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The King Cole Trio (album)

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Released
  
1944–49

Length
  
89:57

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Capitol

Recorded
  
Volume 1: December 15th 1943, January 17th 1944, March 6th 1944, Volume 2: 1943–1946, Volume 3: July 2nd, August 6th–8th 1947, November 6th, 24th 1947, Volume 4: 1949

The King Cole Trio (1944)
  
Nat King Cole At The Piano (1950)

The King Cole Trio is a series of albums by jazz pianist Nat King Cole's King Cole Trio released by the Capitol Records label. These were Cole's debut recordings.

Contents

Originally recorded and released in sets of 78 r.p.m. records between 1943–49, they were reissued in 1950 on 10-inch LPs.

Track listing

The King Cole Trio
  1. "Sweet Lorraine" (Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell) – 3:10
  2. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:20
  3. "The Man I Love" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:21
  4. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 3:21
  5. "Prelude In 'C' Sharp Minor" (Sergey Rachmaninov) – 2:57
  6. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 2:58
  7. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:56
  8. "Easy Listening Blues" (Nadine Robinson) – 3:11
King Cole Trio, Vol. 2
  1. "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 2:58
  2. "This Way Out" (Nat "King" Cole) – 2:32
  3. "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:47
  4. "I Know That You Know" – 2:23
  5. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:58
  6. "To A Wild Rose" – 3:14
  7. "Look What You've Done To Me" – 3:03
  8. "I'm Thru With Love" (Gus Kahn, Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck) – 2:54
King Cole Trio, Volume 3
  1. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:32
  2. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) – 2:34
  3. "This Is My Night To Dream" – 2:23
  4. "Rhumba Azul" – 2:34
  5. "I'll String Along with You" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 3:13
  6. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 2:39
  7. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 3:03
  8. "I've Got A Way With Women" (Roy Alfred, Abner Silver, Fred Wise) – 2:46
King Cole Trio, Volume 4
  1. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" (Donaldson, Kahn) – 2:31
  2. "For All We Know" (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots) – 3:04
  3. "Bop-Kick" (Cole) – 2:37
  4. "Laugh! Cool Clown" (Ruggero Leoncavallo) – 3:21
  5. "Little Girl" (Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry) – 2:26
  6. "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) – 3:08
  7. "I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now)" – 3:01
  8. "If I Had You" – 3:03

Personnel

Volumes 1, 2, 3
  • Nat King Cole – piano, vocals, arranger
  • Oscar Moore – guitar
  • Johnny Miller – double bass
    • Volume 4
  • Nat King Cole – piano, vocals, arranger
  • Irving Ashby – guitar
  • Joe Comfort – double bass
  • Jack Costanzo – bongos

    • References

    The King Cole Trio (album) Wikipedia
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