After Midnight (Nat King Cole album)
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| Studio album by Nat King Cole | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1956 in Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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After Midnight is a 1957 jazz album by "Nat King Cole and his trio" on Capitol Records. It peaked at #13 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Albums chart.
Release history
Initially, the album was released in a 33rpm LP version as well as in a set of four (7 inch) 45rpm discs. In 1987, five previously unreleased tracks recorded at the same original sessions were added as bonus tracks to the Capitol Records CD re-release titled, The Complete After Midnight Sessions. Some later re-issues, under the title, After Midnight, The Complete Session or simply, After Midnight, also include one or more alternate take(s) with the 17 songs from the original 1956 recording sessions.[2][3] There are also at least three other reissues with 18, 19 and 21 tracks.
Track listing
LP release
LP side A:
- "Just You, Just Me" (Greer, Klages) – 3:00
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Burwell, Parish) – 4:33
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Caesar, Youmans) – 4:11
- "Caravan" (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) – 2:45
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) – 3:06
- "You're Looking at Me" (Troup) – 4:12
LP side B:
- "Lonely One" (Hambro, Heller) – 3:45
- "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (Hadamik, LaVere, Nast) – 3:11
- "I Know That You Know" (Caldwell, Youmans) – 2:28
- "Blame It on My Youth" (Levant, Heyman) – 4:06
- "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Hammerstein, Romberg) – 4:33
- "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (Troup) – 3:41
At least one source seems to indicate the initial release did not contain "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)" and "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"[4][5]
Four 7 inch 45rpm discs release
Disc 1[6]
- A1. "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)"
- B1. "Just You, Just Me"
- B2. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"
Disc 2
- C1. "Lonely One"
- C2. "I Know That You Know"
- D1. "Sweet Lorraine"
Disc 3
- E1. "You're Looking At Me"
- F1. "Caravan"
- F2. "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"
Disc 4
- G1. "It's Only a Paper Moon"
- G2. "Don't Let It Go To Your Head"
- H1. "Blame It On My Youth"
1987 CD release, The Complete After Midnight Sessions
- "Just You, Just Me
- "Sweet Lorraine"
- "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)"
- "Caravan"
- "It's Only a Paper Moon"
- "You're Looking at Me"
- "Lonely One"
- "Don't Let It Go to Your Head"
- "I Know That You Know"
- "Blame It on My Youth"
- "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"
- "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"
Bonus tracks (taken from the same 1956 recording sessions):
- "I Was a Little Too Lonely (And You Were a Little Too Late)" (Evans, Livingston) – 3:02
- "You Can Depend on Me" (Carpenter, Dunlap, Hines) – 3:55
- "What Is There to Say?" (Duke, Harburg) – 3:37
- "Two Loves Have I" (Murray, Scotto, Trivers) – 2:47
- "Candy" (David, Kramer, Whitney) – 3:54
Personnel
- Nat King Cole – piano, vocals
- John Collins – guitar
- Charlie Harris – bass
- Lee Young – drums
- Willie Smith – alto saxophone on "Just You, Just Me," "You're Looking at Me," "Don't Let it Go to Your Head" and "I Was a Little Too Lonely"
- Harry Edison – trumpet on "Sweet Lorraine," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Route 66," "You Can Depend on Me" and "Candy"
- Juan Tizol – trombone on "Caravan," "Lonely One," "Blame It on My Youth" and "What is There to Say"
- Stuff Smith – violin on "Sometimes I'm Happy," "I Know That You Know," "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" and "Two Loves Have I"
- Jack Costanzo – bongos on "Caravan" and "Lonely One"
References
- Capitol Records W-782 (33rpm LP)
- Capitol Records EAP-782 (album of four 7 inch 45rpm discs)
- Capitol Records CDP 7 48328 2 (1987 Compact Disc, The Complete After Midnight Sessions)
- Blue Note 20087 (1999 Compact Disc, After Midnight, the Complete Session)
- Analogue Productions CAPP 782 SA (2010 hybrid mono SACD, After Midnight)
- Analogue Productions AAPP 782–45 (2010 45rpm 12 inch LPs (x3), After Midnight)
External links
- "Nat King Cole: 'After Midnight,' 'Best of the Nat King Cole Trio' (Blue Note & First Choice)", Commentary by A. B. Spellman and Murray Horwitz for NPR's "Basic Jazz Record Library"