Piano In The Background

Tracklist

1	Happy Go Lucky Local	2:58
2	What Am I Here For	4:02
Medley	(5:50)
3-1	Kinda Dukish
3-2	Rockin' In Rhythm
4	Perdido	6:45
5	I'm Beginning To See The Light	2:03
6	Midriff	4:20
7	It Don't Mean A Thing	4:26
8	Main Stem	4:09
9	Take The "A" Train	5:28
10	Lullaby Of Birdland	5:22
11	The Wailer	4:25
12	Dreamy Sort Of Thing	3:55
13	Lullaby Of Birdland (Alternate Take)	5:26
14	Harlem Air Shaft	4:03

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• Distributed By – Sony Music
• Remixed At – Sony Music Studios, New York City
• Remastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City

Credits

• A&R [Coordination] – Stacey Boyle
• A&R [Legacy] – Steve Berkowitz
• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1 to 13)
• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope
• Art Direction – Howard Fritzson
• Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
• Bass – Aaron Bell
• Design – Randall Martin
• Drums – Sam Woodyard
• Guest, Piano – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 5, 7, 11)
• Guest, Trumpet – Gerald Wilson (tracks: 1, 11)
• Guest, Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Photography By [Liner] – Don Hunstein
• Piano – Duke Ellington
• Producer [Originals] – Irving Townsend
• Production Manager [Director] – Seth Rothstein
• Recorded By – Alan Emig (tracks: 1 to 13), Harold Chapman (tracks: 14)
• Reissue Producer – Michael Brooks , Michael Cuscuna
• Remix, Mastered By [Using DSD Technology] – Mark Wilder
• Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves
• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
• Trombone – Booty Wood (tracks: 1 to 13), Britt Woodman (tracks: 1 to 13), Lawrence Brown, Matthew Gee (tracks: 14)
• Trumpet – Andres Merenghito (Fats Ford)*, Ed Mullens, Ray Nance, Willie Cook

Notes

Ⓟ Ⓒ 2004 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
"Legacy" and "L" are trasemarks of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

Label/Category variations on release:
- Spine: Columbia/Legacy 512919 2
- Frontcover: Columbia
- Rear Cover & Disc: Columbia/Legacy COL 512919 2/5129192000

- Tracks 1 to 9: originally issued on "Oiano In The Background" (Columbia)
- Tracks 10 to 13: originally issued on "Duke 56/62" - Volume 2 (French CBS)
- Track 14: previously unissued

Tracks 10 to 14 Bonus tracks (previously unissued on CD)

Recording Information:
- Tracks 4, 5: Recorded At Radio Recorders, LA on May 31, 1960
- Track 7: Recorded At Radio Recorders, LA on June 2, 1960
- Tracks 3-1, 3-2, 10, 12, 13 Recorded At Radio Recorders, LA June 20, 1960
- Track 8: Recorded At Radio Recorders, LA on June 22, 1960
- Tracks 6, 9: Recorded At Radio Recorders, LA on June 28, 1960
- Track 2: Recorded At Radio Recorders, LA on June 29, 1960
- Tracks 11, 1: Recorded At Radio Recorders, LA on June 30, 1960
- Track 14: Recorded At Columbia Studiods, LA on March 3, 1961

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 5 099751 291923
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L553
• Matrix / Runout: Sony Music 55129192000-0101 13
• Rights Society: BIEM SACEM / SACD / SCDL / SDRM
• Label Code: LC 00162

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 1546	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Piano In The Background ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1546	US	1960
CS 8346	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Piano In The Background ‎(LP, RE, 180)	Speakers Corner Records, Columbia Records	CS 8346	Europe	2017
CL 1546	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Piano In The Background ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1546	Canada	1960
SONP 50252	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Piano In The Background ‎(LP, Album)	CBS/Sony	SONP 50252	Japan	1962
CS 8346	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Piano In The Background ‎(LP, RE, 200)	Classic Records, Columbia Records	CS 8346	US	2004