NAT KING COLE
NAT KING COLE / GEORGE SHEARING - QUINTET AND STRING CHOIR VG/EX 1986
NAT KING COLE / GEORGE SHEARING - QUINTET AND STRING CHOIR VG/EX 1986
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This release presents the complete original LP "Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays" (Capitol SW1675), which marks the only recorded collaboration ever between Cole and Shearing. By the time the LP was recorded, Cole was already recognized by the general public as more of a singer and entertainer than a jazz pianist. Only a few rare exceptions, such as the 1956 small group album After Midnight, feature Cole as a pianist (despite his superb skill on the instrument). For the remainder of his successful career – which ended with his sudden death in 1965 due to lung cancer – he continued singing more and more, and playing less and less.
PERSONNEL:
NAT “KING” COLE, vocals
GEORGE SHEARING, piano
EMIL RICHARDS, vibes
AL HENDRICKSON, guitar
AL McKIBBON, bass
SHELLY MANNE, drums
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