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Nat King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nat King Cole Trio
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 16416
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 98288
UPC: 077779828821
EAN: 0077779828821
ASIN: B000002V0B
Release Date: February 25, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Jumpin' At Capitol | | • | The Man I Love | | • | Body And Soul | | • | Prelude In C Sharp Major | | • | What Is This Thing Called Love | | • | Easy Listening Blues | | • | Sweet Georgia Brown | | • | This Way Out | | • | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | | • | Honeysuckle Rose | | • | Rhumba Azul | | • | Moonlight In Vermont | | • | How High The Moon | | • | I'll Never Be The Same | | • | These Foolish Things | | • | Laugh! Cool Clown | | • | Bop Kick | | • | Peaches |
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Nat King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics April 1, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The King Cole Trio is better than the Benny Goodman Trio. I didn't think that was possible.
'Yup...It's Nat King Cole... December 11, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This has to be the ultimate double take album;everybody I've played it for
says,"That's Nat King Cole?!I knew he could sing,but..." Well, I'm certainly happy to have tracked this down as proof that the critics aren't always wrong;he really was one of the handful of great pianists,ever.And check out the treatment he gives to Rachmaninoff's
'Prelude In C Sharp Minor' and 'Laugh!Cool Clown'-his take on 'Pagliacci' by Leoncavallo.'However,Cole's drummerless trio came about(the cd booklet isn't entirely sure whether drummer Lee Young-Lester's brother didn't show up for a gig or a club owner suggested it-Cole,along with Oscar Moore on guitar and Johnny Miller on bass,was one very fortunate "accident".
King Cole Trio, Greatest Small Band Ever March 3, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Nat Cole was a great band leader and arranger besides being a great vocalist and pianist. The first eleven selections are outstanding "Jumpin' At Capitol" through "Rhumba Azul." The next four are basically piano solos with accompanment by the guitar and the bass. The last three are average with annoying bongos/congas. But the first eleven with what Will Friedwald termed the greatest edition of the King Cole Trio (Cole, guitarist Oscar Moore and bassist Johnny Miller) overwhelmingly makes this a five-star CD album that the inferior quality of the last seven does not detract from it. In my opinion, Capitol should have included "I Know That You Know," "To A Wild Rose," "Rex Rhumba," "In The Cool Of The Evening," and "Laguna Mood" in lieu of the last seven.
The way Cole, Moore and Miller treated "The Man I Love" by the Gershwin Brothers rates as classical jazz. It is the best rendition of that great work of art that I ever heard. In fact "The Man I Love" with "Body And Soul," by Johnny Green and et al, Rachmaninov's "Prelude In C Sharp Minor" and Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love" constitute the greatest date (January 17, 1944) in recorded history for small group jazz.
Enjoy the music by the King Cole Trio as I have since 1963 when I was a fourteen-year old kid.
G. E. Williams, White Plains, Westchester County, New York
Oscar's Primary Progenitor? August 12, 2002
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
If like me you came to jazz after 1955, chances are you're quite familiar with Nat the pop singing star but know far less about his piano prowess. This is the album that finally set the record straight for me--he was above all a talented, creative jazz pianist whose sensual voice seduced not only the public but Nat as well into listening exclusively to its promises of fame and fortune. Had he not sung a note, he would no doubt have taken his place right alongside Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. In fact, listening to him on this album is so much like hearing Oscar Peterson (who ironically inherited Nat's singing voice as well) that I've had to revise my life-long assumption that Oscar was above all a descendant of Tatum. The Cole lineage seems ever more traceable, especially when you consider that one of Oscar's favorite jazz performances was "Easy Listening Blues," one of 18 tracks on this CD.Twenty-five years ago I had a chance to have a brew or two with Monty Alexander. When I asked him if Oscar was a major influence, he responded: "Yes, but not as much as Nat." Now I finally understand what he was talking about. (Note: No doubt Capitol will replace this 1992 reissue with a remastered version minus the surface noise. Bear in mind, however, that there's always a trade-off: Eliminating "scratchy" sounds also erases high-frequency musical information.)
GREAT ALBUM April 23, 2000
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
After Listening to this Disc You will say what COuldn't Nat King Cole do? Nat&Crew are Unstoppable here.A Must.
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