Product Description:
Personnel includes: Nat "King" Cole (vocals, piano); Nelson Riddle, Pete Rugolo, Dave Cavanaugh (arranger); John Collins (guitar); CHarlie Harris (bass); Lee Young (drums).
Recorded live at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 14, 1960.
Includes liner notes by Dick LaPalm.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This rare example of a Nat "King" Cole live recording captures one of the 20th century's greatest singers in fine voice in 1960 at the Sands, the Las Vegas headquarters of the Rat Pack. The band swings expertly through its sophisticated charts courtesy of legendary arrangers like Nelson Riddle and Dave Cavanaugh, and Cole demonstrates his command of a wide range of styles, from ballads like "I Wish You Love" and "Funny (Not Much)," to show tunes like "Thou Swell" and "Surrey With the Fringe on Top." A few bonus tracks are also featured, including a late-'50s studio recording of Duke Ellington's "In a Mellow Tone," and Cole's sniffy take on the then-still new rock & roll craze, "Mr. Cole Won't Rock & Roll."
Entertainment Reviews:
Q - 1/03, p.130
3 stars out of 5 - "...The only known live recording of Nat King Cole, from the Rat Pack's hang out of choice in 1960..."
