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For those needing a reminder of Cole's very original and expert piano playing, this 18-track roundup of some of his best instrumentals should fit the bill. Part of Capitol's three-volume series of Cole's classic trio sides (the other two cover the vocals), The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio includes gem after gem from the group's 1943-1949 prime and features the classic lineup that included guitarist Oscar Moore and bassist Johnny Miller. With Cole and Moore seamlessly blending lines throughout, the group forged the standard for many a piano trio to follow by way of classics like "Jumpin' at Capitol," "Sweet Georgia Brown," and "These Foolish Things." Complemented by three sides featuring Cole's later trio mates -- guitarist Irving Ashby and bassist Joe Comfort, plus guest percussionist Jack Costanza -- this instrumental best-of is essential listening for fans of Cole's vintage, pre-"Mona Lisa" material. For more of Cole's fine instrumental work from this period, be sure to also check out Capitol's horns-and-piano title Jazz Encounters.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
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Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Gillette, Producer - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Nadine Robinson, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1991 Capitol Records, LLC
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Stone, Translator
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1944 Capitol Records, LLC
Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Gillette, Producer - Johnny Green, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nat King Cole, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nadine Robinson, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Gillette, Producer - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Ben Bernie, Composer - Kenneth Casey, Composer - Maceo Pinkard, Composer - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1991 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The King Cole Trio, MainArtist
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1945 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Otto Harbach, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1946 Capitol Records, LLC
Andy Razaf, Author - Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Gillette, Producer - Fats Waller, Composer - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1951 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Suessdorf, ComposerLyricist - John Blackburn, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Nancy Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Morgan Lewis, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Kahn, Composer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Signorelli, Composer - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matty Malneck, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Strachey, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Miller, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Holt Marvell, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Moore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1950 Capitol Records, LLC
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Joe Comfort, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jack Costanzo, Bongos, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Ashby, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1949 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Natalie Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stan Kenton, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Shearing, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat King Cole Trio, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Comfort, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jack Costanzo, Bongos, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Shearing Quintet, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Ashby, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
Nat King Cole, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Ranellucci, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nat King Cole Trio, MainArtist - Joe Comfort, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jack Costanzo, Bongos, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Ashby, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Gibbs, Composer
(C) 1992 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1955 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
For those needing a reminder of Cole's very original and expert piano playing, this 18-track roundup of some of his best instrumentals should fit the bill. Part of Capitol's three-volume series of Cole's classic trio sides (the other two cover the vocals), The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio includes gem after gem from the group's 1943-1949 prime and features the classic lineup that included guitarist Oscar Moore and bassist Johnny Miller. With Cole and Moore seamlessly blending lines throughout, the group forged the standard for many a piano trio to follow by way of classics like "Jumpin' at Capitol," "Sweet Georgia Brown," and "These Foolish Things." Complemented by three sides featuring Cole's later trio mates -- guitarist Irving Ashby and bassist Joe Comfort, plus guest percussionist Jack Costanza -- this instrumental best-of is essential listening for fans of Cole's vintage, pre-"Mona Lisa" material. For more of Cole's fine instrumental work from this period, be sure to also check out Capitol's horns-and-piano title Jazz Encounters.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:24
- Main artists: Nat King Cole Trio
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Electronic Lounge
© 1992 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 1992 Capitol Records, LLC
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