Nat King Cole

Originally envisioned as a standard 10- to 12-song LP, "Night Lights" never made it to a full release. Instead only eight of the tracks presented here were released (on various singles and an EPs), and only 3 of those made it to CD before release of this album. This release contains all the tracks from the "Night Lights Sessions". All tracks were recorded between December 20, 1955 and January 21, 1956.

(Revised) Review by William Ruhlmann Of AllMusic

Between December 20, 1955, and January 21, 1955, Cole held a series of recording sessions with arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle. Cole was near the peak of his commercial appeal, but this was also a transitional period in the record business, with rock & roll coming in and claiming a big chunk of the pop singles charts. The wonder is that, in the 36 years since Cole's death, Capitol has only bothered to release four of these tracks beyond the four singles sides released at the time, leaving 12 unreleased Cole masters of this quality. It's true that the performances are more impressive than the actual compositions, but this album still constitutes a welcome discovery among Cole reissues.

 

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