1991 Natalie Cole – Unforgettable With Love

Bill Reichenbach, Chuck Findley, Dan Higgins, Dave Weckl, David Foster, Dennis Budimir, Gary Grant, Joe Sample, John Patitucci, Marty Paich, Mike Lang, Natalie Cole, Pete Christlieb, Randy Kerber, Tommy LiPuma

Unforgettable… With Love, also known as simply Unforgettable, is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Natalie Cole. Released on June 11, 1991, the album includes covers of standards previously performed by her father, Nat King Cole. It was also her debut for Elektra Records, after being given her release from EMI Records. The record was very successful in the pop, jazz, and R&B markets and was considered the major comeback recording that had been brewing since Cole’s late 1980s releases. The album was certified 7× platinum as of 2009 by the RIAA. The album won the 1992 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Engineered – Non-Classical, while the track “Unforgettable” (duet with her father Nat King Cole) won three additional Grammys: Record of the Year, Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. The album also won Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female the same year.

Tracks

1 The Very Thought Of You (Ray Noble) 04:16
2 Paper Moon (Billy Rose; EY Harburg) 03:25
3 Route 66 (Bobby Troup) 03:01
4 Mona Lisa (Ray Evans; Jay Livingston) 03:46
5 L-O-V-E (Bert Kaempfert; Milt Gabler) 02:31
6 This Can’t Be Love (Lorenz Hart) 02:14
7 Smile (Charlie Chaplin; Geoffrey Parsons; John Turner) 03:38
8 Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) 04:20
9 That Sunday That Summer (George Davis Weiss; Joe Sherman) 03:31
10 Orange Colored Sky (Milton DeLugg; Willie Stein) 02:27
11 A Medley Of – For Sentimental Reasons, Tenderly, Autumn Leaves (William Best; Deek Watson; Walter Gross; Jack Lawrence; Joseph Kosma; Jacques Prevert; Johnny Mercer) 07:32
12 Straighten Up And Fly Right (Iving Mills; Nat King Cole) 02:40
13 Avalon (Al Jolson; Buddy DeSylva; Vincent Rose) 01:51
14 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington; Bob Russell) 02:34
15 Too Young (Sid Lippman; Sylvia Dee) 04:32
16 Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) 03:24
17 Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (Anna Sosenko) 03:25
18 Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe) 02:11
19 Thou Swell (Lorenz Hart) 01:50
20 Non Dimenticar (PG Redi; Michele Galdieri; Shelley Dobbins) 02:57
21 Our Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin) 03:29
22 Unforgettable (Irving Gordon) 03:29

Biography

Natalie Cole

Musicians

1 The Very Thought Of You

Bass	Andrew Simpkins
Drums	Harold Jones
Piano	Clare Fischer
Vocals	Natalie Cole

2 Paper Moon

Bass	John Patitucci
Drums	Dave Weckl
Piano	Joe Sample
Vocals	Natalie Cole

3 Route 66

Bass	Ray Brown
Drums	Jeff Hamilton
Guitar	Dennis Budimir
Piano	Ike Cole
Vocals	Natalie Cole

4 Mona Lisa

Bass	Ray Brown
Drums	Sol Gubin
Guitar	John Chiodini
Piano	Mike Lang
Piano	Mike Melvoin
Vocals	Natalie Cole

5 L-O-V-E

Bass	Jim Hughart
Drums	Harold Jones
Guitar	Al Viola
Piano	Brad Cole
Trumpet	Conte Candoli
Vocals	Natalie Cole

6 This Can’t Be Love

Bass	Jim Hughart
Drums	Harold Jones
Guitar	Al Viola
Piano	Brad Cole
Vocals	Natalie Cole

7 Smile

Bass	Chuck Domanico
Drums	Sol Gubin
Guitar	Dennis Budimir
Piano	Alan Broadbent
Vocals	Natalie Cole

8 Lush Life

Bass	Ray Brown
Drums	Sol Gubin
Guitar	John Chiodini
Piano	Mike Lang
Piano	Mike Melvoin
Vocals	Natalie Cole

9 That Sunday That Summer

Bass	Ray Brown
Drums	Sol Gubin
Guitar	John Chiodini
Piano	Mike Lang
Piano	Mike Melvoin
Sax	Pete Christlieb
Background Vocals	Debbie Hall
Background Vocals	Don Shelton
Background Vocals	Donna Davidson
Background Vocals	Gene Merlino
Background Vocals	Kerry Katz
Background Vocals	Rick Logan
Background Vocals	Sally Stevens
Background Vocals	Susan Stevens
Vocals	Natalie Cole

10 Orange Colored Sky

Bass	John Patitucci
Drums	Dave Weckl
Piano	Joe Sample
Vocals	Natalie Cole

11 A Medley Of – For Sentimental Reasons, Tenderly, Autumn Leaves

Bass	Andrew Simpkins
Drums	Harold Jones
Guitar	John Collins
Guitar	John Pisano
Piano	Monty Alexander
Vocals	Natalie Cole

12 Straighten Up And Fly Right

Bass	Ray Brown
Drums	Jeff Hamilton
Guitar	John Chiodini
Piano	Alan Broadbent
Vocals	Natalie Cole

13 Avalon

Bass	John Clayton
Drums	Jeff Hamilton
Piano	Mike Lang
Vocals	Natalie Cole

14 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Bass	Jim Hughart
Drums	Harold Jones
Guitar	Al Viola
Piano	Brad Cole
Vocals	Natalie Cole

15 Too Young

Bass	Ray Brown
Drums	Sol Gubin
Guitar	John Chiodini
Piano	Mike Lang
Piano	Mike Melvoin
Trombone	Dick Nash
Vocals	Natalie Cole

16 Nature Boy

Piano	Alan Broadbent
Trumpet	Chuck Findley
Vocals	Natalie Cole

17 Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

Bass	Andrew Simpkins
Drums	Harold Jones
Piano	Clare Fischer
Vocals	Natalie Cole

18 Almost Like Being In Love

Bass	John Clayton
Drums	Jeff Hamilton
Piano	Mike Lang
Vocals	Natalie Cole

19 Thou Swell

Bass	Jim Hughart
Drums	Harold Jones
Guitar	Al Viola
Piano	Alan Broadbent
Vocals	Natalie Cole

20 Non Dimenticar

Bass	Andrew Simpkins
Drums	Harold Jones
Guitar	John Collins
Guitar	John Pisano
Piano	Monty Alexander
Vocals	Natalie Cole

21 Our Love Is Here To Stay

Bass	Andrew Simpkins
Drums	Harold Jones
Piano	Clare Fischer
Vocals	Natalie Cole

22 Unforgettable

Drums	Sol Gubin
Guitar	John Chiodini
Piano	Mike Lang
Piano	Mike Melvoin
Sax	Pete Christlieb
Voice	Nat King Cole
Vocals	Natalie Cole

Other Musicians

Celeste	Alan Broadbent
Synthesizer	Pat Coil
Synthesizer	Ralph Grierson
Synthesizer	Randy Kerber
Synthesizer	Tom Garvin
Synthesizer	Tom Ranier
Flute	Ronald Langinger
Flute	Susan Greenberg
Flute	Gary Foster
Flute	Louise Di Tullio
French Horn	Arthur Maebe
French Horn	Brad Warnaar
French Horn	Brian O’Connor
French Horn	David Duke
French Horn	James Thatcher
French Horn	Marilyn Johnson
French Horn	Richard Todd
French Horn	Vince DeRosa
Oboe	Tom Boyd
Oboe	Gene Cipriano
Sax	Bill Perkins
Sax	Lanny Morgan
Sax	Dan Higgins
Sax	Gary Foster
Sax	David Newman
Sax	Dick Mitchell
Sax	Don Menza
Sax	Pete Christlieb
Trombone	Bill Reichenbach
Trombone	Peter Beltran
Trombone	Charlie Loper
Trombone	Dick Nash
Trombone	George Bohanon
Trombone	Jack Redmond
Trombone	John Thomas Johnson
Trombone	Thurman Green
Trumpet	Charles Davis
Trumpet	Chuck Findley
Trumpet	Conte Candoli
Trumpet	Bruce Paulson
Trumpet	Frank Szabo
Trumpet	Gary Grant
Trumpet	Larry Hall
Trumpet	Nolan Smith
Trumpet	Oscar Brashear
Trumpet	Rick Baptist
Trumpet	Steve Huffsteter
Trumpet	Warren Luening
Tuba	John Thomas Johnson
Woodwinds	Gary Foster
Woodwinds	Louise Di Tullio
Woodwinds	Gene Cipriano
Woodwinds	Ron Lang
Woodwinds	Pete Christlieb
Woodwinds	Sheridon Stokes
Woodwinds	Steve Kujala
Percussion	Larry Bunker

Strings

Cello – Anne Karam, Antony Cooke, Armand Kaproff, Armen Ksajikian, Christine Ermacoff, Daniel Rothmuller, Dennis Karmazyn, Frederick Seykora, Jodi Burnett, Nils Oliver, Paula Hochhalter, Ray Kelley, Ronald Cooper, Steve Erdody
Double Bass – Buell Neidlinger, Chuck Domanico, John Clayton, Margaret Storer, Robert Stone
Harp – Dorothy Remsen, Gale Levant, Jo Ann Turovsky, Katie Kirkpatrick
Viola – Alan DeVeritch, Carole Mukogawa, Dan Neufeld, David Stockhammer, Denyse Buffum, Donald McInnes, Harry Shirinian, Kazi Pitelka, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Michael Nowack, Milton Thomas, Myra Kestenbaum, Myron Sandler, Pamela Goldsmith, Roland Kato, Samuel Boghossian, Ray Tischer
Violin – Alex Treger, Anatoly Rosinsky, Armen Garabedian, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Barbra Porter, Berj Garabedian, Bernard Kundell, Bonnie Douglas, Brian Leonard, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, Darius Campo, Diana Halprin, Dixie Blackstone, Dorothy Wade, Edith Markman, Endre Granat, Ezra Kliger, Gail Cruz, Gerald Vinci, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Henry Ferber, Irma Neumann, Isabelle Daskoff, Israel Baker, Jackie Brand, James Getzoff, Julie Gigante, Karen Jones, Kathleen Lenski, Kenneth Yerke, Lily Ho Chen, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Marilyn Baker, Michael Ferril, Michael Markman, Miwako Watanabe, Murray Adler, Nathan Kaproff, Paul Shure, Pavel Farkas, Ralph Morrison, Rene Mandel, Ronald Folsom, Sid Page, Sid Sharp*, Stanley Plummer, Stuart Canin, Yoko Matsuda, Ray Tischer

Liner Notes

Producer – Andre Fischer (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21)
Producer – Tommy LiPuma (Tracks 2, 10, 11, 20)
Producer – David Foster (Tracks 4, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18, 22)
Producer (Executive) – Natalie Cole, Tommy LiPuma
Arranged By – Ralph Burns (Tracks 2, 10)
Arranged By – Ray Brown (Tracks 3, 12)
Arranged By – Andre Fischer (Tracks 3, 12)
Arranged By – Johnny Mandel (Tracks 4, 8, 9, 15, 22)
Arranged By – Bill Holman (Tracks 5, 6, 13, 14, 18, 19)
Arranged By – Michel Legrand (Track 16)
Arranged By (Orchestral) – Marty Paich (Track 11)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Clare Fischer (Tracks 1, 17, 21)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Marty Paich (Tracks 11, 20)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Tommy LiPuma (Track 20)
Arranged By (Vocals) – David Foster (Track 22)
Engineer (Additional) – Joey Wolpert, Peter Darmi, David Reitzas
Engineer (Assistant) – Anas Alaf, Chris Rich, Dennis Rogers, Jerry Jordan, John Bruno, Kevin Becka, Marnie Riley, Rail Rogut, Randy Long, Ray Blair, Rick Winquest, Terry Brown, Tim Lauber, David Reitzas
Mixed By – Al Schmitt
Mixed By (Assistant) – David Reitzas
Orchestrated By – Michel Legrand (Tracks 1, 17)
Orchestrated By – Johnny Mandel (Tracks 7, 21)
Orchestrated By – Marty Paich Track 20)
Recorded By – Al Schmitt, Armin Steiner, Jeffrey Woodruff

Art Direction, Design – Drenttel Doyle Partners
Photography – George Hurrell, Wayne Wilcox, Popsie, Richard Settle

Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Bill Schnee Studios
Recorded At Bill Schnee Studios
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Group IV Recording Studios
Recorded At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At Johnny Yuma Recording
Recorded At Lighthouse Studios
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Pacifique Studios
Recorded At The Hit Factory
Recorded At Tracks
Recorded At Twentieth Century Fox Scoring Stage
Recorded At Westlake Audio
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