Nat King Cole – St Louis Blues (1958, FLAC)

01 – Overture
02 – Harlem Blues
03 – Chantez Les Bas
04 – Friendless Blues
05 – Stay
06 – Joe Turner’s Blues
07 – Beale Street Blues
08 – Careless Love
09 – Morning Star
10 – Memphis Blues
11 – Yellow Dog Blues
12 – St Louis Blues

Vinyl rip in 24-bit/96kHz, MONO

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A masterpiece from the King. One of Will Friedwald’s DIDs.

Review by Scott Yanow
"The filmed version of W.C. Handy’s life, St. Louis Blues, is a fictional abomination full of every bad clich� that Hollywood could come up with. Its one saving grace was the dignified performance given by Nat King Cole in the lead role (even if Handy was never a singing pianist). This LP, in addition to featuring Nelson Riddle’s "Overture" from the film, finds Cole singing ten of Handy’s finest compositions (including "Beale Street Blues," "Careless Love" and the title song) while backed by an orchestra playing Riddle’s arrangements."