''Still Unforgettable'' is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter and performer

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s, with the release of her debut ...

. Cole won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for ''Still Unforgettable'' at the

51st Grammy Awards The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 8, 2009, honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the ...

Background

Speaking in July 2008 to noted UK soul writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning ''Blues & Soul'', Cole discussed the thinking behind 'Still Unforgettable': "While we were still trying to create that same 'Unforgettable'-type mood or environment, this time I wanted to expand. Rather than just doing another Nat 'King' Cole tribute – which was not necessary – I wanted to go deeper into the American Songbook, by not just getting songs from my father, but also from other singers of his time like Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peggy Lee. You know, there was something about the approach that the writers from that era had to the lyrics and the melodies that was so intentional, so purposeful. Which I think is the thing that's missing from music today."

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, information is based on the album's Liner NotesCole, Natalie. "Still Unforgettable" (Album Notes). DMI Records / Atco Records. 2008. ;Note *Nat King Cole's original version of "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" was recorded on September 4, 1951.

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals *

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop ...

– sampled vocals (1) * Terry Trotter – acoustic piano (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14) * Tamir Hendelman – acoustic piano (3, 4, 13) * Alan Broadbent – acoustic piano (5, 9) * Tom Ranier –

celesta The celesta () or celeste (), also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music ...

(5, 10, 13) * John Chiodini – guitar (1, 5, 6, 7, 9-14) * Jim Hughart – bass guitar (1, 2, 5-12) * Reggie Hamilton – bass guitar (3, 14) * Chuck Berghofer – bass guitar (4, 13) * Harold Jones – drums (1, 2, 5-12) * Jeff Hamilton – drums (3) * Gregg Field – drums (4, 13) * Lewis Nash – drums (14) * Vanessa Brown – percussion,

triangle A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called ''vertices'', are zero-dimensional points while the sides connecting them, also called ''edges'', are one-dimension ...

(7) * Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone solo (7, 12) * Charles Loper – trombone (7) * Andy Martin – trombone (7) * Rick Baptist – trumpet (7) * Warren Luening – trumpet (7), trumpet solo (8)

Orchestra

* Endre Granat – concertmaster Horns, Reeds and Woodwinds * Pete Christlieb, Gene Cipriano, Jeff Clayton, Gary Foster, Jennifer Hall,

Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, M ...

and Sal Lozano – saxophones * Gary Foster, Sal Lozano, Sheridon Stokes and Jim Walker – woodwinds * Rose Corrigan –

bassoon The bassoon is a musical instrument in the woodwind family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuosity ...

* Tom Ranier –

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

* Tom Boyd –

English horn The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn (mainly North America), is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially ...

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...

* Craig Gosnell, Alan Kaplan, Charles Loper, Andy Martin, Bruce Otto and Dave Ryan – trombone * Rick Baptist, Wayne Bergeron, Gilbert Castellanos, Daniel Fornero, Warren Luening and Carl Saunders – trumpet * Steven Becknell, Nathan Campbell, David Duke, Brian O'Connor and James Thatcher –

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most o ...

Strings * Trey Henry, Edward Meares, Mike Valerio and Frances Liu Wu – bass * Larry Corbett, Dennis Karmazyn, Timothy Loo, David Low, Miguel Martinez and Cecilia Tsan – cello * Katie Kirkpatrick – harp * Karen Elaine, Matt Funes, Pamela Goldsmith, Darrin McCann and Jorge Moraga – viola * Charlie Bisharat, Mark Cargill, Lily Ho Chen, Kevin Connolly, Mario DeLeon, Joel Derouin, Bruce Dukov, Endre Granat, Songa Lee, Natalie Leggett, Phillip Levy, Liane Mautner, Helen Nightengale, Sid Page, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Bob Peterson, Katia Popov, Lesa Terry and Shalini Vijayan – violin

Arrangements

* Bill Holman – arrangements (1, 12) * Jim Hughart – arrangements (3, 7) * Alan Broadbent – arrangements (5, 6, 9) * Nan Schwartz – arrangements (8, 10) * Patrick Williams – arrangements (13) * Harold Wheeler – arrangements (14)

Production

* Tena Clark – executive producer * Natalie Cole – producer, liner notes * Gail Deadrick – co-producer, musical director * Al Schmitt – recording, mixing * Bill Schnee – additional recording on rhythm tracks (5, 7, 13, 14) at Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California) * Travis Ference – additional engineer * Darius Fong – additional engineer * Aaron Walk – additional engineer * Steve Genewick – additional vocal engineer, Pro Tools editing * Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) * Diana Barnes – art direction, design * Matthew Rolston – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

References

External links

Official site
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