Release Date: 26 May 2017
Label: Dot Time Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 725095024327
Genres: Jazz Vocal Jazz
Description
To discover an unreleased concert is a priceless gift. All the more so, as the recording of this 1950 performance given at the Kongresshaus in Zurich were so well recorded.
In 1950 Nat King Cole presented a brilliant trio, using the formula tried and approved by him consisting of guitar, piano and double bass. It is the impeccable Irving Ashby and Joe Comfort who share the stage with him, along with a recent discovery, percussionist Jack Costanzo, aka Mr. Bongo.
The three musicians plus one are thick as thieves on the Zurich stage, alternating between standards and the trio's hits with a verve and a good humour which are pure pleasure to listen to. Nat isn't too concerned about delivering perfection, and let's himself go here and there with little "slips" and nicely risky flights, ideas owing in uninterrupted improvisation, giving these interpretations a unique flavour and freshness.
Tracklisting
Richard Galliano New York Tango Trio
Mark Murphy
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Sheila Jordan
Marc Copland
LouisArmstrong All Stars
Klaus Koenig Seven Things
Gero Hensel Ensemble
Jazzchor Freiburg
Mina Agossi
Billie Holiday
Boz Scaggs
Alexis Cole
Christy Baron
Brigitte Beraha
Ineza
