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Released
  
1965

With Respect to Nat (1965)
  
Blues Etude (1965)

Release date
  
1965

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
33:10

Artist
  
Oscar Peterson

Producer
  
Jack Tracy

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

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Recorded
  
October 28 - November 13, 1965

Similar
  
Oscar Peterson albums, Jazz albums

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With Respect to Nat is a 1965 studio album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, recorded in tribute to Nat King Cole, who had died earlier that year. Peterson sings on all tracks except "Easy Listening Blues".

Contents

With Respect to Nat is the second album to feature Peterson singing, following Romance: The Vocal Styling Of Oscar Peterson, from 1954. A third, The Personal Touch was released in 1980.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote "Peterson, who rarely ever sang, is very effective on the well-rounded program, whether being backed by a big band (arranged by Manny Albam) on half of the selections or re-creating both the spirit of the Nat King Cole Trio and his own group of the late '50s during a reunion with guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist Ray Brown."

Track listing

  1. "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills) – 2:18
  2. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:29
  3. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:31
  4. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:31
  5. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 2:37
  6. "Little Girl" (Francis Henry, Matt Hyde) – 2:35
  7. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 2:56
  8. "Orange Colored Sky" (Milton DeLugg, William Stein) – 2:12
  9. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 2:25
  10. "Calypso Blues" (Clifford Carmen, Cole, Don George) – 3:34
  11. "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 2:39
  12. "Easy Listening Blues" (Nadine Robinson) – 3:23

Personnel

  • Oscar Peterson - piano, vocals
  • Hank Jones - piano
  • Ray Brown - double bass
  • Richard Davis
  • Herb Ellis - guitar
  • Barry Galbraith
  • Mel Lewis - drums
  • Wayne Andre - trombone
  • Jimmy Cleveland
  • J. J. Johnson
  • Tony Studd - bass trombone
  • Seldon Powell - alto flute, tenor flute
  • Jerome Richardson - bass flute, tenor flute
  • John Frosk - trumpet
  • Joe Newman
  • Ernie Royal - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Danny Stiles
  • Phil Woods - alto saxophone
  • Manny Albam - arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1When My Sugar Walks Down the Street2:20
    2It's Only a Paper Moon2:31
    3Walkin' My Baby Back Home2:33

    References

    With Respect to Nat Wikipedia
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