Best of (Instrumental / Vocal Classics) [Box set]

Nat King Cole | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B00000DG4D
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,375 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Jumpin' at Capitol

2. The Man I Love

3. Body and Soul

4. Prelude in C Sharp Minor

5. What Is This Thing Called Love?

6. Easy Listening Blues

7. Sweet Georgia Brown

8. This Way Out

9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

10. Honeysuckle Rose

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There at No Particular Time)

2. Naughty Angeline

3. I Miss You So

4. That's What

5. When I Take My Sugar to Tea

6. What'll I Do?

7. This Is My Night to Dream

8. Makin' Whoopee

9. There! I've Said It Again

10. I'll String Along with You

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Of The Capitol Trio!, December 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of (Instrumental / Vocal Classics) (Audio CD)

This 3-CD set is the best tracks from the 18-CD box set: "Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio", which is no longer in print (well worth finding if you can track one down). It's tough to boil 18+ hours worth of material down to only 3 CDs, but they do a good job here! Tracks like "Bop-Kick", "You're The Cream In My Coffee", "No Moon At All", "Ooh Kickaroonie", "Meet Me At No Particular Place", "Dream A Little Dream", plus all the well-known tracks like "Route 66" and "Straighten Up & Fly Right" make this a solid well-rounded package of the best of the trio material! Terrific ensemble playing by everyone, and Oscar Moore plays some great guitar licks too! If you like Nat King Cole, this box is a great addition to any CD collection!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a sound!, July 30, 2001

By 

G. Axelson "Dr. Gary Axelson" (Oakton, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Instrumental / Vocal Classics) (Audio CD)

I bought this set to hear Cole's vocals with the trio from 1942 to 1950 on two of the three CD's. I wasn't disappointed. What I didn't expect was to be absolutely bowled over by the third CD - the purely instrumental tracks. I knew what a terrific jazz pianist Cole was, but was unprepared for the way Oscar Moore's guitar work comes to the forefront in these "instrumental only" cuts. The chemistry between Moore and Cole is musical virtuosity of the very first order. They seem to be in each others heads and souls. Johnny Miller on bass is no slouch and is indispensable. But it's Oscar and Nat's pyrotechnic show. I'd pay the price of this 3-CD set just for the instrumental CD. By the time I got to the vocal CD's, the voice (NKC lover that I am, this is heresy) almost got in the way of listening to the trio.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars unforgetable, March 20, 2000

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Armenio Langa (Mozambique/Maputo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Instrumental / Vocal Classics) (Audio CD)

these song I always hear echoing in my ears, body and soul for they are unforgetable. make one wants to listen to them times and times again, anyplace anytime. Unforgetably top quality.