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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelCharly Records
UPC4017692304220
eBay Product ID (ePID)4050142669
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year1999
GenrePop
Run Time143 Mins 27 Seconds
ArtistNat King Cole
Release TitleTrio Classics
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Additional informationPersonnel: Oscar Moore (guitar). Recording information: 12/06/1940-12/04/1945. Nat King Cole is chiefly remembered as a superb pop singer with over 100 charting hits to his name, but he began his career as a jazz pianist in the waning of the swing era, and his trio dates for Decca, Excelsior, and Capitol Records in the 1940s are small-combo delights. This two-disc, 50-track set, drawn mostly from Capitol, is remarkably consistent, featuring Cole's vibrant and bright piano runs, Oscar Moore's sympathetic guitar work, and Johnny Miller's bass playing (Wesley Prince handles bass on the Decca and Excelsior sides presented here), along with the first of Cole's distinctive, warm-hearted vocals. The result is both pleasant and revelatory for those unfamiliar with Cole's jazzier roots. ~ Steve Leggett