Search results for "Nat 'King' Cole"

Nat King Cole: Jumpin' at Capitol (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 09, 08

"Jumpin' at Capitol," along with "I Just Can't See for Lookin'" and "Easy Listening Blues," is one of only three song...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

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Nat King Cole: The Frim Fram Sauce (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

The King Cole Trio offered a mid-1940s alternative to the shrillness of bop and the bombast of big bands; their subdu...

Nat King Cole: Straighten Up and Fly Right (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

"That's the filthiest song I ever heard in my life," declared comedienne Lucille Ball, rejecting this track for one o...

Nat King Cole: Ballerina (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

The first 30 seconds are given over to fanfares (including kettledrums) introducing "Mister Nat King Cole!" Kettledru...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS

Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...

Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

Partridges, as ground-nesting seedeaters, have no business in pear trees, unless they're waiting for said fruit ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Nat King Cole: Route 66 (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

In olden times (pre-Interstates), U.S. Route 66 was the main highway from Chicago to L.A. It was lawful to travel in ...

Nat King Cole & Lester Young: Tea For Two (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

Prez’s Aladdin sessions often sound like they were made in somebody’s garage, but they’re invaluable, documenting his...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Nat King Cole: If I Had You (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

During their 1940s heyday, the King Cole Trio swept up material with the tenacity of a Hoover (the vacuum cleaner, no...

Diana Krall: I'm An Errand Girl for Rhythm (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 24, 08

Fifty years after Nat King Cole's "I'm An Errand Boy for Rhythm" sped to its appointed rounds, Diana Krall's "I'm An ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

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Diana Krall: If I Had You (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 24, 08

Diana Krall lets Benny Green take over the keyboard for this performance, and they send the rest of the rhythm sectio...

Nat King Cole: I Know That You Know (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 27, 09

Although Cole was an influential jazz pianist, it was his vocals that ensured his popularity, and around 1950 he beca...

King Cole Trio: One O'Clock Jump (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 05, 09

Nat King Cole must have been quite a Basie fan. The King Cole Trio had quite a few Basie tunes in its repertoire, an...

Jazz at the Philharmonic: Blues (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

"Blues," composed by legendary linotypist Etaoin Shrdlu for the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert, exposes every...

Lester Young: I've Found a New Baby (1946) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

Lester Young, by Herb Snitzer During World War II, Lester Young felt a draft. Facing induction or imprisonment...

Lester Young: I Want To Be Happy (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

Many critics and writers still insist that Lester Young’s artistry was in decline when he was dishonorably discharged...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Lester Young: I Cover the Waterfront (1946, take two) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Musically, Lester Young was Coleman Hawkins in a funhouse mirror. The stolid muscleman, taking a break from harmonic ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

Dexter Gordon: I've Found A New Baby (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

“I’ve Found a New Baby” is the first track listed on the first Dexter Gordon-led recording session in late 1943. Sit...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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The Strange Case of Nat King Cole posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 02, 09

It is simply not true that Alan Kurtz listens to recordings just to count the mistakes. But we can't deny that he i...

Cole, Nat 'King' (Nathaniel Adam Coles) posted in Encyclopedia May 22, 08

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Jerry Costanzo with Andy Farber & His Swing Mavens: Straighten Up and Fly Right (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

I sort of feel sorry for male crooners who are not living in the right time. The first singer who comes to mind is Ja...

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