• Duke Ellington : Original Album Classics
• Duke Ellington [Platinum Disc]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Vol. 2: 1943
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Vol. 3: 1943
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Vol. 4: 1943
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Vol. 5: 1943-1945
• Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
• Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
• Duke Ellington Presents
• Duke Ellington Presents
• Duke Ellington's Finest Hour
• Duke Ellington's Greatest
• Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
• Duke Ellington, Vol. 1 & 2
• Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 [Absord]
• Duke Ellington: Three Suites
• Duke's Mixture/At the Bal Masque
• Early
• Ellington '65
• Ellington '66
• Ellington Uptown [Bonus Tracks]
• Essential Ellington
• Eternal Ellington 1927-1959
• Far East Suite [Bonus Tracks]
• Fargo 1940, Vol. 1
• Good Old Vintage
• Greatest Hits [CBS Special Products]
• Greatest Hits [RCA]
• Happy Birthday, Duke! the Birthday Sessions, Vol. 3
• Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown [Japan]
• Historically Speaking: The Duke
• In Small Bands
• In the Forties
• In the Mood With Duke Ellington
• Incomparable Sir Duke
• Jack the Bear
• Jazz Caravan
• Jazz Moods: Hot
• Jukebox Hits: 1941-1951
• Ken Burns Jazz
• Les Incontournables
• Live and Rare
• Live at the Blue Note [1952]
• Live in Paris
• Live in Zurich Switzerland: 2.5.1950
• Masterpieces by Ellington [Bonus Tracks]
• Masters of Jazz
• Mrs. Clinkscales to the Cotton Club, Vol. 1: 1926-1
• Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
• Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
• New Orleans Suite
• New York, NY
• Paris Jazz Concert, Vol. 2: October 29, 1958
• Piano Reflections
• Plaisir d'Ellington: The Duke and His Men
• Play 22 Original Big Band Hits
• Plays Strayhorn
• Popular 2
• Priceless Jazz (Import)
• Private Collection, Vol. 1: Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
• Sophisticated Lady [BMG]
• Sophisticated Lady [RCA]
• Take the "A" Train [LRC]
• Take the A-Train [BMG]
• The Best of Duke Ellington [Pablo] (Import)
• The Best of the Complete Duke Ellington RCA Victor Recordings, 1944-1946
• The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition
• The Bubber Miley Era: 1924-1929
• The Centennial Anthology
• The Cosmic Scene: Duke Ellington's Spacemen
• The Duke Box
• The Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
• The Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
• The Duke Plays Ellington
• The Duke Steps Out [ASV/Living Era]
• The Duke: Duke Ellington's Masterpieces, Vol. 1 - 1938-1940
• The Duke: The Columbia Years 1927-1962
• The Ellington Legacy
• The Essential Duke Ellington [Sony]
• The Feeling of Jazz
• The Golden Years of Duke Ellington
• The Great Concerts: Chicago 1946
• The Great Duke Ellington [RedX]
• The Great Paris Concert [Collectables]
• The Pianist
• The Private Collection, Vol. 2: Dance Concerts, California, 1958
• The Private Collection, Vol. 7: Studio Sessions, 1957 & 1962
• The Quintessence Chicago - New York - Hollywood, Vol. 2: 1928-1950
• The Satin Doll Collection
• The Strayhorn Touch [Collectables]
• The Symphonic Ellington [Collectables]
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 13
• The Uncollected Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Vol. 1 (1946)
• The Very Best of Duke Ellington
• Uptown Downbeat
• Very Best of Duke Ellington [Music Brokers]
• Vol. 2: From the Cotton Club to Sweden
• Vol. 3 [BMG]
• Watermelon Man
• Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?
• Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins [Bonus Track]
• Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
• Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
• Live at the Whitney
• Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick Recordings (1926-1931)
• The Best of Early Ellington
• Best of Duke Ellington [TGG]
• Duke Ellington [Highland]
• Duke Ellington & His World Famous Orchestra (1946-1947)
• Blue Note Nyc 8/6/52
• 20 Golden Pieces of Duke Ellington
• American Music on the Radio
• The Great London Concerts
• Cornell University: Second Set
• Centenary Collection Carrying Case
• Live at the 1957 Stratford Festival
• Live at the 1956 Stratford Festival
• Duke Ellington Christmas
• Cool Rock
• Happy Birthday, Duke! the Birthday Sessions, Vol. 5
• Happy Birthday, Duke! The Birthday Sessions, Vols. 1-5
• Duke at the Cotton Club
• The Stockholm Concert, 1966
• Harlem
• The Duke's Big Four
• Continuum (Import)
• The Ellington Suites
• Berlin '65/Paris '67 (Import)
• The Carnegie Hall Concerts (January 1943)
• Second Sacred Concert
• The Carnegie Hall Concerts (December 1944) (Import)
• The Carnegie Hall Concerts (January 1946) [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
• The Carnegie Hall Concerts (December 1947) [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
• The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World
• Great Times! Piano Duets with Billy Strayhorn (Import)
• The Ellington Suites
• Latin American Suite
• Featuring Paul Gonsalves
• Intimacy of the Blues (Import)
• Up In Duke's Workshop (Import)
• Intimacy of the Blues
• The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
• Yale Concert (Import)
• The Intimate Ellington
• This One's for Blanton
• The Big Band Hits of Duke Ellington
• Kent's Magic Touch (Import)
• Souvenirs
• 12 Classics: Five Star Collection
• Duke's Singing Ladies (Import)
• In Concert with Europe 1: Paris Jazz Concert
• The 1953 Pasadena Concert
• Los Angeles Concert (1954)
• Los Angeles Concert (1954)
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: VOLUME 6 TO 10
• The Private Collection, Vol. 8: Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chi (Import)
• Indigos
• Duke Ellington: Three Suites
• The Duke's Men: Small Groups, Vol. 1
• Reminiscing in Tempo
• The Duke's Men: Small Groups, Vol. 2
• Black, Brown and Beige
• This Is Jazz, Vol. 36: Plays Standards
• Greatest Hits [Columbia/Legacy]
• Black, Brown and Beige
• Such Sweet Thunder
• Anatomy of a Murder
• First Time! The Count Meets the Duke [Bonus Tracks]
• The Duke: The Essential Recordings (1927-1962)
• Duke Ellington and His Great Vocalists [Sony/Legacy]
• The Great Paris Concert [Atlantic] (Import)
• Recollections of the Big Band Era (Import)
• The Private Collection, Vol. 3: Studio Sessions, New York, 1962
• Private Collection, Vol. 4: Studio Sessions, New York, 1963
• The Private Collection, Vol. 5: The Suites, New York, 1968 & 1970
• The Private Collection, Vol. 6: Dance Dates, California, 1958
• Private Collection, Vol. 9: Studio Sessions, New York, 1968
• The Private Collection, Vol. 10: Studio Sessions, New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
• Orchestral Works
• Solos, Duets and Trios
• Jungle Nights in Harlem
• The Blanton-Webster Band
• 1952 Seattle Concert
• The Far East Suite [Special Mix]
• Greatest Hits: Legend Series
• New Orleans Suite (Import)
• Historically Speaking: The Duke
• Take the "A" Train And Other Hits
• Duke Ellington Presents
• Original Album Series (Import)
• Intimacy of the Blues (Import)
• Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Import)
• Golden Era of Jazz, Vol. 6
• The 1953 Pasadena Concert
• Battle of the Bands: Ellington Vs. Basie
• The Complete RCA-Victor Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946) (Import)
• The Best of the Complete Duke Ellington RCA Victor Recordings, 1944-1946
• Falling In Love With Duke Ellington
• Highlights from the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, 1927-1973
• Jazz Greatest Hits: The Great Ones
• ... and His Mother Called Him Bill [US Bonus Tracks]
• Ebony Rhapsody: The Great Ellington Vocalists
• The Popular Duke Ellington [Bonus Tracks]
• Live and Rare
• Jazz Caravan
• More Greatest Hits [RCA Victor]
• The Best of Duke Ellington/New Mood Indigo
• All Star Road Band, Vol. 2
• Love You Madly
• Greatest Hits: Priceless Collection
• First Annual Tour of the Pacific Northwest
• The Reprise Studio Recordings
• Afro Bossa/Concert in the Virgin Islands (Import)
• The Early Years, Vol. 2
• Ellington,duke: Playing The Blues
• 1929-1930
• 1933-1935
• 1935-1936
• Duke Ellington : 1936-1937
• 1936-1937
• 1937
• 1937, Vol. 2
• 1940, Vol. 2
• 1940-1941
• Duke Ellington : 1941
• 1941
• DUKE ELLINGTON : JUNGLE STYLE
• 1951-53
• Money Jungle
• The Essence of Duke Ellington
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: DUKE ELLINGTON
• Classic Jazz Archive
• Supreme Jazz (Import)
• Satin Doll [Documents] (Import)
• In a Sentimental Mood [Edel Records]
• Duke of Jazz
• First Annual Connecticut Jazz Festival
• Side By Side (Import)
• Back to Back (Import)
• Mood Indigo
• Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown (Import)
• Live in Alhambra
• The Ellington Suites
• The Duke's Big Four
• This One's for Blanton
• Soul Call
• Side by Side
• Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
• Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins [Bonus Track]
• Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
• Back to Back [Universal Japan]
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Import)
• Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins [Bonus Track]
• Digital Duke
• DUKE ELLINGTON : DUKE ELLINGTON THOUSAND YEN JAZZ :BES
• Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
• Back to Back [Universal Japan]
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Import)
• Ellington Uptown [Columbia] (Import)
• First Time: The Count Meets The Duke (Import)
• Jazz at the Plaza Volu (Import)
• Best of Duke Ellington [Universal] (Import)
• The Popular Duke Ellington
• The Popular Duke Ellington
• ... and His Mother Called Him Bill (Import)
• The Popular Duke Ellington
• The Duke Ellington's Far East Suite (Import)
• Ellington Jazz Party (Import)
• The Duke at His Best
• DUKE ELLINGTON : PORTRAIT OF (2CD)
• The English Concert
• Mood Indigo [Prestige] (Import)
• The Unheard Recordings, Pt. 1: Live at Monterey 1960
• The Unheard Recordings, Pt. 2: Live at Monterey 1960
• Live at the Greek 9/23/66
• Sacred Music
• Live at Stuttgart, Vol. 1: 1967
• Presenting Duke Ellington
• Historically Speaking/Duke Ellington Presents/Ellington 55 (Import)
• Eight Classic Albums
• Six Classic Albums, Vol. 2 (Import)
• Big Bands, Big Hits
• The Essential [Not Now] (Import)
• Ellington Uptown
• The Nutcracker Suite
• First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
• Such Sweet Thunder
• At Newport 1956 Complete
• Black, Brown and Beige
• Such Sweet Thunder
• Anatomy of a Murder
• At the Bal Masque (Import)
• Unknown Session
• Love Songs (Import)
• 1952-1960
• Ellington Uptown (Import)
• The Duke: The Columbia Years 1927-1962
• Trios
• Jazz Inspiration (Import)
• Carnegie Hall Concerts: 1943-1947 (Import)
• Meets Coleman Hawkins/And John Coltrane
• Duke at Tanglewood
• Money Jungle
• Plays Standards [Saga] (Import)
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
• At the Cote d'Azur (Import)
• At the Crystal Gardens, Salem Oregon, 1952
• Masterpieces: 1926-1949
• Fundamentals
• The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Duke Ellington (Reborn and Remastered)
• DUKE ELLINGTON : MASTERPIECES BY ELLINGTON
• Duke Ellington, Vol. 1: Live
• Private Collection, Vol. 2 [J-Bird]
• V-Disc Recordings
• Cotton Club, Vol. 2: 1938
• Alhambra, 29 Octobre 1958
• Reminiscing in Tempo (Import)
• Blue Abandon (Import)
• In Sweden 1973
• Mood Indigo [Jazzterdays]
• Rugged Jungle
• The Duke's Big Four
• Love Songs
• Blues in Orbit [Bonus Tracks]
• Piano in the Foreground [Bonus Tracks]
• Festival Session [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
• Ellington Uptown [Bonus Tracks]
• Flying Home
• Four Symphonic Works
• The Great Concerts: London & New York 1963-1964
• The Great Concerts: Chicago 1946
• The Great Concerts: Cornell University 1948
• From His Treasure Chest: 1965-1972
• The Feeling of Jazz
• The Feeling of Jazz
• In Boston 1939-1940
• At Birdland 1952
• The British Connexion 1933-1940
• The Duke in Washington
• Duke at Fargo 1940 Special 60t (Mini LP Sleeve)
• Togo Brava Suite [Storyville]
• The Duke in Munich
• Live at Carnegie Hall Dec. 11, 1943 [Storyville]
• At the Hollywood Empire: Original 1949 Transcript
• At the Hurricane 1943
• The Jaywalker: 1966-1967
• The Piano Player
• At The Cotton Club
• My People: The Complete Show
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 1 (Import)
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 2
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 3 (Import)
• Treasury Shows, Vol. 4
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 5 (Import)
• Treasury Shows, Vol. 6
• Treasury Shows, Vol. 7
• Treasury Shows, Vol. 8 (Import)
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 9
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 10
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 11 (Import)
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 12
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 14
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 15
• The Treasury Shows, Vol. 16
• Mood Indigo: Jukebox Memories
• The Sophisticated Genius
• Cotton Club Stomp: 1929-1932
• Masterpieces, Vol. 2
• Cocktail Hour
• In the Thirties, Vol. 2
• Jazz After Hours: Duke Ellington
• The Great Summit: Complete Sessions [Deluxe Edition] (Import)
• The Great Summit: The Master Takes
• 1969: All-Star White House Tribute (Import)
• Money Jungle [Expanded]
• Cotton Club Stomp [Disky]
• Take the "A" Train [Disky]
• Jazz Masters
• Ella & Duke at the Cote D'Azur
• The Brunswick Sessions, Vol. 2 (1932-1935)
• The Brunswick Sessions, Vol. 3 (1932-1935)
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: VOL. 1-BRUNSWICK SESSION
• Indigos
• Duke! Three Portraits Of Ellington
• DUKE ELLINGTON : THE YOUNG DUKE
• Play the Blues Back to Back
• Side By Side
• Ella & Duke at the Cote D'Azur
• Soul Call
• In Sweden 1973
• Cotton Club Anthology: 1938
• Best of the War Years
• Mellow
• ... and His Mother Called Him Bill [France Bonus Tracks] (Import)
• Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties
• Jazz Cocktail
• Rockin' in Rhythm [Jazz Hour]
• This One's for Blanton
• Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
• Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
• Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
• ELLINGTON,DUKE & JOHNNY HODGES: BACK TO BACK
• At the Cotton Club [BMG]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Vol. 1: 1943
• Plays Strayhorn
• Forever Gold
• Duke Ellington Collection [Boxsets]
• Ultimate Doubles [2 CD]
• The Jazz Biography Series
• Jazz Masters Deluxe Collection: Duke Ellington (Import)
• Timeline Series (Import)
• Tootin'
• DUKE ELLINGTON : DUKE ELLINTON: GOLDEN GREATS
• Cotton Club Stomp [Disky]
• En Concert Avec Europe 1: Theatre Des Champs Elysees, Paris, France (1965)
• West Coast Swing
• Jubilee Stomp [History]
• A Proper Introduction to Duke Ellington: Skin Deep (Import)
• Skin Deep: The Primo Collection
• Bigbands Live: Duke Ellington Orchestra
• Della & The Duke (Import)
• Rare Live Recordings 1952-1953
• 1953, Vol. 2
• The Centennial Collection
• Best of the Forties, Vol. 1
• Duke Ellington: Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Sessions
• Complete Original American Decca Recordings
• Complete Legendary Fargo Concert
• Complete Prestige Carnegie Hall 1943-1944
• Complete Prestige Carnegie Hall 1946-1947
• Complete Musicraft Recordings
• DUKE ELLINGTON : COMPLETE LEGENDARY FARGO CONCERT
• Capitol Sessions 1953-1955
• The Complete Ellington Indigos (Import)
• 1967 European Tour
• Complete Gus Wildi Recordings and More
• The 1956-58 Small Group Recordings
• Retrospection: The Piano Sessions
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: COMPLETE ELLINGTON INDIG
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: DRUM IS A WOMAN
• Great Summit [Bonus Track] [OGV] (Import)
• Festival Session
• At the Rainbow Grill 1967
• Live in Warsaw October 30 1971
• Such Sweet Thunder [Bonus Tracks]
• Black, Brown and Beige
• Back to Back
• Side By Side (Import)
• A Drum Is a Woman
• Back to Back
• Festival Session
• Paris Blues/Anatomy Of A Murder
• Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
• Such Sweet Thunder [180g]
• Piano in the Background
• The Great Summit (Import)
• Battle Royal [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
• Piano in the Foreground [Bonus Tracks]
• Such Sweet Thunder [Bonus Tracks]
• Black, Brown and Beige
• Piano in the Foreground
• Battle Royal [Bonus Tracks] [OGV] (Import)
• The Complete Ellington Indigos (Import)
• Piano in the Background
• Side by Side (Import)
• Paris Blues (Import)
• Ellington & Coltrane [Bonus Tracks] (Import)
• Ellington & Coltrane (Import)
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: MONEY JUNGLE (IMPORT)
• Money Jungle (Import)
• Blues in Orbit
• Jazz Party in Stereo [Limited Edition]
• Rockin' in Rhythm [Jazz Hour]
• Jazz Hour with Duke Ellington, Vol. 2: Jump for Joy
• America Swings: The Great Duke Ellington
• Stockholm Concert
• Cocktails for Two
• Blues in Orbit [OGV] (Import)
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
• Very Best Of
• Duke Ellington: Queenie Pie
• The Real... (Import)
• Ken Burns Jazz
• Newport 1958
• The Best of Duke Ellington [RCA Victor Europe] (Import)
• First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
• Such Sweet Thunder
• Anatomy of a Murder
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: 1944-46-BEST OF THE COMPLETE D
• Jazz Profile
• Ellington at Newport
• First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Import)
• Anatomy of a Murder
• Greatest Hits [CBS Special Products]
• The Very Best of Duke Ellington
• Masterpieces by Ellington [Sony 2004]
• Original Album Classics (Such Sweet Thunder/Duke Ellington's Far East Suite/And His Mot (Import)
• Playlist: The Very Best of Duke Ellington
• Black, Brown and Beige
• The Essential Duke Ellington [Sony] (Import)
• The Essential Duke Ellington [Camden]
• The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958
• ELLINGTON,DUKE: DIE ZEIT LEGEND DES JAZZ (IMPORT)
• The Alternative Takes, Vol. 5: 1936-1937
• The Alternative Takes, Vol. 6: 1937-1938
• The Alternative Takes, Vol. 7: 1938-1940
• The Alternative Takes, Vol. 9: 1942-1947
• The Alternative Takes, Vol. 10: 1947-1951

• Composers:
  • Allen/Ellington
  • Ellington
  • Gershwin
  • Gershwin/Gershwin/H
  • Hammerstein
  • Heyman
  • Strayhorn
• Performers:
  • Aaron Bell - Bass
  • Duke Ellington - Piano
  • Jimmy Woode - Bass
  • Sam Woodyard - Drums
• Credits:
  • Aaron Bell - Quotation Author
  • Fong Y. Lee - Packaging Manager
  • John Hamilton - Back Cover Photo, Inside Photo
  • Steve Berkowitz - A&R
  • Michael Brooks - Reissue Producer
  • Michael Cuscuna - Reissue Producer
  • Seth Rothstein - Project Director
  • Billy Strayhorn - Composer
  • Don Hunstein - Photography
  • DuBose Heyward - Composer
  • Duke Ellington - Composer
  • E. Heyman - Composer
  • George Gershwin - Composer
  • Ira Gershwin - Composer
  • Joe Goldberg - Liner Notes
  • Mark Wilder - Mastering, Remixing
  • Oscar Hammerstein II - Composer
  • Patricia Willard - Liner Notes
  • Randall Martin - Design
  • S. Allen - Composer
  • Allan Emig - Engineer
  • Fred Plaut - Engineer
  • Harold Chapman - Engineer
  • Irv Townsend - Producer
  • Irving Townsend - Producer

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