Calypso Blues: The Music of Nat King Cole

by Monty Alexander

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1.	Calypso Blues Part 1 03:13	info	buy track
2.	Ramblin' Rose 04:55	info	buy track
3.	To the Ends of the Earth 05:17	info	buy track
4.	Again 04:56	info	buy track
5.	Send For Me 03:57	info	buy track
6.	Almost Like Being In Love 05:25	info	buy track
7.	Hajji Baba 04:51	info	buy track
8.	Too Young/Faith Can Move Mountains 03:26	info	buy track
9.	Never Let Me Go 07:45	info	buy track
10.	Can't See For Looking 03:40	info	buy track
11.	Fascination 02:48	info	buy track
12.	Sweet Georgia Brown 02:38	info	buy track
13.	Calypso Blues Part 2 03:12	info	buy track

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Monty Alexander follows up his tribute to Tony Bennett with an homage to another classic jazz singer, Nat King Cole. Also recorded in New York City at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with the same trio of Chicagoans Lorin Cohen on bass and drummer George Fludas, the veteran pianist seems more in his element with this artist's repertoire, one that sharply defined his own sound and thinking about popular jazz. Though all of the tunes selected are not so closely linked to Cole's hit parade songbook, the way Alexander plays them with subtlety and depth does reflect what made Cole the king in the late '50s and early '60s. With the immaculate sound and performance by this fine trio--not to mention that they don't play Cole's songbook by rote or by the numbers--it's hard to fault the effort, heart, and soul behind a concept album that should delight many jazz listeners.

credits

released March 3, 2009

Produced by David Chesky
Recorded by Nicholas Prout,
Assitant Engineer Rick Eckerle
Edited and mastered by Nicholas Prout
Recorded at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in New York, NY.

Recorded with a Soundfield B-Format Microphone, with custom George Kaye Mic Preamps

Session Assistants Adam Minkoff, Luigi Giugliano
Production Assistant Lisa Hershfield
Liner Notes Ira Gitler

Monty Alexander - Piano, melodica
Lorin Cohen - Bass
George Fludas - Drums

Lorin Cohen - Bass
George Fludas - Drums