Tomorrow is the release date for Nat King Cole's album, Re Generations. As we told you before, the project puts some of the world's most pioneering musicians, producers, and DJ's, and their distinct styles, on 13 of Nat King Cole's most known records. Features on the LP include Cee-Lo, The Roots, will.i.am, Cut Chemist, Just Blaze, Nas, Izza Kizza, Stephen and Damian Marley, and TV On The Radio...
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During the past several months, Nat King Cole has virtually been in the studio and on the MIC with some of the most talented Hip-hop, Latin, Reggae and Rock artists and producers of the day. Capitol/EMI and King Cole Partners & Productions (www.natkingcole.com) are proud to announce the March 10, 2009 CD, digital album and vinyl release of an inspired new recording entitled RE:GENERATIONS. List...
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What Do Elvis Presley, Flaming Lips, Jay-Z, Frank Zappa, Korn, Billy Bragg, Joey Ramone, AC/DC and Buddy Holly have in common?They've all had streets named after them!Sometimes it's in their hometown, occasionally it's further afield where they're particularly adored for some altogether more specific reason.I'm trying to compile a comprehensive list of these honours, and was wondering if Mogger...
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Nat Cole is given the posthumous remix treatment—and it works better than you might think.
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Although singer, songwriter, pianist and drummer Mel Torme and Robert Wells composed this song, it’s popularity stems from Nat “King” Cole. In fact, Cole told Torme in early 1946 that he loved the song and wanted to record it with strings as he felt that this was the only way to record and perform this song. Unfortunately Capitol Records, for whom Cole recorded, thought otherwise and let Col
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i just finished watching War Kar-Wai's film "In The Mood For Love":http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118694/. it's a quiet story of repressed desire and love between a man and a woman married to cheating spouses who vow that no matter how much they might feel for each other that they will not do what their spouses have done. the film features an gorgeous and lush score by Mike Galasso as well as t...
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When Victor Young was a member of the first violin section of The Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski's direction, he little dreamed that one day he would be composing and writing music for the movies and for records. "When I Fall in Love" came from Young's pen in 1952 and was first recorded by Doris Day in 1952. Since then, many a vocalist have wrapped their vocal chords around this...
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Absolutely nobody today would ever remember Bobby Troup as anything but a character actor, best know for his portrayal of the doctor on "Emergency." However, Bobby Troup was a singer, pianist and composer during his lifetime with quite a few songs to his repertory. "Route 66" proved to be a big hit in 1944 for not only Bobby Troup but it also signified the beginning of the singing career of Nat...
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When Hoagy Carmichael created "Stardust" in 1928, he had no way of knowing that this simple song of love's regrets and gentle memories of a lost love would become one of the best loved songs in the history ofthe American song book. And one of the loveliest interpretations was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1957 with a marvelously luminous arrangement by Gordon Jenkins. This video expertly catches...
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Bob Haymes was the song writing brother of vocalist Dick Haymes, one of the best remembered of the big band singers of the 1940's. This song has had its advocates over the years including a wonderful instrumental version by Henry Mancini. However, Nat King Cole had a hit with this song in the middle 1950's accompanied by his chief music arranger at Capitol Records Nelson Riddle. "That's All" ex...
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I have long liked this song. Nat King Cole's trio was one of the high-points of American music. He would later scale greater commercial heights, I find his music of this era to be the most honest presentation of his vision. The silky smooth vocals of course, but the music! Ah the music!Tight, cool, & adventurous, like a well aged scotch, their communication sometimes bordered on telepathic. Na...
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