1961

Nat King Cole:  An Evening With Nat King Cole


DVD 1  -  47.00
1	Day In, Day Out
2	Here's That Rainy Day
3	The Way You Look Tonight
4	When I Fall in Love
5	Aren't You Glad You're You
6	In the Good Old Summertime
7	That Sunday That Summer
8	Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
9	Let There Be Love
10	It's Only a Paper Moon
11	Sweet Lorraine
12	Ramblin Rose
13	Mona Lisa
14	Unforgettable


* Full Frame 1.33
* Dolby Digital Mono


Notes from Amazon.com:

Fans of both Nat "King" Coles--the swinging hipster and the 
mainstream pop crooner--should find something to admire in 
this TV appearance, first broadcast by the BBC in 1961. 
The 14-song, roughly 50-minute concert favors the hits that 
brought Cole his biggest commercial successes in the 1950s 
and '60s, from the memorable ("Unforgettable" and "Mona Lisa") 
to the middlebrow ("Ramblin' Rose" and "Those Lazy, Hazy, 
Crazy Days of Summer," which find him barely maintaining his dignity while sporting a straw boater and a ukulele); but those who remember him as a topnotch jazzman are rewarded with a three-song set for which Cole brings out a piano and a quartet and flexes his chops on the likes of "Sweet Lorraine" and "It's Only a Paper Moon." The concert direction is unimaginative and the DVD has no bonus features, but in the end, the inimitable, velvety-smooth voice of Nat "King" Cole needs no extra frills. --Sam Graham 


Notes from CD Universe:

Evening with Nat King Cole review stunningly talented yet 
smoothly unintimidating, jazz-pop pianist and vocalist 
Nat King Cole could make every room he performed in feel like 
a lovely dream. AN Evening with Nat King Cole DVD is one of 
only a few of his live concerts ever filmed. Originally broadcast 
on the BBC in 1961, this special performance features King 
performing songs like Let There Be Love, It's Only a Paper Moon, 
and Unforgettable.  An Evening with Nat King Cole movie DVD is one 
of the few Nat King Cole concerts ever recorded and arguably 
the best. All but forgotten in a vault for more than 30 years 
since its original broadcast in 1961 by the BBC, this captivating 
show is now available on video for the first time, and in color. 
With its honest simplicity, ...