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After Midnight

Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole & His Trio - CD

After Midnight Nat King Cole CD
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  • 1. Just You, Just Me
  • 2. Sweet Lorraine
  • 3. Sometimes I'm Happy
  • 4. Caravan
  • 5. It's Only a Paper Moon
  • 6. You're Looking at Me
  • 7. Lonely One
  • 8. Don't Let It Go to Your Head
  • 9. I Know That You Know
  • 10. Blame It on My Youth
  • 11. When I Grow Too Old to Dream
  • 12. Route 66
  • 13. I Was a Little Too Lonely (And You Were a Little Too Late) [*]
  • 14. You Can Depend on Me [*]
  • 15. What Is There to Say? [*]
  • 16. Two Loves Have I [*]
  • 17. Candy [*]
  • 18. You're Looking at Me [Alternate Take][*]
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After Midnight by Nat King Cole on CD


Once Nat King Cole gave up playing piano on a regular basis and instead focused on a series of easy listening vocal albums, jazz fans longed for him to return to his first love. These 1956 studio sessions made up Cole's last jazz-oriented disc, where he played piano and sang on every number, joined by several guest soloists. Cole's vocals are impeccable and swinging, while his piano alternates between providing subdued backgrounds and light solos that don't reveal his true potential on the instrument. Willie Smith's smooth alto sax buoys the singer in the brisk take of "Just You, Just Me." Harry "Sweets" Edison's muted trumpet complements the leader in his interpretation of "Sweet Lorraine." Composer Juan Tizol's valve trombone and former Cole sideman Jack Costanzo's bongos add just the right touch to the brisk take of "Caravan." Stuff Smith's humorous, unusually understated violin is a nice touch in "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." The original version of this release featured a dozen tracks, later expanded to 17 in the '80s with the discovery of some unreleased material, included in both a British LP reissue and the massive 16-CD box set issued by Mosaic. But even those editions lack the alternate take of "You're Looking at Me" included only on this expanded CD reissue that appeared for the first time in 1999. It's hard for any Nat King Cole fan to ignore these important sessions. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
  • Label: Capitol, Capitol Records
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Style: Ballads, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
  • Album Type: Lyrics are included with the album

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  • After Midnight Nat King Cole CD
After Midnight Nat King Cole CD