为了纪念Nat King Cole过世40周年，隆重钜献Nat King Cole的精选大碟【The World Of Nat King Cole】，蒐藏了27首名曲，所有歌曲均透过全新母带录音科技重新混音制作，CD中同时附有女儿Natalie Cole追忆父亲的文字。精选大碟中的重量级歌单包含了在“2046”中作为梁朝伟之歌的圣诞名曲“The Christmas Song“、在“花样年华”中激荡谜样热情的“Quizas, Quizas, Quizas“、“爱在心里口难开”主题曲“(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons“、“西雅图夜未眠”主题曲“When I Fall In Love“[UK亚军]、“红磨坊”插曲“NatureBoy“[US冠军]以及“Unforgettable“的1961年独唱版，还有“Mona Lisa“[US冠军]、“Ramblin＇ Rose“[US亚军]、“A Blossom Fell“[US亚军]、“Too Young“[UK#8]、“Smile“[UK亚军]、“Looking Back“[US#5]、“If I May“[US#8]、“Send For Me“[US#6]… 等多首TOP 10单曲。

納·京·科爾是一位美國的音樂家，以出色的爵士鋼琴演奏而聞名。他除了是一位傑出的鋼琴家，亦以柔和的男中音聞名於世

納·京·科爾是一位美國的音樂家，以出色的爵士鋼琴演奏而聞名。他除了是一位傑出的鋼琴家，亦以柔和的男中音聞名於世

納·京·科爾是一位美國的音樂家，以出色的爵士鋼琴演奏而聞名。他除了是一位傑出的鋼琴家，亦以柔和的男中音聞名於世

Cole's baritone was sweet and many of his successes were with love songs, but he was equally well-versed in swinging rhythm numbers and blues. Cole was a founding father of R&B and a major influence on soul. He collaborated closely with the greatest pop orchestrators of all time. This Bear Family box contains Cole's complete recordings, all done for Capitol Records in the years 1955-1959. The 11CDs and 298 tracks contain a combination of Cole's most famous and most obscure work: the two piano-centric albums of 1955-'56: The Piano Style and After Midnight (with Sweets Edison, Juan Tizol, Willie and Stuff Smith) as well as the "bonus session" for Penthouse Serenade; the 1955 albums with Nelson Riddle, Night Lights and the bonus session for Two In Love; the two classic albums with Jenkins, Love Is The Thing (1956) and The Very Thought Of You (1958), as well as the spiritual album with Jenkins, Every Time I Feel The Spirit' (1958), and Nat's great jazz-ballad album with Billy May, Just One Of Those Things.

Nat King Cole (1919-1965) was the most popular male singer of his generation, and, along with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, one of the four best known male vocalists of all time. Making Cole's story all the more remarkable, he began his career not as a pop singer but as one of the greatest of all jazz pianists. Yet by the time he had made the transition from jazz to pop, he had sold more records and racked up more hit singles than anyone in the immediate post-war era, even Frank Sinatra. He was also the first Afro-American pop music superstar - and still the greatest. This new 11-CD set is the first complete collection of all of Nat Cole's recordings from the final half-decade of his career, a total of 292 masters. The set includes all of the following albums, in many cases including rare 'bonus' material from the same sessions. Cole's only in-concert recording, "Live At The Sands" (1960) - universally regarded as one of the great live albums of all time. 'Wild Is Love' - Cole's only original-story concept album, containing the classic title song, and his last collaboration with the great arranger Nelson Riddle (1960).

納·京·科爾是一位美國的音樂家，以出色的爵士鋼琴演奏而聞名。他除了是一位傑出的鋼琴家，亦以柔和的男中音聞名於世

Nat King Cole，1917年出生於蒙哥馬利，而成長於芝加哥。12歲便於教堂彈奏鋼琴並演唱，1963年開始與人合作，組成自己大受歡迎的爵士三重奏。亦成為日後諸如Art Tatum、Oscar Peterson等三重奏的學習範本，影響甚遠。40年代中期，Nat King Cole在卓越鋼琴技巧之外拓展歌唱事業，絲絨般溫暖厚實的嗓音，迅速虜獲聽眾的心，中慢版抒情的曲調叫人難以抗拒沈醉其中。50年初，一首Mona Lisa奪下冠軍，改變Nat King Cole的一生，從此他的名聲遠播，跨界至流行樂領域，也奠定他偉大爵士樂歌手身份。除了歌唱事業以外，Nat King Cole更擁有個人電視節目St. Louis Blue，對當時仍嫌保守的美國人而言，在節目找不到贊助廠商的情況下，Nat King Cole的表現是黑人族的第一人，其音樂成就無庸置疑，時代意義更是永垂不朽。
鮮有人能同時揚名於兩個領域，Nat King Cole一首首稱霸流行榜的浪漫情歌並未使Nat King Cole忘懷自專的爵士根基。雖然Nat King Cole已於1965年因肺癌過世，享年只47歲，然而其身後追封的終身成就獎及企鵝爵士指南的推崇，還有至今早已逾5000萬張的唱片銷售成績，再次證明了他對當代美國文化的貢獻。在這張2000最新發行的精選輯中，收錄了12首Nat King Cole在1950年至1962年間大家耳熟能詳的作品，可說是將他璀璨的歌唱生涯，作了一個最佳的回顧。深長的情感，令人對這位樂壇的傳奇永誌難忘。