Mercury Records Collection: Limelight LS-86029: With Respect To Nat

LS-86029: With Respect To Nat / Oscar Peterson

Label Type :	darkgreen Limelight promotional
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	LS86029-A- M1 RR RI
	SIDE-B	LS86029-B- M3 RR I A

Comments

Equivalent release: Limelight LM-82029 (mono).

original gatefold cover with original booklet.

promotional copy.

Later reissued as Limelight LM-82035 (mono) / LS-86035 (stereo).

Inside The Groove

Oscar Peterson's tribute to the late Nat King Cole.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This album was one of the very first tribute LPs dedicated to Nat “King” Cole, who passed away in early 1965 by lung cancer.

For young Oscar Peterson, Nat Cole was his idol - and interestingly when Oscar Peterson sings accompanied with his own piano, the sound resembles much with Nat King Cole. It is a well-known episode that Oscar Peterson didn't want to sing in his early era, because he sounded so much like Nat Cole, and he didn't get compared with Nat's voice.

It doesn't matter whether Oscar Peterson's singing heard here is better (or worse) than Nat King Cole or not. It's just a solemn tribute to his greatest idol Nat King Cole.

5 out of 12 tracks, Oscar Peterson's vocal is accompanied by large section featuring famous jazz musicians. Gorgeous sounds. The other 7 tracks features Oscar Peterson with guitar and bass, which reminds us of original Nat Cole Trio in the 1940s.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	2-37145	When My Sugar Walks Down The Street (G. Austin - J. McHugh - I. Mills)	2:18
A-2	2-35911	It's Only A Paper Moon(Arlen - Rose - Harburg)	2:28
A-3	2-37144	Walkin' My Baby Back Home (R. Turk - F. Ahlert)	2:30
A-4	2-35912	Sweet Lorraine (M. Parish - C. Burwell)	2:30
A-5	2-37146	Unforgettable (I. Gordon)	2:35
A-6	2-35913	Little Girl (M. Hyde - F. Henry)	2:33
SIDE-B
B-1	2-35909	Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (D. Redman - A. Razaf)	2:55
B-2	2-37143	Orange Colored Sky (Delugg - Stein)	2:10
B-3	2-35910	Straighten Up And Fly Right (N. “King” Cole - I. Mills)	2:25
B-4	2-37147	Calypso Blues (D. George - N. “King” Cole)	3:35
B-5	2-35908	What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry (W. Donaldson - A. Lyman)	2:37
B-6	2-35914	Easy Listening Blues (N. Robinson)	3:21

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-2, A-4, A-6, B-1, B-3, B-5:
Oscar Peterson (p, vo), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b).
Recorded at Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA on October 28, 1965.

B-6:
same personnel/date/place as A-2, except Oscar Peterson (p).

A-1, A-3, A-5, B-2, B-4:
Joe Newman (tp), Danny Stiles (tp), John Frosk (tp), Ernie Royal (tp),
Jimmy Cleveland (tb), J.J. Johnson (tb), Wayne Andre (tb), Tony Studd (b-tb),
Phil Woods (as), Jerome Richardson (fl, as, ts), Seldon Powell (fl, ts), Jerry Dodgion (fl, ss, as), Marvin Holliday (bs),
Hank Jones (p), Oscar Peterson (p, vo), Barry Galbraith (g), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (ds),
Manny Albam (arr).
Recorded in New York City on November 13, 1965.

Produced by Jack Tracy.