Welcome to the Club (Nat King Cole album)

Welcome to the Club
Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	February 1959
Recorded	June 30, July 1-2, 1958
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)[1]
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	28:07
Label	Capitol W1120
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
To Whom It May Concern (1958) Welcome to the Club (1959) A Mis Amigos (1959)

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Allmusic	[2]

Welcome to the Club is a 1959 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Dave Cavanaugh. Cole is accompanied by an uncredited Count Basie Orchestra, without Count Basie himself.^[3]

Welcome to the Club was chosen as one of Billboard magazine's 'Spotlight Winners of the Week' upon its release in February 1959.^[4] Billboard commented that "Cole works out on a group of swinging, jazz-oriented offerings with interesting backings by Dave Cavanaugh...Cole himself, as usual, is fine and somewhat reminiscent of his earlier swinging efforts."^[4] The review also noted the similarity of the album's arrangements to Count Basie's, and praised Cole's efforts on the blues tracks, "I Want a Little Girl" and "Wee Baby Blues".^[4]

Track listing[edit]

1. "Welcome to the Club" (Noel Sherman, Dick Wolf) – 2:44
2. "Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere" (Ned Washington, Lee Wiley, Victor Young) – 2:19
3. "The Blues Don't Care" (Vic Abrams) – 2:10
4. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:21
5. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2:11
6. "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) – 2:32
7. "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 1:45
8. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 3:02
9. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 2:49
10. "Wee Baby Blues" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) – 3:16
11. "Look Out for Love" (Danny Meehan, Colin Romoff) – 1:58

Personnel[edit]

• Nat King Cole – vocal
• Dave Cavanaugh – arranger, conductor
• The Count Basie Orchestra

consisting of:

• Marshall Royal – alto saxophone
• Frank Wess – alto saxophone
• Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
• Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• John Anderson – trumpet
• Joe Newman – trumpet
• Wendell Culley – trumpet
• Thad Jones – trumpet
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Henry Coker – trombone
• Benny Powell – trombone
• Al Grey – trombone
• Gerald Wiggins – piano
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Eddie Jones – bass
• Sonny Payne – drums

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