Nat King Cole - The Billy May Sessions FLAC

Nat King Cole Capitol Jazz Space Age Big Band Swing 1993

Genre:	Jazz
Performer:	Nat King Cole
Title:	The Billy May Sessions
Style:	Space-Age, Big Band, Swing
Date of release:	1993
Label:	Capitol Jazz
Catalog Number:	CDP 0777 7 89545 2 1, CDP 0777 7 89546 2 0, CDP 0777 7 89547 2 9
Country:	US
FLAC album size:	1418 mb
MP3 album size:	1969 mb

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Tracklist

1	Papa Loves Mambo Written-By – Al Hoffman, Bickley Reichner, Dick Manning	2:39
2	Walkin' Written-By – Lindsay Steele, Mary Lou Williams	2:49
3	Lover Come Back To Me Lyrics By – Oscar Hammerstein IIMusic By – Sigmund Romberg	2:30
4	With You On My Mind Written-By – Charlotte Hawkins, Nat King Cole	2:37
5	The Party's Over Lyrics By – Adolph Green, Betty ComdenMusic By – Jule Styne	2:43
6	Don't Try Written-By – Mayme & Robert	2:22
7	Just One Of Those Things Written-By – Cole Porter	2:14
8	Don't Get Around Much Anymore Lyrics By – Bob RussellMusic By – Duke Ellington	3:11
9	Just For The Fun Of It (Alt. Take) Written-By – Arlene Jackson, Lillian Bret Harte	2:35
10	Just For The Fun Of It Written-By – Arlene Jackson, Lillian Bret Harte	2:36
11	When Your Lover Has Gone Written-By – Einar Aaron Swan	2:30
12	Teach Me Tonight Lyrics By – Sammy CahnMusic By – Gene DePaul	3:11
13	Bidin' My Time Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin	2:27
14	Can't I? Written-By – Leroy Lovett	3:15
15	Ebony Rhapsody Lyrics By – Sam CoslowMusic By – Arthur Johnston	3:04
16	Once In A While Lyrics By – Bud GreenMusic By – Michael Edwards	2:47
17	Rules Of The Road Lyrics By – Carolyn LeighMusic By – Cy Coleman	2:44
18	Let's Face The Music And Dance Written-By – Irving Mills	2:25
19	I'm Hurtin' Written-By – Skeets McDonald	2:49
20	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter Lyrics By – Joe Young Written-By – Fred E. Ahlert	2:35
21	I Should Care Written-By – Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston , Sammy Cahn	2:47
22	Day In, Day Out Lyrics By – Johnny MercerMusic By – Rube Bloom	2:25
23	The Song Is Ended Written-By – Irving Berlin	2:46
24	Walkin' My Baby Back Home Lyrics By – Roy TurkMusic By – Fred E. Ahlert	2:39
25	Who's Sorry Now Lyrics By – Harry RubyMusic By – Bert Kalmar, Ted Snyder	2:57
26	You'll Never Know Lyrics By – Mark Gordon Music By – Harry Warren	2:43
27	Blue Moon Written-By – Rodgers & Hart	2:13
28	Too Little, Too Late Written-By – Arthur Kent, Jerry Grant	2:59
29	When My Sugar Walks Down The Street Written-By – Irving Mills, Jimmy McHugh	2:08
30	Angel Eyes Lyrics By – Earl K. BrentMusic By – Matt Dennis	3:15
31	What Does It Take Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke	2:47
32	Cold, Cold Heart Written-By – Hank Williams	3:45
33	I Understand Lyrics By – Kim GannonMusic By – Mabel Wayne	2:24
34	Send For Me Written-By – Ollie Jones	2:39
35	Something Makes Me Want To Dance Written-By – Colin Romoff, Danny Meehan	2:08
36	Moon Love Lyrics By – Mack DavidMusic By – André Kostelanetz	2:09
37	Let's Make More Love	2:55
38	These Foolish Things Lyrics By – Eric MaschwitzMusic By – Harry Link, Jack Strachey	3:47
39	Warm And Willing Written-By – Jerry Livingston, Jimmy McHugh, Ray Evans	3:01
40	A Cottage For Sale Lyrics By – Larry ConleyMusic By – Willard Robison	2:57

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDP 0777 7 89545 2 1, CDP 0777 7 89546 2 0, CDP 07	Nat King Cole	The Billy May Sessions ‎(2xCD, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Jazz, Capitol Jazz, Capitol Jazz	CDP 0777 7 89545 2 1, CDP 0777 7 89546 2 0, CDP 07	Netherlands	1993

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Gene Cipriani (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Harry Klee (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-19), Skeets Herfurt (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9), Willie Schwartz (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-8 to 2-15), Willie Smith (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-7)
Art Direction – Patrick Roques
Backing Vocals – Herman McCoy's "McCoy's Boys" (tracks: 1-10 to 1-14)
Baritone Saxophone – Chuck Gentry (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 2-8 to 2-19), Fred Falensby (tracks: 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-7), Jack Agee (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7)
Bass – Charlie Harris (tracks: 1-10 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-19), Joe Mondragon (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Phil Stephens (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Ralph Pena (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7)
Bass Trombone – Francis Howard (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), George Roberts (tracks: 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-4)
Cello – Cy Bernard (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), David Pratt (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Eleanor Slatkin (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Hyman Gold (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Joseph DiTullio (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), William Vanden Burg (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19)
Clarinet, Saxophone – Robert Dawes (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Charles Deremo (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7)
Conductor, Arranged By – Billy May
Design – Julie Belcher
Drums – Alvin Stoller (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), John Markham (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Lee Young (tracks: 1-8 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-19)
Guitar – Al Hendrickson (tracks: 1-8 to 1-14), Barney Kessel (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), John Collins (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7, 1-10 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-19)
Harp – Ann Mason Stockton (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Helen Bliss Hutchinson (tracks: 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-7), Kathryn Julye (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Verlye Mills (tracks: 2-8 to 2-15)
Organ – Nat Cole (tracks: 2-10 to 2-13, 2-19)
Percussion – Alvin Stoller (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Carlos Vidal (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Frank Flynn (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7), Jack Costanzo (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Lou Singer (tracks: 1-15 to 1-21), Stevan Dweek (tracks: 1-8, 1-9)
Percussion, Vibraphone – Emil Richards (tracks: 2-8 to 2-19)
Photography By – Capitol Photo Archives
Piano – Bill Miller (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Cliff Fishback (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Jimmy Rowles (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-15), Paul Smith (tracks: 1-10 to 1-14)
Producer [Original Sessions] – Lee Gillette
Reissue Producer [Produced For Release By] – Michael Cuscuna
Research, Concept By [Conception] – Will Friedwald
Tape Op [Transfers], Mixed By [Digital Remix] – Larry Walsh
Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Collette (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-19), Fred Falensby (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9), Jules Jacob (tracks: 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-7), Plas Johnson (tracks: 1-10 to 1-14, 2-8 to 2-19), Richard Clay (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Ted Nash (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 1-15 to 1-18, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-16 to 2-19)
Trombone – William Schaeffer (tracks: 2-1 to 2-19), Dick Nash (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Ed Kusby (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-19), James Priddy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Karl De Karske (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Lloyd Ulyate (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 2-8 to 2-15), Milt Bernhart (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15), Murray McEachern (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-11), Robert Reisiger (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Si Zentner (tracks: 1-5 to 1-9, 1-15 to 1-21), Tommy Pederson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 2-16 to 2-19), Tom Shepard (tracks: 2-8 to 2-19)
Trumpet – Andre Peele (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Conrad Gozzo (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-5 to 2-19), Frank Beach (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Harry "Sweet" Edison (tracks: 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-7), Jack Laubach (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), John Best (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 2-8 to 2-19), Leonard Mach (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4), Mannie Klein (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-5 to 2-7), Pete Candoli (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4), Ray Linn (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Reunald Jones (tracks: 2-8 to 2-19), Robert Mckinzie (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Tony Facciuto (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Uan Rasey (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-15 to 1-21, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-15), Vito Mangano (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 2-16 to 2-19)
Tuba – Red Callender (tracks: 1-15 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-19)
Vibraphone – Frank Flynn (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7)
Viola – Allan Harshman (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Alvin Dinkin (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Alvin Dinkin (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Gareth Nuttycombe (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Stanley Harris (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Virginia Majewski (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19)
Violin – Alex Beller (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Ambrose Russo (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15), David Frisina (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Emanuel Moss (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Emil Briano (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15), Eudice Shapiro (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Felix Slatkin (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Gerald Vinci (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Irving Klase (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15), Isadore Roman (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19), Israel Baker (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15), Jacques Gasselin (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Joseph Livoti (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Marshall Sosson (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Mischa Russell (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Paul Shure (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Rickey Marino (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19), Victor Arno (tracks: 2-16 to 2-19), Victor Bay (tracks: 1-8, 1-9)

Notes

A compilation pulling together 10 years' worth of Cole's and May's collaborative recordings.

The first 14 tracks are mono, the rest are stereo. Disc 1 tracks 15, 16, 19 to 21 and Disc Two tracks 1 to 7 originally released as the album Nat "King" Cole - Just One Of Those Things in 1957. Disc Two tracks 8 to 19 originally released as the album Nat King Cole - Let's Face The Music in 1964. Disc 1 tracks 10, 12, 14, 17, and 18 are previously unissued. The rest of the tracks appeared on various singles. Notably missing from this collection are the two tracks May arranged for Nat King Cole and Dean Martin.

In addition to main catalog number, each disc has its own individual number listed below.

©(P)1993 Capitol Records, Inc.
Barcode: 0777-7-89545-2-1
Disc 1 Matrix: 89546 / 3-1-5
Disc 1 Catalog Number: CDP 0777 7 89546 2 0
IFPI L043 (etched in matrix)
IFPI 1635 (embossed in plastic)
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Disc 2 Matrix: 077778954729 / 1-1-2
Disc 2 Catalog Number: CDP 0777 7 89547 2 9
IFPI L043 (etched in matrix)
IFPI 1635 (embossed in plastic)

1-1 to 1-4: recorded September 4, 1941
1-5 to 1-7: recorded January 14, 1953
1-8 to 1-9: recorded October 18, 1954
1-10 to 1-14 recorded May 14, 1957
1-15 to 1-18 recorded July 10, 1957
1-19 to 1-21 recorded July 19, 1957
2-1 to 2-4 recorded July 31, 1957
2-5 to 2-7 recorded August 7, 1957
2-8 to 2-11 recorded November 20, 1961
2-12 to 2-15 recorded November 21, 1961
2-16 to 2-19 recorded November 22, 1961