Name: The Complete After Midnight Sessions - The Nat King Cole Trio
Brand: The Nat King Cole Trio
SKU: 8436028694051
Price: 12.73 EUR
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Description

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Artist

In 1937, Nat King Cole arrived in Los Angeles where he formed the original lineup of the Nat King Cole Trio. The trio consisted of Nat on piano, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Wesley Prince on double bass - the absence of a drummer making the combo unique among the swing/jazz outifts of that time. The trio played in Los Angeles throughout the late 1930s and recorded many radio transcriptions.

In 1939, the Cole Trio was receiving enough attention to embark on its first tour of the East Coast and the Midwest - in New York, Cole, Moore and Prince backed singer Billie Holiday on one of her Manhattan gigs. In 1940, the Cole Trio made its first commercially available recording of Sweet Lorraine, which featured Cole on lead vocals and became the group's first hit as well as the group's theme on radio.

The outbreak of World War II lead to several line-up changes: Prince, who was drafted into the U.S. military, being temporarily replaced by Red Callender, and later by Johnny Miller who stayed with the group until 1948 (when he was replaced by Joe Comfort). The original guitarist, Oscar Moore, left in 1947 and was replaced by Irving Ashby. During its 1943-1949 period, the Cole Trio had its share of major hits, which were not only commercially successful, but also extremely influential.

By the end of the '40s, Nat King Cole (in accordance with Capitol Records' marketing strategy) gradually phased out his part as improvising jazz singer/pianist with the King Cole Trio, focussing on his new career as jazz-influenced pop singer that he pursued through the '50s and early '60s. The trio officially ceased to exist in September 1951, 14 years after its founding.

Original line-up (1937-1942):
Nat King Cole: piano
Oscar Moore: guitar
Wesley Prince: bass

Second line-up (1942):
Nat King Cole: piano
Oscar Moore: guitar
Red Callender: bass

"Capitol-years" line-up (1943-1947):
Nat King Cole: piano
Oscar Moore: guitar
Johnny Miller: bass

Forth line-up (1947-1948):
Nat King Cole: piano
Irving Ashby: guitar
Johnny Miller: bass

Fifth line-up (1948-1949):
Nat King Cole: piano
Irving Ashby: guitar
Joe Comfort: bass

Final line-up (1949-1951):
Nat King Cole: piano
Irving Ashby: guitar
Joe Comfort: bass
Jack Costanzo: bongos

Tracks

1 You Can Depend On Me 03:54

2 Candy 03:55

3 Sweet Lorraine 04:36

4 It's Only A Paper Moon 03:07

5 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 03:43

6 Don't Let It Go To Your Head 03:12

7 You're Looking At Me 04:14

8 Just You, Just Me 03:02

9 I Was A Little Too Lonely (And You Were A Little Too Late) 03:02

10 Caravan 02:45

11 Lonely One 03:49

12 Blame It On My Youth 04:12

13 What Is There To Say 03:36

14 Sometimes I'm Happy 04:10

15 I Know That You Know 02:30

16 When I Grow Too Old To Dream 03:34

17 Two Loves Have I 02:47

18 Don't Blame Me 03:05

19 It Could Happen To You 02:48

20 I Surrender Dear 03:00

21 Little Girl 01:51

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Cassette, CD, File, SACD

Labels

Capitol Records, Essential Jazz Classics, WaxTime, Analogue Productions, DOL, Capitol Jazz, World Record Club, WaxTime In Color, World Cassette Club, 20th Century Masterworks Colored Series, Pure Pleasure Records, Light Music Club

Countries

Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe

years

1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2020, 2021

Members

Nat King Cole,Oscar Moore,~~Wesley Prince~~,John Collins (2),Irving Ashby,Johnny Miller (2),Joe Comfort,Charles Harris (2),George Callender,Bob Miller (22),Dick Freitag