Reiner Lüghausen a arrangé quelques-uns des hits planétaires du musicien de jazz chanteur pianiste et acteur Nat King Cole. Des morceaux inoubliables. Qui en effet ne connaît pas Unforgettable Fly me to the Moon Mona Lisa et Lazy Dazy Crazy? Cet arrangement rappelle la période où ces morceaux ont été instrumentés avec notamment la section compacte des instruments à vent qui marque cette époque.

Le succès phénoménal du chanteur Nat King Cole a éclipsé le talent du pianiste qui reste pour le monde du jazz un maître et un modèle. Pour tous il reste aussi l?interprète inoubliable de Sweet Lorraine Mona Lisa Embraceable You Besame Mucho ou encore Unforgettable repris des années plus tard par sa fille Natalie Cole. Avec plus de 60 millions de disques vendus Nat King Cole est un des premiers artistes noir-américains à atteindre une telle notoriété internationale. Sa voix claire et distinguée lui a permis de devenir un crooner de renom au physique de dandy élégant.

Solo for Trombone-This song was written in 1931 by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It’s now one of the most popular songs from the Great American Songbook and it’s also recorded in many versions. Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole are among the most famous ones that have recorded it. In later years singers like Michael Bublè Diana Krall land Robin Williams have all recorded “Dream a Little Dream of Me”. This arrangement is inspired by the version by American band Chicago from their 1995 album release “Night & Day”.

Mutterlein-“Answer Me My Love” was originally written with German lyrics by Fred Rauch and music by Gerard Winkler under the title “Mutterlein”. Shortly after Carl Sigman wrote the English lyrics and gave it the title “Answer Me My Love” which is now the most famous version. It became a hit in 1953 but it was during 1954 that Nat King Cole recorded it and made it a chart-topper in both the US and Europe. In 2000 the Canadian composer and singer Joni Mitchell included it on her successful record album “Both Sides Now”. Available solo parts in this arrangement: C-Instruments TC C-Instruments BC Bb-Instruments Eb-instruments