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Tracks 1-14 are mono. All others have been digitally remixed from the original 3-track stereo masters.
THE BILLY MAY SESSIONS features 40 tracks (5 previously unreleased) Nat King Cole recorded with arranger Billy May between 1951 and 1961. This 2-disc collection includes a 14-page booklet with historic session photographs, complete personnel listings, a discography and an essay by Will Friedwald.
This two-CD set features a variety of tracks that Nat "King" Cole recorded with the arranger and bandleader Billy May throughout the 1950s and early '60s. Cole had been partnered with May by Cole's manager in 1951, after a previous successful pairing with the Stan Kenton's orchestra foundered. The two artists bring out the best in each other, with Cole's jazz grounding finding an echo in May's dynamic arrangements, and May's sentimentality given full rein in Cole's romantic delivery. Early tracks like the bluesy "Walkin'" and I'm Hurtin'" (the latter a revamped country song) are atmospherically jazzy, while the pair's later sides like "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" and Cole's version of Hank Williams's "Cold, Cold Heart" are pure '50s pop sophistication.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California between 1951 and 1961.
Personnel includes: Nat "King" Cole (vocals, organ), Billy May (arranger), John Collins, Barney Kessel (guitars), Willie Smith (alto saxophone), Plas Johnson, Buddy Collette (tenor saxophones), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Red Callender (tuba), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Emil Richards (vibraphone, percussion), Charlie Harris (bass), Alvin Stoller, Lee Young (drums).
Compilation producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Nat "King" Cole Billy May Sessions Songs | | Billy May Sessions CD DISC 1: |
| 1. | Walkin' My Baby Back Home |
| 2. | What Does It Take |
| 3. | Walkin' |
| 4. | I'm Hurtin' |
| 5. | Angel Eyes |
| 6. | Lover Come Back to Me |
| 7. | Can't I? |
| 8. | Papa Loves Mambo |
| 9. | Teach Me Tonight |
| 10. | Blue Moon - (previously unreleased) |
| 11. | With You on My Mind |
| 12. | Don't Try - (previously unreleased) |
| 13. | Send For Me |
| 14. | Let's Make More Love - (previously unreleased) |
| 15. | Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
| 16. | Song Is Ended, The |
| 17. | You'll Never Know - (previously unreleased) |
| 18. | Just For the Fun of It - (alternate take) |
| 19. | Who's Sorry Now |
| 20. | These Foolish Things |
| 21. | Once in a While |
| | Billy May Sessions Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | Just One of Those Things |
| 2. | I Should Care |
| 3. | Party's Over, The |
| 4. | Just For the Fun of It |
| 5. | Cottage For Sale, A |
| 6. | I Understand |
| 7. | When Your Lover Has Gone |
| 8. | Ebony Rhapsody |
| 9. | Day in, Day Out |
| 10. | Too Little, Too Late |
| 11. | When My Sugar Walks Down the Street |
| 12. | Cold, Cold Heart |
| 13. | Let's Face the Music and Dance |
| 14. | Something Makes Me Want to Dance |
| 15. | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter |
| 16. | Rules of the Road |
| 17. | Warm and Willing |
| 18. | Bidin' My Time |
| 19. | Moon Love |
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