Sonny Rollins, The King Sisters,Nat King Cole Trio, Peggy Lee, Annie Ross, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Ben Webster Septet, etc
Duke Ellington Songbook - mood Indigo [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] Duke Ellington (1899-1974) brought a level of style and sophistication to Jazz that it hadn't seen before. Although he was a gifted piano player, his orchestra was his principal instrument. Like Jelly Roll Morton before him, he considered himself to... |
Hoagy Carmichael Trio, Nat King Cole, Art Tatum, Dinah Shore, Kay Starr, Zoot Sims, etc
Hoagy Carmichael Songbook - Star Dust [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] Carmichael composed several hundred songs, including 50 that achieved hit record status. He is best known for composing four of the most-recorded American songs of all time: "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", and "The Nearness of You" |
Nat King Cole
The Greatest Hits [ Capitol / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] |
Nat King Cole & George Shearing
Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Plays [ Capital / CD - released 17/Nov/1987 ] "Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Plays" finds two of the greatest musicians and entertainers of the time playing together for the first time ever! With a string choir conducted by Ralph Carmichael. |
Nat King Cole & Orchestra, Johnny Hartman & Erroll Garner, Modern jazz Quartet, Helen Forrest & Billy May, Dinah Washington, Four Freshman, etc
Harry Warren Songbook - September in the Rain [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] Over a career spanning six decades, Warren wrote more than 800 songs. Well known Warren hits included, "Lullaby of Broadway", and, "I Only Have Eyes for You". Warren was one of America's most prolific film composers. |
Nat 'King' Cole Trio
After Midnight (LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 14/Jan/2022 ] |
Peggy Lee, Four Freshman, Dinah Shore, Julie London, Nancy Wilson, Keely Smith, NAt King Cole, June Christy, etc
Gershwin: Song Book Collection [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] An outstanding anthology presenting many classic vocalists and instrumentalists doing Gershwin selections. The honor roll includes Peggy Lee, Four Freshman, Dinah Shore, Judy Garland, Louis Prima, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Mel Torme and many others |
Ben Webster Quartet, Jimmy Giuffre ,Nat King Cole Trio, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Gerry Mulligan Orchestra, etc
Harold Arlen Songbook - Over The Rainbow [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] New York-born Harold Arlen (1905-1986) wrote some of the biggest hits from the 1930s and 1940s, including the entire score to the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz" and was without doubt one of the greatest of all the American popular composers and... |
Various Artists incls Noel Coward, Les Paul Trio, Nat King Cole Trio, Ruth Etting, Billy Mayerl & Jessie Matthews:
Elegance: A Musical Journey Through the 30s & 40s [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This album features polished performances from the most elegant artists of the 1930s and 40s, including Noel Coward, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire and a wonderful Cole Porter medley from Hutch. |