Artist: Nat "King" Cole
Album: St. Louis Blues
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: Analogue Productions
Released: 1958/2011
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Overture (Love Theme/Hesitating Blues) (stereo) (3:10)
- Harlem Blues (stereo) (1:54)
- Chantez les bas (stereo) (2:38)
- Friendless Blues (stereo) (3:17)
- Stay (stereo) (2:39)
- Joe Turner's Blues (stereo) (2:43)
- Beale Street Blues (stereo) (2:58)
- Careless Love (stereo) (2:53)
- Morning Star (stereo) (2:16)
- Memphis Blues (stereo) (3:07)
- Yellow Dog Blues (stereo) (3:16)
- St. Louis Blues (stereo) (2:36)
- Overture (Love Theme/Hesitating Blues) (mono) (3:10)
- Harlem Blues (mono) (1:54)
- Chantez les bas (mono) (2:38)
- Friendless Blues (mono) (3:17)
- Stay (mono) (2:39)
- Joe Turner's Blues (mono) (2:43)
- Beale Street Blues (mono) (2:58)
- Careless Love (mono) (2:48)
- Morning Star (mono) (2:16)
- Memphis Blues (mono) (3:08)
- Yellow Dog Blues (mono) (3:17)
- St. Louis Blues (mono) (2:29)
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The filmed version of W.C. Handy's life, St. Louis Blues, is a fictional abomination full of every bad cliché that Hollywood could come up with. Its one saving grace was the dignified performance given by Nat King Cole in the lead role (even if Handy was never a singing pianist). This LP, in addition to featuring Nelson Riddle's "Overture" from the film, finds Cole singing ten of Handy's finest compositions (including "Beale Street Blues," "Careless Love" and the title song) while backed by an orchestra playing Riddle's arrangements.
Review by Scott Yanow