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"Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick
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Of those the one I like the most and listen to most often is the "Complete After Midnight Sessions." Excellent stuff. It's more "modern" and more stripped down production wise compared to the others. I really enjoy the featured soloists: violinist Stuff Smith, trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, trombonist Juan Tizol, and alto saxophonist Willie Smith. And the drummer is exceptional, Lee Young, Lester Young's brother. That family (mom and dad and almost all siblings were musicians) had real beautiful music inside them.
The "Nat King Cole Story" is a pretty good collection. It's stereo remakes of his forties and fifties hit material. I actually prefer the original mono versions of these for the most part, but I love Nat and he's always worth hearing.
"Love is the Thing" was one of his first and maybe his biggest lp hits. It's a fully orchestrated "Nat the Singer" date. I confess his singing is always moving, but I reach more often for sessions where he was at the piano. I actually fell for Nat the pianist before I fell for Nat the singer, and I actually like his singing while swinging with his trio the best. Though there are some orchestral performances that are outstanding. For example his "Stardust" always makes me well up with a tear. . . when he sings "But. . that was long ago" . . . wow.
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