Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Location: TWL – 172-L
Notes:
Tracks 1 to 12 rec. Radio Recorders Annex, LA, 1-2/3/1961 – stereo
Tracks 13 & 14 rec. Columbia 30th St. Studio, NYC, 10/10/1957 – mono
Tracks 15 to 18 rec. Columbia 30th St. Studio, NYC, 20/3/1957 – stereo
Tracks 1 to 11 originally issued as Piano In The Foreground, (Columbia CS 8829)
Tracks 15 to 17 originally issued as “Improvisation In Three Parts” on The World of Duke Ellington Vol. 3 (Columbia CG 33961)
Tracks 13, 14, & 18 originally issued on Duke 56/62 Vol. 1 (French CBS 88653)
Track 12 originally issued on Duke 56/62 Vol. 2 (French CBS 88654)
1. I Can’t Get Started 4:21
2. Cong-Go 4:14
3. Body And Soul 4:46
4. Blues For Jerry 4:36
5. Fontainebleau Forest 2:50
6. Summertime 3:50
7. It’s Bad To Be Forgotten 3:19
8. A Hundred Dreams Ago 2:24
9. So 4:31
10. Searching (Pleading For Love) 1:47
11. Springtime In Africa 3:44
. Bonus Tracks
12. Lotus Blossom 3:16
13. All The Things You Are (Take 1) 3:59
14. All The Things You Are (Take 2) 3:49
15. Piano Improvisation No. 2 3:23
16. Piano Improvisation No. 3 2:46
17. Piano Improvisation No. 4 1:51
18. Piano Improvisation No. 1 9:45
Barcode 696998704220
Manufactured By Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Recorded At Radio Recorders
Recorded At Columbia 30th Street Studio