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After midnight / Nat King Cole and his Trio.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 7243 5 20087 2 8 | Capitol JazzPublication details: Hollywood, Calif : Capitol Jazz, ℗1999.Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Other title:
  • Container subtitle: Complete session
Contained works:
  • Greer, Jesse, 1896-1970. Marianne. Just you, just me
  • Burwell, Cliff, 1898-1976. Sweet Lorraine
  • Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946. Hit the deck. Sometimes I'm happy
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Caravan
  • Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986. It's only a paper moon
  • Troup, Bobby, 1918-1999. You're looking at me
  • Hambro, Leonid. Lonely one
  • LaVere, Frank, 1917-1976. Don't let it go to your head
  • Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946. Oh, please. I know that you know
  • Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972. Blame it on my youth
  • Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Night is young. When I grow too old to dream
  • Troup, Bobby, 1918-1999. Route 66
  • Livingston, Jay, 1915-2001. I was a little too lonely
  • Carpenter, Charles E., 1912-1978. You can depend on me
  • Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Ziegfeld follies of 1933. What is there to say
  • Scotto, Vincent, 1876-1952. Two loves have I
  • David, Mack, 1912-1993. Candy
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Just you, just me (3:00) -- Sweet Lorraine (4:34) -- Sometimes I'm happy (4:08) -- Caravan (2:44) -- It's only a paper moon (3:05) -- You're looking at me (4:13) -- The lonely one (3:46) -- Don't let it go to your head (3:10) -- I know that you know (2:28) -- Blame it on my youth (4:09) -- When I grow too old to dream (3:32) -- (Get your kicks on) Route 66 (3:40) -- I was a little too lonely (And you were a little too late) (2:59) -- You can depend on me (3:52) -- What is there to say (3:34) -- Two loves have I (2:44) -- Candy (3:52) -- You're looking at me (alt take) (4:12).
Production credits:
  • Originally produced by Lee Gillette; reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna.
Nat King Cole, piano, vocals ; John Collins, guitar ; Charlie Harris, Lee Young, drums ; Jack Costanzo, congas, bongos ; guest artists: Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet ; Willie Smith, alto saxophone ; Juan Tizol, valve trombone ; Stuff Smith, violin.Summary: After Midnight: The Complete Sessions was a redemption album for the famous jazz-vocalist, Nat King Cole. He dabbled in pop for a little bit but returned to his roots for this '56 recording. Features 18 tracks and includes Sweet Lorraine and Route 66.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD JAZZ Cole, Nat King Available 33111009527611
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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." It's hard for any Nat King Cole fan to ignore these important sessions. [The original version of this release featured a dozen tracks, later expanded to 17 in the '80s with the discovery of some unreleased material. Yet another track, the alternate take of "You're Looking at Me," was also found and added to reissues beginning in the late '90s.] ~ Ken Dryden

Title from container.

Nat King Cole, piano, vocals ; John Collins, guitar ; Charlie Harris, Lee Young, drums ; Jack Costanzo, congas, bongos ; guest artists: Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet ; Willie Smith, alto saxophone ; Juan Tizol, valve trombone ; Stuff Smith, violin.

Originally produced by Lee Gillette; reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna.

Recorded Aug. and Sept., 1956, at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles.

Compact disc.

Liner notes by Michael Cuscuna with original liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason.

Just you, just me (3:00) -- Sweet Lorraine (4:34) -- Sometimes I'm happy (4:08) -- Caravan (2:44) -- It's only a paper moon (3:05) -- You're looking at me (4:13) -- The lonely one (3:46) -- Don't let it go to your head (3:10) -- I know that you know (2:28) -- Blame it on my youth (4:09) -- When I grow too old to dream (3:32) -- (Get your kicks on) Route 66 (3:40) -- I was a little too lonely (And you were a little too late) (2:59) -- You can depend on me (3:52) -- What is there to say (3:34) -- Two loves have I (2:44) -- Candy (3:52) -- You're looking at me (alt take) (4:12).

After Midnight: The Complete Sessions was a redemption album for the famous jazz-vocalist, Nat King Cole. He dabbled in pop for a little bit but returned to his roots for this '56 recording. Features 18 tracks and includes Sweet Lorraine and Route 66.

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