Piano in the Background

Tracklist

• 1
  Happy Go Lucky Local
  3:02
• 2
  What Am I Here For?
  4:08
• 3
  Kinda Dukish / Rockin' in Rhythm
  5:52
• 4
  Perdido
  6:49
• 5
  I'm Beginning to See the Light
  2:05
• 6
  Mid-Riff
  4:29
• 7
  It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  4:33
• 8
  Main Stem
  4:15
• 9
  Take the "A" Train
  5:33
• 10
  Lullaby of Birdland
  5:23
• 11
  The Wailer
  4:25
• 12
  Dreamy Sort of Thing
  3:56
• 13
  Lullaby of Birdland (version 2)
  5:26
• 14
  Misfit Blues (Suite Thursday, Part I)
  4:11
• 15
  Schwiphti (Suite Thursday, Part II)
  3:07
• 16
  Zweet Zurzday (Suite Thursday, Part III)
  3:59
• 17
  Lay-By (Suite Thursday, Part IV)
  4:50

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Release credits

• Aaron Bell
  bass [1-9]
• Andres Meringuito
  trumpet [1-9]
• Booty Wood
  trombone [1-9]
• Britt Woodman
  trombone [1-9]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [1-9]
• Gerald Wilson
  trumpet [1-9]
• Harry Carney
  saxophone [1-9]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  saxophone [1-9]
• Johnny Hodges
  saxophone [1-9]
• Juan Tizol
  trombone [1-9]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [1-9]
• Paul Gonsalves
  saxophone [1-9]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [1-9]
• Russell Procope
  saxophone [1-9]
• Sam Woodyard
  membranophone [1-9]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [1-9]
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Issues

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  Piano in the Background

  CD
  1995
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  P
  Piano in the Background

  CD
  27 July 2004
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  P
  Piano in the Background

  CD
  2004
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  Piano in the Background

  CD
  2011