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Dear Mr. Cole

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Dear Mr. Cole
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 1994 (1994-11-23)
Genre
Length62:20
LabelNovus
Producer
  • John Pizzarelli
  • Mike Stoller
  • Ikuyoshi Hirakawa
  • Brooks Arthur
John Pizzarelli chronology
Naturally
(1993)
Dear Mr. Cole
(1994)
New Standards
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Dear Mr. Cole is a Nat King Cole tribute album by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli. Pizzarelli is accompanied by pianist Benny Green, and bassist Christian McBride on all but one song.

Track listing

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  1. "Style Is Coming Back in Style" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:42
  2. "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 2:24
  3. "Little Girl" (Francis Henry, Matt Hyde) – 2:51
  4. "You Must Be Blind" (Nat King Cole) – 3:39
  5. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 5:47
  6. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:33
  7. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 3:30
  8. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:54
  9. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 3:44
  10. "This Way Out" (Nat King Cole) – 4:49
  11. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting) – 2:05
  12. "Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 6:42
  13. "Sweet Lorraine" (Carter Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:29
  14. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 5:08
  15. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:54
  16. "L-O-V-E" (Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert) – 2:18
  17. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 1:58
  18. "Portrait of Jenny" (Newman) – 2:53

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. Dear Mr. Cole – John Pizzarelli at AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1168. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.