resonancerecords's video: Nat King Cole Hittin the Ramp mini-documentary

Nat King Cole — "Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) Release Date: 11/1/19 Limited-Edition 10LP & Deluxe 7CD Boxed Sets Resonance - http://bit.ly/2Gk4Hk5 Amazon (CD) - https://amzn.to/30BXiV4 Amazon (LP) - https://amzn.to/2JGrZ68 Bandcamp - http://bit.ly/2ZwOzCD Released in partnership with the Nat King Cole estate, Resonance Records' HITTIN' THE RAMP: THE EARLY YEARS (1936-1943) is the first large-scale collection of the pivotal early recordings (1936-1943) of Nat's 29-year recording career, pre-Capitol Records. Most of the tracks are receiving their first official release in this meticulously restored set of original live-to-disk recordings. This definitive 10LP & 7CD collection draws upon a wide range of sources, including newly-discovered tracks unearthed for the first time from archives located all over the world, such as "Trompin" (jukebox-only release for Cinematone, 1939), "What'cha Know Joe" (undocumented radio performance, 1940, now the earliest known recording of Nat "on the air"), "The Romany Room is Jumpin'" (private recording, 1941) and "Beautiful Moons Ago" (a longer alternate take, 1943). Sessions include Nat at age 17, playing piano in his brother's band in Chicago, 1936; the first King Cole Trio recordings (1938), made for radio broadcdast only, for the Standard Transcriptions; other radio transcription sessions for Standard, Davis & Schwegler, Keystone, plus his first (uncredited) MacGregor session, with vocalist Anita Boyer; Ammor Records Session (Spring 1940, the first commercial-release sessions for the trio), the Decca Recordings (1940-41), the small-label sessions for Excelsior and Premier labels (1943), many previously-uncirculating Armed Forces Radio performances, and, with producer Norman Granz at the helm, early jazz sessions with Lester Young (Granz historic, first session as a producer) and Dexter Gordon, originally released on Philo and Mercury. Boasting an extensive 16-pg (LP) & 56-pg (CD) booklet with rare photographs; essays by acclaimed author Will Friedwald and guitarist Nick Rossi (with a special focus on Oscar Moore); plus interviews and testimonials from Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Freddy Cole, Harry Belafonte, John Pizzarelli, Michael Feinstein & more. [*LP & CD BOOKLETS INCLUDE SAME CONTENT] Celebrate Nat King Cole's centennial in 2019 with this definitive early years multi-disc box set. This is the origin story of a great artist just as he was just "hittin' the ramp," launching a distinctive style that would quickly become famous the world over.