With Respect to Nat

With Respect to Nat
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released 1965
Recorded October 28 - November 13, 1965
Genre Vocal jazz, Jazz
Length 33:10
Label Limelight, Verve (reissue)
Producer Jack Tracy
Oscar Peterson chronology

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(1964)		 With Respect to Nat
(1965)		 Blues Etude
(1965)
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With Respect to Nat is a 1965 studio album by Oscar Peterson, recorded in tribute to Nat King Cole, who had died earlier that year. Peterson sings on all tracks except "Easy Listening Blues".

With Respect to Nat is the second album to feature Peterson singing, following Romance: The Vocal Styling Of Oscar Peterson, from 1954. A third, The Personal Touch was released in 1980.

Track listing

  1. "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills) – 2:18
  2. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:29
  3. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:31
  4. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:31
  5. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 2:37
  6. "Little Girl" (Francis Henry, Matt Hyde) – 2:35
  7. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 2:56
  8. "Orange Colored Sky" (Milton DeLugg, William Stein) – 2:12
  9. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 2:25
  10. "Calypso Blues" (Clifford Carmen, Cole, Don George) – 3:34
  11. "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 2:39
  12. "Easy Listening Blues" (Nadine Robinson) – 3:23

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review