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Track List
01) I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do
02) Tell Me All About It
03) Ask a Woman Who Knows
04) It's Crazy
05) You're Mine You
06) So Many Stars
07) I Told You So
08) Soon
09) I'm Glad There Is You
10) Better Than Anything (feat. Diana Krall)
11) The Music That Makes Me Dance
12) Calling You
13) My Baby Just Cares for Me
14) Bonus: I've Got Just About Everything
15) Bonus: Tell Me All About It (remix)
01) I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do
02) Tell Me All About It
03) Ask a Woman Who Knows
04) It's Crazy
05) You're Mine You
06) So Many Stars
07) I Told You So
08) Soon
09) I'm Glad There Is You
10) Better Than Anything (feat. Diana Krall)
11) The Music That Makes Me Dance
12) Calling You
13) My Baby Just Cares for Me
14) Bonus: I've Got Just About Everything
15) Bonus: Tell Me All About It (remix)
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First Released
2002
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Ask a Woman Who Knows is a 2002 jazz album by vocalist Natalie Cole, with guest Diana Krall, and receiving four Grammy Award nominations.
Courtesy of the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, Cole projects her aura on to songs once recorded previously by great singers like Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, and Nat "King" Cole. Natalie Cole's musical choices include songs that depict the various aspects of love—its joy, its sorrow, its loneliness, and its consolation. Included are two of Dinah Washington's gems -- "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do" and the title track, "Ask a Woman Who Knows"—both songs about love gone wrong. Cole changes the tone of the set with great scatting on the up-tempo swinger "My Baby Just Cares for Me"; big band swing "It's Crazy," the hit by her father, Nat King Cole; and the soulful "I'm Glad There Is You," which features Roy Hargrove on flugelhorn. Natalie Cole sings her engaging musical stories with priceless, nuanced phrasing accompanied by a distinguished core quintet of Joe Sample, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, and Rob Mounsey. The added dimension of Natalie Cole performing all background vocals and the backing of the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra on two songs makes the recording extra special. Overall, this is an exceptional recording that re-teams her with Tommy LiPuma, the producer of her biggest hit, Unforgettable: With Love. "Better Than Anything" is a jazz waltz devoted to "women shopping, guest vocal Diana Krall in perfect agreement that spending money is the best thing in life ("better than honey on bread, better than breakfast in bed"—lyrics by Bill Loughborough. "I'm Glad There Is You," Latin-influenced ballad from 1941 by Jimmy Dorsey. "Calling You" is an Academy Award nominated song from the Bagdad Café (1987) film. "My Baby Just Cares For Me," the only standard here whose title is immediately recognizable, introduced in 1928 by singer Eddie Cantor, best known as the signature tune of singer and pianist Nina Simone.
Performers:
Natalie Cole - vocals
Diana Krall - vocals
Roy Hargrove - flugelhorn
Larry Bunker - vibraphone
Gary Foster - alto/tenor saxophone
Joe Sample - piano
Rob Mounsey - keyboards
Russell Malone - guitar
Christian McBride - bass
Lewis Nash - drums
Tollak Ollestad - harmonica
The Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, performed on Grammy winning albums for Dianne Reeves, Diana Krall, Benny Carter, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand. The three main musicians are John Clayton, his brother, Jeff Clayton, and Jeff Hamilton
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Ask a Woman Who Knows is a 2002 jazz album by vocalist Natalie Cole, with guest Diana Krall, and receiving four Grammy Award nominations.
Courtesy of the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, Cole projects her aura on to songs once recorded previously by great singers like Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, and Nat "King" Cole. Natalie Cole's musical choices include songs that depict the various aspects of love—its joy, its sorrow, its loneliness, and its consolation. Included are two of Dinah Washington's gems -- "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do" and the title track, "Ask a Woman Who Knows"—both songs about love gone wrong. Cole changes the tone of the set with great scatting on the up-tempo swinger "My Baby Just Cares for Me"; big band swing "It's Crazy," the hit by her father, Nat King Cole; and the soulful "I'm Glad There Is You," which features Roy Hargrove on flugelhorn. Natalie Cole sings her engaging musical stories with priceless, nuanced phrasing accompanied by a distinguished core quintet of Joe Sample, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, and Rob Mounsey. The added dimension of Natalie Cole performing all background vocals and the backing of the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra on two songs makes the recording extra special. Overall, this is an exceptional recording that re-teams her with Tommy LiPuma, the producer of her biggest hit, Unforgettable: With Love. "Better Than Anything" is a jazz waltz devoted to "women shopping, guest vocal Diana Krall in perfect agreement that spending money is the best thing in life ("better than honey on bread, better than breakfast in bed"—lyrics by Bill Loughborough. "I'm Glad There Is You," Latin-influenced ballad from 1941 by Jimmy Dorsey. "Calling You" is an Academy Award nominated song from the Bagdad Café (1987) film. "My Baby Just Cares For Me," the only standard here whose title is immediately recognizable, introduced in 1928 by singer Eddie Cantor, best known as the signature tune of singer and pianist Nina Simone.
Performers:
Natalie Cole - vocals
Diana Krall - vocals
Roy Hargrove - flugelhorn
Larry Bunker - vibraphone
Gary Foster - alto/tenor saxophone
Joe Sample - piano
Rob Mounsey - keyboards
Russell Malone - guitar
Christian McBride - bass
Lewis Nash - drums
Tollak Ollestad - harmonica
The Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, performed on Grammy winning albums for Dianne Reeves, Diana Krall, Benny Carter, Frank Sinatra, and Barbra Streisand. The three main musicians are John Clayton, his brother, Jeff Clayton, and Jeff Hamilton
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