In August 1953, “Capitol” label released “Sings for Two in Love”, the tenth Nat King Cole album. It was recorded in January 1953, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lee Gillete. It was released in 10” format vinyl.
Personnel:
Nat King Cole – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
Love Is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
A Handful of Stars – Jack Lawrence, Ted Shapiro
This Can’t Be Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet – Gus Kahn, Harry Woods
There Goes My Heart – Benny Davis, Abner Silver
Dinner for One, Please James – Michael Carr
Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
In January 1957, “Capitol” label released “After Midnight”, album by Nat King Cole and His Trio (15th Nat King Cole album overall). It was recorded August – September 1956, at “Capitol” in Hollywood.
Personnel:
Nat King Cole – vocals, piano
John Collins – guitar
Charlie Harris – bass
Lee Young – drums
Willie Smith – alto saxophone
Harry Edison – trumpet
Juan Tizol – trombone
Stuff Smith – violin
Jack Costanzo – bongos
Track listing:
Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Jian Tizol
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
You’re Looking at Me – Bobby Troup
Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Heller
Don’t Let It Go to Your Head – Henry Hadamik, Frank LaVere, Bob Nast
I Know That You Know – Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
Blame It on My Youth – Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
On March 12, 1996, “Impulse!” label released “All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio”, the third Diana Krall studio album. It was recorded in October 1995, at “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.
Personnel:
Diana Krall – lead vocals, piano
Russell Malone – guitar
Benny Green – piano
Paul Keller – bass
Steve Kroon – percussion
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Doug Sax – mastering
Robin Lynch – art direction, design
Laurie Goldman – design
Tom Tavee – photography
Terry Teachout – liner notes
Track listing:
I’m an Errand Girl for Rhythm – Nat King Cole
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Don Redman, Andy Razaf
You Call It Madness – Gladys Dubois, Con Conrad, Russ Columbo, Paul Gregory
Frim Fram Sauce – Joe Ricardel, Redd Evans
Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Baby Baby All the Time – Bobby Troup
Hit That Jive Jack – John Alston, Campbell “Skeets” Tolbert
You’re Looking at Me – Bobby Troup
I’m Thru with Love – Matty Malneck, Gus Kahn, Fud Livingston
Deed I Do – Fred Rode, Walter Hirsch
A Blossom Fell – Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius, Dominic John
If I Had You – Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
In February 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Limbo Carnival”, the fourth Dave Pike album. It was recorded in December 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Elliot Mazer.
In January 1967, “Impulse!” label released “The Golden Flute”, the 24th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in June 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Hugh Lawson – piano
Herman Wright – bass
Roy Brooks Jr. – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
Robert Flynn – cover design
Charles Stewart – photography
Joe Lebow – liner design
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.
Road Runner
Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
Oasis
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You – Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
On June 17, 2003, “Savant” label released “Exhale”, the final Arthur Blythe album. It was recorded in October 2002, at “Tedesco Studio” in Paramus, New Jersey, and was produced by Cecil Brooks III.
Personnel:
Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
Bob Stewart – tuba
John Hicks – piano, organ
Cecil Brooks III – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Arthur Blythe except where noted
Cousin Mary – John Coltrane
Come Sunday – Duke Ellington
Exhaust Suite: Nonette – Bob Stewart
Exhaust Suite: Surrender
Exhaust Suite: LC
Exhaust Suite: Phase Two
Night Train – Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington
7/4 Thang
Equinox – John Coltrane
Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis
CJ – Bob Stewart
All Blues – Miles Davis
Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
On December 14, 1963, Ruth Lee Jones aka Dinah Washington died aged 39. She was musician (piano) and singer, known as the “the most popular black female recording artist of the ’50s”, and “Queen of the Blues”. Her music was mixture of R&B, and traditional pop, but she was primarily a Jazz singer. She performed and recorded with Fats Waller, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Cannonball Adderley, Ben Webster, Lionel Hampton, and Nat King Cole. In 1986, Washington was inducted in the “Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame”, and in 1993 was inducted in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”. In 1959, she won “Grammy Award” for “Best Rhythm & Blues Performance”. As a leader Washington released 17 albums.
In December 1965, “Limelight” label released “With Respect to Nat”, Oscar Peterson tribute album to Nat King Cole, who had died earlier that year. It was recorded October – November 1965, and was produced by Jack Tracy.
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson— vocals, piano
Herb Ellis, Barry Galbraith— guitar
Hank Jones— piano
Ray Brown, Richard Davis— double bass
Mel Lewis— drums
Phil Woods— alto saxophone
Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, J. Johnson— trombone
Tony Studd — bass trombone
Seldon Powell— alto flute, tenor flute
Jerome Richardson— bass flute, tenor flute
John Frosk, Joe Newman— trumpet
Ernie Royal, Danny Stiles — trumpet, flugelhorn
Manny Albam— arrangements, conductor
Track listing:
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street – Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home – Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Unforgettable – Irving Gordon
Little Girl – Francis Henry, Matt Hyde
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
Orange Colored Sky – Milton DeLugg, William Stein
Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, Irving Mills
Calypso Blues – Clifford Carmen, Cole, Don George
What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry? – Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman
In December 1962, “Capitol” label released “Dear Lonely Hearts”, the 31st Nat King Cole album. It was recorded June – November 1962, and was produced by Lee Gillette.
Personnel:
Nat King Cole– vocal
Belford Hendricks– arranger, orchestra conductor
Track listing:
Dear Lonely Hearts – Bob Halley, E.J. Anton
Miss You – Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias
Why Should I Cry Over You? – Chester Conn, Nathan “Ned” Miller
Near You – Francis Craig, Kermit Goell
Yearning (Just for You) – Benny Davis, Joe Burke
My First and Only Lover – Artie Kaplan, Paul Kaufman, Jack Keller
All Over the World – Al Frisch, Charles Tobias
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight – Benny Davis, Joe Burke, Mark Fisher
Lonesome and Sorry – Con Conrad, Benny Davis
All by Myself – Irving Berlin
Who’s Next in Line? – Clyde Otis, Rose Marie McCoy
It’s a Lonesome Old Town – Charles Kisco, Charles Tobias
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