Nat King Cole: Rare Radio Transcriptions - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Rare Radio Transcriptions
Artist: Nat King Cole
Label: JSP Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 788065906320
Genre: Crooners
Release Date: 2010-03-23
Number of Discs: 4
Additional Details: BOXED SET, REMASTERED

In a prolific career Nat King Cole cut 1600 recordings. Most were led by a voice that would have made anything sound good. Cole is remembered best as a balladeer surrounded by strings, but this collection harkens back to the years 1938 to 1945, when Nat part of the now less well-known King Cole Trio. Cole was the swinging small combo's leader, arranger, vocalist and pianist - in fact, he was one of the finest jazz pianists of his generation - one of the few who could challenge Art Tatum. These remastered radio transcriptions show the trio in relaxed, creative form - it's style fully formed. It is fascinating too, to hear Cole's voice in an early manifestation - already compelling and authoritive. Here, then, is a classic era of Jazz represented by one of it's finest exponents. Cole's would go on to become of the most recognizable voices of the 20th century. Arguably, though, he never made better music than he makes here.

Tracks:
1.1 Mutiny in the Nursery
1.2 F.D.R. Jones
1.3 The Sheik of Araby
1.4 The Blue Danube
1.5 Jingle Bells
1.6 Swannee River
1.7 Don't Blame Me
1.8 Dark Rapture
1.9 Blue Skies
1.10 Three Blind Mice
1.11 Caravan
1.12 There's No Anesthetic for Love
1.13 The Land of Make Believe
1.14 Dancing in the Street
1.15 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That'cha Do It)
1.16 Riffin' in F Minor
1.17 Honey
1.18 Russian Lullaby
1.19 Snug As a Bug in a Rug
1.20 The Limp
1.21 Some Like It Hot
1.22 Liebestraum
1.23 I Like to Riff
1.24 Crazy Rhythm
1.25 Sweet Lorraine
2.1 You're My Life
2.2 Trompin'
2.3 Black Spider Stomp
2.4 Scategoria
2.5 Rhythm Serenade
2.6 Rib Town Shuffle
2.7 Music'll Chase Your Blues Away
2.8 King Cole Blues
2.9 Honey Hush
2.10 Vine Street Jump
2.11 You Send Me
2.12 Pogo Stick Bounce
2.13 Jam Man
2.14 Fudge Wudge
2.15 Smokey Joe
2.16 Windy City Boogie Woogie
2.17 Gone with the Draft
2.18 This Side Up
2.19 This Will Make You Laugh
2.20 Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
2.21 The Old Music Master
2.22 After You've Gone
2.23 Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
2.24 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
2.25 Shoo Shoo Baby
2.26 Miss Thing
3.1 Close to You
3.2 Rhythm Sam
3.3 On the Sunny Side of the Street
3.4 Little Joe from Chicago
3.5 (Back Home Again in) Indiana
3.6 Don't Take Your Love from Me
3.7 No Love, No Nothin'
3.8 Shoo Shoo Baby
3.9 My Heart Tells Me
3.10 Harem Sandman
3.11 Speak Low
3.12 Them There Eyes
3.13 Mexico Joe
3.14 Lester Leaps in
3.15 Just Another Blues
3.16 Wild Goose Chase
3.17 Besame Mucho
3.18 Please Consider Me
3.19 That'll Just About Knock Me Out
3.20 You Must Be Blind
3.21 Too Marvelous for Words
3.22 I Realize Now
3.23 I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
3.24 These Foolish Things
3.25 Rosetta
3.26 The Man I Love
3.27 I'm in the Mood for Love
4.1 D-Day
4.2 Don't Blame Me
4.3 You're So Different
4.4 Sweet Georgia Brown
4.5 Wouldn't You Like to Know
4.6 Barcarolle
4.7 I Thought You Ought to Know
4.8 Bring Another Drink
4.9 It Only Happens Once
4.10 Baby (We Could Have a Lot of Fun)
4.11 Swingin' the Blues
4.12 Baby Won't You Please Come Home
4.13 Boogie a la King
4.14 Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah
4.15 Body and Soul
4.16 How High the Moon
4.17 I Got Rhythm
4.18 Sweet Lorraine
4.19 Laura
4.20 Keep Knockin' on Wood
4.21 If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow
4.22 Ain't Misbehavin'
4.23 Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)
4.24 Rosetta
4.25 It's Only a Paper Moon
4.26 (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?
4.27 I Wanna Turn Out My Light
4.28 You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)