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Piano Interpretations is the début album by jazz pianist Wynton Kelly released on the Blue Note label featuring performances by Kelly with Oscar Pettiford/Franklin Skeete, and Lee Abrams recorded in 1951. The CD reissue features 11 additional tracks.

Track listing:
“Blue Moon” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:09
“Fine and Dandy” (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 2:50
“I Found a New Baby” (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – 2:53
“Cherokee” (Ray Noble) – 3:08
“Born to Be Blue” (Mel Torme, Robert Wells) – 3:26
“Where or When” (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:52
“Moonglow” (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) – 3:29
“Moonglow” [alternate take] (DeLange, Hudson, Mills) – 3:11
“If I Should Lose You” (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:04
“Born to Be Blue” [alternate take] (Torme, Wells) – 3:00
“Goodbye” [1st Take] (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:23
“Goodbye” [2nd Take] (Jenkins) – 2:47
“Foolin’ Myself” (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 3:03
“There Will Never Be Another You” (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:03
“Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me” (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 3:04
“Summertime” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 3:11
“Moonlight in Vermont” (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:26
“Crazy He Calls Me” (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) – 3:18
“Rhythm-a-Ning” (Thelonious Monk, Charlie Christian) / “Opus Caprice” (Al Haig) – 2:53
Recorded at WOR Studios in New York City on July 25, 1951 (tracks 1-10) and August 1, 1951 (tracks 11-19).

Personnel:
Wynton Kelly – piano (all tracks), celeste (track 17)
Oscar Pettiford (tracks 1 & 5–10), Franklin Skeete (tracks 2–4 & 11–19) – bass
Lee Abrams – drums, congas

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Released: 1951
Recorded: July 25 & August 1, 1951
Studio: WOR Studios, New York City
Length: 58:10
Label: Blue Note
Producer: Alfred Lion