The Jazz Collector Edition: Nat King Cole Trio Recordings (1940) more music like this

by Nat King Cole Trio

This five-CD set, despite the lack of definitive liner notes, is highly recommended. The bulk of this package (most of four discs) features the Nat King Cole Trio on radio transcriptions during 1944-1945 and these renditions are easily the equal of their more famous studio recordings. The fifth disc is a hodgepodge that reaches back to 1940 for ...

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Best of the War Years (2001) more music like this

by Nat King Cole

The title Best of the War Years might lead some people to believe that this 2001 release contains some of the most essential recordings that Nat "King" Cole made for Capitol during World War II, but it's actually a collection of V-disc material. In the 1940s, V-discs were jazz and pop records that were made especially for the U.S. Armed Forces -- ...

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Portrait of Nat King Cole [Gallerie] (1999) more music like this

by Nat King Cole

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Cocktail Combos (1997) more music like this

by Various Artists

In some ways, this three-CD set from 1997 was a very unnecessary release. There had already been reissues of the complete output of the Nat King Cole Trio plus all of the Aladdin recordings made by Charles Brown and Floyd Dixon, so all 75 numbers on this generous reissue (25 from Cole, 32 by Brown including three from his days with Johnny Moore's ...

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V-Disc Recordings (1998) more music like this

by Nat King Cole Trio

Cole's breezy, laid-back style with his original trio was tailor-made for the informality of the V-Disc series, and these 17 performances capture him at his conversational best. His version of "Route 66" became a hit with soldiers during World War II, and other takes of "Frim Fram Sauce," "All for You," "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You," and "I Can't ...

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