Nat King Cole

• Contains new specially prepared liner notes by PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ’s writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris’ prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE

• INCLUDES 12 BONUS TRACKS

• 20-PAGE BOOKLET

“Cole’s devotion, perhaps most memorably and mellifluously expressed in ‘Mona Lisa’, was to the enigma of beauty, that transcendent thing that we cannot adequately define but which werecognise as soon as confronted by it. Try ‘Blame It on My Youth’ here. Is it jazz? Probably. Is it beautiful? Certainly. Does it survive the ages? It has so far.” - PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

“Welcome to a world where everything seems light, graceful and airy –bright, cheerful and romantic –swinging, dancing and stunning. You are lucky, this world is that of Nat “King” Cole, who in those beautiful days of August and September 1956, at Los Angeles’ Capitol Studios, rediscovered the contagious happiness of singing while accompanying himself on the piano.” - JAZZ MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL:

• Nat King Cole - piano & vocals
• Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet
• Willie Smith - alto sax
• Juan Tizol - valve trombone
• Stuff Smith - violin
• John Collins - guitar
• Charlie Harris - bass
• Lee Young - drums

Los Angeles, August-September, 1956.

TRACKS:

• 01 JUST YOU, JUST ME
• 02 SWEET LORRAINE
• 03 SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY
• 04 CARAVAN
• 05 IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON
• 06 YOU’RE LOOKING AT ME
• 07 THE LONELY ONE
• 08 DON’T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD
• 09 I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
• 10 BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH
• 11 WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAMv
• 12 (GET YOUR KICKS ON) ROUTE 66
• 13 WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE (*)
• 14 A COTTAGE FOR SALE (*)
• 15 WHO’S SORRY NOW (*)
• 16 ONCE IN A WHILE (*)
• 17 THESE FOOLISH THINGS (*)
• 18 JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT (*)
• 19 DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (*)
• 20 I UNDERSTAND (*)
• 21 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS (*)
• 22 THE SONG IS ENDED (*)
• 23 I SHOULD CARE (*)
• 24 THE PARTY’S OVER (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 77:06 min.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS