After Midnight (Nat King Cole album)
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| After Midnight | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1956 | |||
| Studio | Capitol, Hollywood[1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Nat King Cole chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
After Midnight is a 1957 jazz album by "Nat King Cole and his trio" on Capitol Records. It peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Albums chart. The Penguin Guide to Jazz listed the album as part of its suggested "core collection".[3]
Initially, the album was released in a 33 rpm LP version as well as in a set of four (7-inch) 45 rpm 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.[4] 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, Raymond 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, Roberta Heller) – 3:45
- "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (Henry Hadamik, Frank LaVere, Bob Nast) – 3:11
- "I Know That You Know" (Youmans, Caldwell) – 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
A later reissue of the album did not contain "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)" and "When I Grow Too Old to Dream".
Four 7-inch 45rpm discs release
Disc 1
- 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" (Scotto, Barry Trivers, Jack Murray) – 2:47
- "Candy" (Kramer, David, 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"