Nat's early hits come to life with Joe Bourne and trio
Steve Emerine | Tucson, AZ United States | 03/15/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Joe Bourne's newest CD is showing American music fans what their counterparts in Europe have known for years: He's a great singer and entertainer. The American-born baritone has returned from 25 years in West Europe to pay tribute to one of his role models. Providing the arrangements of some early King Cole Trio favorites, pianist Gary Moran handles Nat's piano playing while Bourne does a great job on the vocals. They're joined by bassist Scott Black and guitarist Ed DeLucia. While Bourne was in the Netherlands, Moran and Black sometimes played together in Chicago and DeLucia was traveling from coast to coast. Now all four live in Tucson, where they spent weeks making sure every note of this CD was exactly as the original King Cole Trio performed it. All four continue to perform elsewhere, but they draw big crowds whenever they play together or separately in Tucson. We in the Tucson Jazz Society feel truly blessed. You'll see why when you buy this CD."