Nat King Cole Trio The Macgregor Yea

"… maybe his greatest album of all time … great jazz trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison was one of the star soloists Cole brought into the studio on this date … it's a perfect record. There's not a clinker in the bunch …"

After Midnight is a 1957 jazz album by "Nat King Cole and his trio" on Capitol Records. It peaked at #13 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Albums chart. The Penguin Guide to Jazz listed the album as part of its suggested “core collection”. This SACD reissue contains the seven bonus tracks recorded at the same original sessions.

Plusieurs générations d’auditeurs à travers le monde ont en mémoire quelques-unes des chansons les plus fameuses dont Nat King Cole nous a laissé des enregistrements inoubliables, Unforgettable, justement mais aussi Mona Lisa, Smile, Blue Gardenia, Ballerina et tant d’autres… Le présent coffret reprend évidemment ces titres. Cependant il est également destiné à rappeler, ou à faire découvrir, au-delà de l’extraordinaire velours de sa voix, la vraie dimension d’un artiste qui était bien plus qu’un « simple » crooner. Le roi Nat Cole comptait en effet parmi les grands hommes du piano de jazz, un maître qui a laissé son empreinte sur la plupart de ses pairs.

One of the most popular and memorable American musicians of the 20th century, Nat King Cole (1919-65) is remembered today as both a pianist and a singer, a feat rarely accomplished in the world of popular music. Now, in this complete life and times biography, author Will Friedwald offers a new take on this fascinating musician, framing him first as a bandleader and then as a star.

Monty Alexander follows up his tribute to Tony Bennett with an homage to another classic jazz singer, Nat King Cole. Also recorded in New York City at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with the same trio of Chicagoans Lorin Cohen on bass and drummer George Fludas, the veteran pianist seems more in his element with this artist's repertoire, one that sharply defined his own sound and thinking about popular jazz.

Wonderful compilation of 233 songs with legendary Nat King Cole, in excellent sound quality for original recordings of 30's and 40's. It is the most complete Cole's collection in one set, for the pre-Capitol recordings with the Capitol era remarkably well-represented as well. Superb hep-cat jive, the supple swing of bass, guitar and Nat's amazing piano, topped with cool vocals by Nat and occasional female guest singers. Enjoy.

A rich collection of songs that Nat King Cole sings in Spanish and Portuguese. Smooth velvet voice, cute accent and latin flavor with percussions and jazzy improvisations. For many Cole fans, the best songs he ever said.