| Product Summary | | Label: Mapleshade | | UPC: 00735561048320 | | Release Date: 11/18/1997 | | Buy.com Sku: 60039928 | | Item#: M5Q64K | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Makin' Whoopie ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett |  | | 2. Route 66 ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 3. When I Fall In Love ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 4. Straighten Up And Fly Right ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 5. These Foolish Things ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 6. Paper Moon ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 7. Sweet Lorraine ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 8. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 9. Walkin' My Baby Back Home ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | | | 10. Christmas Song ~ King/Hamiet Bluiett | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet); Myrrh (spoken vocals); Rodney Jones (synthesizer, acoustic guitar); Ed Cherry (electric guitar); Keter Betts (bass); Gali Sanchez (percussion). | | Recorded at Mapleshade Studio, Upper Marlboro, Maryland on March 5, 6 & 21, 1996. Includes liner notes by Pierre M. Sprey. | | This thoroughly enjoyable album is baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett's tribute to the music of the Nat King Cole Trio. Using the same spare backing of just guitar and bass as the Cole Trio, Bluiett covers familiar material from the Cole repertoire like "Sweet Lorraine," "Paper Moon," "Straighten Up and Fly Right," and even that Yuletide chestnut "Christmas Song." A rousing and inventive version of "Route 66" is augmented with percussion and improvised comic narration. This is a relaxed, unhurried effort in which the musicians take their time to explore the songs fully. Along with Keter Betts on bass and Rodney Jones and Ed Cherry on guitar, Bluiett captures the warmth and elegant simplicity of these classic Cole tunes. ~ Joel Roberts |
Producer: Hamiet Bluiett |
Engineer: Pierre Sprey |
Musical Guests | | Ed Cherry | | Rodney Jones | | Keter Betts |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/21/1997 | | Original Release Date : 1997 | | Catalog ID : 4832 | | Label : Mapleshade Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 60m : 22s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00735561048320 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | JazzTimes (3/98)
- "...they put a fresh face on [Nat] Cole's piano trio repertoire....[Bluiett] works out on time honored standards and his deep, robust tone, facility and imagination rise to the occasion..." |
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