Nat King Cole - The Billy May Sessions
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Artist: Nat King ColeEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-09-07
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Walkin' My Baby Back Home
- What Does It Take
- Walkin'
- I'm Hurtin'
- Angel Eyes
- Lover Come Back To Me
- Can't I?
- Papa Loves Mambo
- Teach Me Tonight
- Blue Moon
- With You On My Mind
- Don't Try
- Send For Me
- Let's Make More Love
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- The Song Is Ended
- You'll Never Know
- Just For The Fun Of It (Alt. Take)
- Who's Sorry Now
- These Foolish Things
- Once In A While
- Just One Of Those Things
- I Should Care
- The Party's Over
- Just For The Fun Of It
- A Cottage For Sale
- I Understand
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Ebony Rhapsody
- Day In, Day Out
- Too Little, Too Late
- When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Let's Face The Music And Dance
- Something Makes Me Want To Dance
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
- Rules Of The Road
- Warm And Willing
- Bidin' My Time
- Moon Love
Free Music Notes for The Billy May Sessions
Free Music Review: Magic musicianship from Cole and May
Hit: 5 Stars
Nat Cole and bandleader Billy May weren't regular collaborators a la Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle. But when they got together during the 50s, the results were first-class. On this collection, they not only click, but they cook.
Cole proves that he can wrap his warm, near-perfect voice around a song at any tempo. And May's band and arrangements prove a near-perfect complement to Cole's voice, in songs like the mid tempo "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," the moody "Angel Eyes" and the near-frenetic "Just One of Those Things."
Cole and the band really shine in "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street" and Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart" (with Cole soloing on organ). They're both songs that swing, with a groove that is squarely "in the pocket."
You can also hear the evolution in Cole's voice...from the smooth, boyish soulfulness of of "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," to the smoky world-weariness of "Rules of the Road." And the pop/R&B hit "Send For Me" proves that Cole could sparkle even when he dipped his toes into mid-50s rock.
For his part, May, known for sometimes bombastic arrangements, proves adept at knowing when to let the trumpets scream, or the saxes swoon, or just let the band do a slow burn behind Cole.
Flat-out good music...from two absolute pros and a fine band.
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