''Still Unforgettable'' is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter and performer

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...

. Cole won the

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented ...

for ''Still Unforgettable'' at the

51st Grammy Awards The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 8, 2009, honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the b ...

Background

Speaking in July 2008 to noted UK soul writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning ''Blues & Soul'', Cole discussed the thinking behind 'Still Unforgettable': "While we were still trying to create that same 'Unforgettable'-type mood or environment, this time I wanted to expand. Rather than just doing another Nat 'King' Cole tribute – which was not necessary – I wanted to go deeper into the American Songbook, by not just getting songs from my father, but also from other singers of his time like Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peggy Lee. You know, there was something about the approach that the writers from that era had to the lyrics and the melodies that was so intentional, so purposeful. Which I think is the thing that's missing from music today."

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, information is based on the album's Liner NotesCole, Natalie. "Still Unforgettable" (Album Notes). DMI Records / Atco Records. 2008. ;Note *Nat King Cole's original version of "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" was recorded on September 4, 1951.

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals *

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

– sampled vocals (1) *

Terry Trotter Terry William Trotter (born October 5, 1940) is an American jazz pianist and piano teacher living in Los Angeles. He has recorded with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Larry Carlton, and many others. Tro ...

– acoustic piano (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14) *

Tamir Hendelman Tamir Hendelman (b. 1971) is an Israeli-American jazz pianist. Hendelman has performed with the Jeff Hamilton Trio, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Harry Allen, Teddy Edwards, Warren Vaché, Houston Person, Jeff Clayton, Nick Brignola ...

– acoustic piano (3, 4, 13) * Alan Broadbent – acoustic piano (5, 9) *

Tom Ranier Thomas John Ranier (born July 13, 1949) is an American instrumentalist who primarily plays piano but also saxophone and clarinet. As a jazz artist he has recorded widely under his own name and as a sideman for Warner Bros., Concord Records and se ...

–

celesta The celesta or celeste , also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box ( ...

(5, 10, 13) * John Chiodini – guitar (1, 5, 6, 7, 9-14) *

Jim Hughart James David Hughart (born July 28, 1936) is a jazz and pop bass player. Biography Hughart was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and is the son of Frederick (Fritz) Hughart, bassist with Minneapolis Symphony and San Diego Symphony ...

– bass (1, 2, 5-12) * Reggie Hamilton – bass (3, 14) * Chuck Berghofer – bass (4, 13) * Harold Jones – drums (1, 2, 5-12) * Jeff Hamilton – drums (3) *

Gregg Field Gregg Field (born February 21, 1956) is an American record producer and musician, who has worked with many well-known artists. He is a recipient of multiple Grammy and Emmy awards. Early life Field was born in Castro Valley, California, United ...

– drums (4, 13) *

Lewis Nash Lewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. According to ''Modern Drummer'' magazineNashhas one of the longest discographies in jazz and has played on over 400 records, earning him the honor of Jazz's Most Valuable Player ...

– drums (14) * Vanessa Brown – percussion,

triangle A triangle is a polygon with three Edge (geometry), edges and three Vertex (geometry), vertices. It is one of the basic shapes in geometry. A triangle with vertices ''A'', ''B'', and ''C'' is denoted \triangle ABC. In Euclidean geometry, an ...

(7) *

Pete Christlieb Pete Christlieb (born February 16, 1945) is an American jazz bebop, West Coast jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Biography Christlieb was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, and is the son of bassoonist Don Christlieb. Christlieb ...

– tenor saxophone solo (7, 12) * Charles Loper – trombone (7) * Andy Martin – trombone (7) * Rick Baptist – trumpet (7) * Warren Luening – trumpet (7), trumpet solo (8)

Orchestra

Endre Granat Endre Granat (born August 3, 1937) is an American violinist. He is regarded as the most recorded violinist and concertmaster working in the studios today. Early life and education Granat studied at the Franz Liszt Academy, Jacobs School of Mus ...

– concertmaster Horns, Reeds and Woodwinds * Pete Christlieb, Gene Cipriano,

Jeff Clayton Jeff Clayton (February 16, 1954 – December 16, 2020) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. Clayton studied oboe at California State University before dropping out to undertake a tour with Stevie Wonder. Following this he recor ...

, Gary Foster, Jennifer Hall, Dan Higgins and Sal Lozano – saxophones * Gary Foster, Sal Lozano, Sheridon Stokes and Jim Walker – woodwinds * Rose Corrigan –

bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

* Tom Ranier –

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

* Tom Boyd –

English horn The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. A ...

* Craig Gosnell, Alan Kaplan, Charles Loper, Andy Martin, Bruce Otto and Dave Ryan – trombone * Rick Baptist,

Wayne Bergeron Wayne Bergeron (born January 16, 1958) is an American jazz trumpeter. Bergeron rose to prominence as a member of Maynard Ferguson's band in the 1980s. Since then, he has worked on over 400 TV and motion picture soundtracks. As a lead and studio ...

Gilbert Castellanos 'GilbertCastellanos (born 1972) is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, educator, composer, and arranger based in San Diego, California. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is a former member of the Black Note, the Tom Scott Quintet, the Ant ...

, Daniel Fornero, Warren Luening and Carl Saunders – trumpet * Steven Becknell, Nathan Campbell, David Duke, Brian O'Connor and

James Thatcher James Thatcher may refer to: * James Thatcher (musician), American hornist * James Thatcher (MP), English politician * James W. Thatcher, American computer scientist See also * James Thacher James Thacher (February 14, 1754 – May 26, 1844 ...

–

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

Strings * Trey Henry, Edward Meares, Mike Valerio and Frances Liu Wu – bass * Larry Corbett, Dennis Karmazyn, Timothy Loo, David Low, Miguel Martinez and Cecilia Tsan – cello * Katie Kirkpatrick – harp * Karen Elaine, Matt Funes, Pamela Goldsmith, Darrin McCann and Jorge Moraga – viola *

Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other New Age Jazz artists. He was born in Inglewood, CA in 1963 to parents who immigrated to the United States from Palestine in the 1950 ...

, Mark Cargill, Lily Ho Chen, Kevin Connolly, Mario DeLeon,

Joel Derouin Joel Derouin is a Canadian violinist, concert master, composer and music director. In addition to having worked with many popular musicians, he is also known for his work in film, television and theatre. Biography Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Can ...

, Bruce Dukov,

, Songa Lee, Natalie Leggett, Phillip Levy, Liane Mautner, Helen Nightengale,

Sid Page Sid Page is an American violinist who has been active in many genres of music since the late 1960s. He has been a member of Dan Hicks (singer), Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. From 1973 to 1974, he was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and appea ...

, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Bob Peterson,

Katia Popov Katia Popov ( bg, Катя Попов; 3 March 1965 – 18 May 2018), born in Bulgaria and later living in California, was a violinist, playing as soloist, in chamber music and in orchestras; she was concertmaster of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. ...

, Lesa Terry and Shalini Vijayan – violin

Arrangements

* Bill Holman – arrangements (1, 12) * Jim Hughart – arrangements (3, 7) * Alan Broadbent – arrangements (5, 6, 9) * Nan Schwartz – arrangements (8, 10) * Patrick Williams – arrangements (13) * Harold Wheeler – arrangements (14)

Production

* Tena Clark – executive producer * Natalie Cole – producer, liner notes * Gail Deadrick – co-producer, musical director * Al Schmitt – recording, mixing * Bill Schnee – additional recording on rhythm tracks (5, 7, 13, 14) at Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California) * Travis Ference – additional engineer * Darius Fong – additional engineer * Aaron Walk – additional engineer * Steve Genewick – additional vocal engineer, Pro Tools editing *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charles ...

– mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) * Diana Barnes – art direction, design *

Matthew Rolston Matthew Russell Rolston is an American artist, photographer, Music video director, director and creative director, known for his lighting techniques and detailed approach to art direction and design. Rolston has been identified throughout his care ...

– photography

References

External links

Official site
* {{Authority control 2008 albums Natalie Cole albums Rhino Records albums Covers albums Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Traditional pop albums Sequel albums