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- Artist: Nat King Cole
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- Release Date: March 05, 2002
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
This thirteenth volume in the Classics Nat King Cole chronology gathers together all of his Capitol recordings made between March 22 and August 2, 1949. As one of Capitol's star attractions, Cole was now interacting with other musicians from the label's variegated roster of talent. Although the phrase 'King Cole Trio' was still appearing in print, Cole, his guitarist Irving Ashby and bassist Joe Comfort, now joined by bongo and conga drummer Jack Costanzo, were surrounded at times by an orchestra -- loaded with strings -- led by Pete Rugolo. This was actually a direct result of Stan Kenton having disbanded in December 1948. Exhausted and ill, Kenton wouldn't record again with his monster band until February 1950. Rugolo was Kenton's right-hand man and Costanzo was an essential component in the Kenton orchestra's Latin American percussion section. With Kenton in temporary retirement, the A&R directors at Capitol started combining talent, and that's how during the year 1949 the 'King Cole Trio' began to sound like an adjunct of the Stan Kenton orchestra. While the trio/quartet sides maintain a decent level of artistic integrity the larger ensembles, together with sugared group choral backgrounds by Alyce King's Vokettes and The Starlighters (also known by the cutesy name "Four Hits and a Miss") seemed to be announcing the arrival of that golden era of over-sweetened pop vocals, the 1950s. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Laugh! Cool Clown | King Cole Trio | (3:20) | |
| Bob-Kick | Nat King Cole | King Cole Trio | (2:37) |
| For All We Know | J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis | King Cole Trio | (3:01) |
| Land of Love | Eden Ahbez | King Cole Trio | (3:17) |
| Lush Life | Billy Strayhorn | King Cole Trio | (3:17) |
| Lillian | King Cole Trio | (2:45) | |
| 'Tis Autumn | King Cole Trio | (3:09) | |
| Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Walter Donaldson | King Cole Trio | (2:31) |
| I Used to Love You | Lew Brown, Albert Von Tilzer | King Cole Trio | (3:02) |
| Etymology | King Cole Trio | (2:42) | |
| Peaches | Terry Gibbs | King Cole Trio | (2:40) |
| Last But Not Least | Terry Gibbs | King Cole Trio | (2:35) |
| I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming of You | Nat King Cole | King Cole Trio | (2:41) |
| It Was So Good While It Lasted | King Cole Trio | (2:50) | |
| I Get Sentimental over Nothing | Nat King Cole, |
King Cole Trio | (3:08) |
| Who Do You Know in Heaven | King Cole Trio | (2:40) | |
| Your Voice | King Cole Trio | (2:19) | |
| A Little Yellow Ribbon | King Cole Trio | (2:26) | |
| My Mother Told Me | Nat King Cole, |
King Cole Trio | (2:57) |
| Exactly Like You | Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | King Cole Trio | (2:42) |
| All I Want for Christmas | Donald Gardner | King Cole Trio | (2:32) |
| You Can't Lose a Broken Heart | James P. Johnson, |
King Cole Trio | (3:01) |
| Bang Bang Boogie | King Cole Trio | (2:55) |
