L-O-V-E (album)

L-O-V-E
Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	1965
Recorded	June 3, December 1–3, 1964 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	29:40
Label	Capitol
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore (1964) L-O-V-E (1965)

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L-O-V-E is a 1965 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Ralph Carmichael.^[2]

Track listing

1. "L-O-V-E" (Milt Gabler, Bert Kampfert) – 2:52
2. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) – 2:56
3. "Three Little Words" (Harry Ruby, Burt Kalmar) – 2:16
4. "There's Love" (George David Weiss, Joe Sherman) – 3:10
5. "My Kind of Girl" (Leslie Bricusse) – 3:11
6. "Thanks to You" (Bob Marcus) – 3:24
7. "Your Love" (Ralph Carmichael, Wayne Dunstan) – 2:14
8. "More (Theme From Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 2:09
9. "Coquette" (Johnny Green, Gus Kahn, Carmen Lombardo) – 2:55
10. "How I'd Love to Love You" (Joe Bailey) – 2:19
11. "Swiss Retreat" (Jerry Tobias, Milt Rogers) – 2:14

Recording sessions

• "L-O-V-E" was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood on June 3, 1964 (session number AA-19/11848), from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM; the vocals were overdubbed in Las Vegas on August 18, 1964 (session number AA-52).
• "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Three Little Words" were recorded at Coast Recorders in San Francisco on December 3, 1964 (session number AA-24/12167), from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
• "There's Love", "My Kind Of Girl", "Thanks To You", "Your Love", "More" and "Swiss Retreat" were recorded at Coast Recorders in San Francisco on December 2, 1964 (session number AA-23/12166), from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
• "Coquette" and "How I'd Love to Love You" were recorded at Coast Recorders in San Francisco on December 1, 1964 (session number AA-22/12165), from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

Personnel

Performance

• Nat King Cole – vocal
• Ralph Carmichael – arranger, conductor
• Trumpets: Bobby Bryant, Don Fagerquist, Uan Rasey, Shorty Sherock, Tony Terran, Renauld Jones, Larry McGuire, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari
• Trombones: Kent Larson, Murray McEachern, George Roberts, Tommy Shepard, Robert Knight, Fred Mergy, Wilbur Sudmeier, Bob Fitzpatrick, Ernie Tack
• Saxophones and other reeds: Buddy Collette, Paul Horn, Jack Nimitz, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Wayne Dunstan, Charlie Kennedy, Dan Patiris, Modesto Brieno, Jr.
• Violins: Victor Arno, Emil Briano, Harold Dicterow, Dave Frisina, Alex Murray, Erno Neufeld, Stanley Plummer, Jerome Reisler, Isadore Roman, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky, Sheryl Coltrane, Jimmy Getzoff, Leo Kailin, Lou Klass, Alexander Koltun, Robert Konrad, Mischa Myers
• Violas: Joe DiFiore, Ray Menhennick, Gary Nuttycombe, Robert Ostrowsky, Stanley Harris, Harry Hyams, Rocco Curcio
• Violincelli: Margaret Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Emmet Sergeant, William VandenBerg, Paul Bergstrom, Anne Goodman
• Pianos: Paul T. Smith, Ken Hildebrand, Jimmy Rowles
• Guitars: Bob Bain, John Collins, Eddie Duran, Paul Milier, Juvenal Amaral
• Basses: Joe Comfort, George Butterfield
• Drums: Leon Petties

References

External links

• L-O-V-E at AllMusic