Nat King Cole & His Trio – Radio Sessions – 4 CD

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Description

Although Nat King Cole is chiefly remembered for his intimate vocal work on orchestrated ballads like "Unforgettable" and "Mona Lisa" (he cut an astounding 1,600 sides in his career), he was also a gifted bandleader, arranger, and pianist and his early work with the drummer-less King Cole Trio will be a revelation for listeners only familiar with the vocal hits that came later. Working with sympathetic guitarist Oscar Moore and bassists Wesley Prince (early) and Johnny Miller (later), Cole set a standard for easy, intimate versatility, and his trio could stop, start, and swing on a dime. This four-disc, 106-track of rare radio recordings done for the Standard Transcription Library between 1939 and 1945 finds the trio doing a little bit of everything, from novelty numbers, standards, and Cole originals to backing other singers like Anita Boyer, Ida James, Anita O'Day, and the Barrie Sisters, and it's all delightfully immediate and intimate. Early on the trio sing numbers in unison, but as things proceed on this chronological set, Cole's warm vocals begin to take center stage, and one can actually see his later persona as a singer form and take hold. That evolution ultimately led to the trio's demise, but not before they gave the world a whole lot of excellent performances, 106 of which are preserved here. ~ Steve Leggett. 

Track Listing:

CD1
1. Mutiny in the Nursery - 2:50   2. F.D.R. Jones - 3:10   3. The Sheik of Araby - 2:15   4. The Blue Danube - 2:50   5. Jingle Bells - 2:31   6. Swannee River - 2:26   7. Don't Blame Me - 2:24   8. Dark Rapture - 3:15   9. Blue Skies - 2:09   10. Three Blind Mice - 2:08   11. Caravan - 2:15   12. There's No Anesthetic for Love - 3:13   13. The Land of Make Believe - 2:49   14. Dancing in the Street - 3:04   15. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That'cha Do It) - 2:53   16. Riffin' in F Minor - 2:05   17. Honey - 2:10   18. Russian Lullaby - 2:06   19. Snug as a Bug in a Rug - 2:33   20. The Limp - 2:50   21. Some Like It Hot - 3:09   22. Liebestraum - 3:22   23. I Like to Riff - 2:30   24. Crazy Rhythm - 1:59   25. Sweet Lorraine - 3:21

CD2:
1. You're My Life - 2:53   2. Trompin' - 2:45   3. Black Spider Stomp - 2:53   4. Scategoria - 2:29   5. Rhythm Serenade - 2:34   6. Rib Town Shuffle - 2:44   7. Music'll Chase Your Blues Away - 2:02   8. King Cole Blues - 2:06   9. Honey Hush - 2:16   10. Vine Street Jump - 2:39   11. You Send Me - 2:08   12. Pogo Stick Bounce - 2:16   13. Jam Man - 2:04   14. Fudge Wudge - 3:47   15. Smokey Joe - 1:59   16. Windy City Boogie Woogie - 2:24   17. Gone with the Draft Dramin - 2:26   18. This Side Up - 2:45   19. This Will Make You Laugh - 3:32   20. Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me - 2:28   21. The Old Music Master - 2:54   22. After You've Gone - 3:03   23. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? - 2:40   24. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - 2:33   25. Shoo Shoo Baby - 3:01   26. Miss Thing - 2:11

CD3:
1. Close to You - 3:48   2. Rhythm Sam - 2:19   3. On the Sunny Side of the Street - 2:33   4. Little Joe from Chicago - 2:22   5. (Back Home Again In) Indiana - 1:57   6. Don't Take Your Love from Me - 1:54   7. No Love, No Nothin' - 2:13   8. Shoo Shoo Baby - 2:23   9. My Heart Tells Me - 2:46   10. Harem Sandman - 2:43   11. Speak Low - 2:45   12. Them There Eyes - 1:42   13. Mexico Joe - 2:38   14. Lester Leaps In - 2:34   15. Just Another Blues - 3:29   16. Wild Goose Chase - 2:27   17. Besame Mucho - 2:52   18. Please Consider Me - 2:44   19. That'll Just About Knock Me Out - 2:42   20. You Must Be Blind - 3:05   21. Too Marvelous for Words - 2:23   22. I Realize Now - 3:17   23. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) - 2:56   24. These Foolish Things - 2:34   25. Rosetta - 1:53   26. The Man I Love - 2:32   27. I'm in the Mood for Love - 2:55

CD4:
1. D-Day - 2:40   2. Don't Blame Me - 3:02   3. You're so Different - 2:33   4. Sweet Georgia Brown - 1:42   5. Wouldn't You Like to Know - 2:21   6. Barcarolle - 4:02   7. I Thought You Ought to Know - 2:39   8. Bring Another Drink - 2:00   9. It Only Happens Once - 2:33   10. Baby (We Could Have a Lot of Fun) - 2:40   11. Swingin' the Blues - 2:04   12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - 2:17   13. Boogie a la King - 2:04   14. Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah - 2:28   15. Body and Soul - 2:34   16. How High the Moon - 2:28   17. I Got Rhythm - 1:59   18. Sweet Lorraine - 2:40   19. Laura - 3:11   20. Keep Knockin' on Wood - 2:08   21. If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow - 2:45   22. Ain't Misbehavin' - 2:25   23. Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) - 3:07   24. Rosetta - 2:13   25. It's Only a Paper Moon - 2:58   26. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry? - 2:02   27. I Wanna Turn Out My Light - 2:37   28. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) - 2:43

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