Holly & Ivy

Performer: Natalie Cole
Artist: Katrina Perkins; Cedar Walton
Engineer: David Reitzas; Les D. Cooper; Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff; Al Schmitt; Bob Loftus
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Natalie Cole (vocals); John Chiodini, Paul Jackson, Jr., Philip Upchurch (guitar); Alan Broadbent, Cedar Walton, Charles Floyd, George Gaffney (piano); Terry Trotter (piano, celeste); Patrice Rushen (celeste, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3); Robbie Buchannan (keyboards); Jim Hughart, Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Harold Jones, Mike Baird, Jeff Hamilton (drums); Larry Bunker, Brent Fischer (percussion). Background vocals: Hilary Bonine, Josh Breslow, Rachel Brook, Blake Ewing, Jessica Frank, Megan Joyce, Gary Klarer, Janine Kamwene-Colquhoun, Alma Lira, Majorie Mejia, Arielle Ramos, Niki Rosenfield, Zan Tansey, Alberto Vasquez, Jason Yun, Julie Delgado, Tony Warren, Sandy Simmons, Catte Adams, Dorian Holley, Jacke Ward-Smith, Sally Stevens, Terry Stilnell-Haraton, Mary Mylan, Angie Jaree, Donna Davidson, Don Shelton, Gary Jones, David Joyce, Gene Morford, Bob Joyce, Kevin Dorsey, Katrina Perkins. Producers: Tommy LiPuma (tracks 1-3, 6, 9, 12); Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin (track 4); Andre Fischer (track 5, 7-8, 10-11). Recorded at Oceanway Studios and Record Plant, Hollywood, California; O'Henry Studios, Burbank, California; Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, California. Personnel: Natalie Cole (vocals, piano); John Chiodini, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Phil Upchurch (guitar); Terry Trotter (piano, celesta); Charles Floyd, Alan Broadbent, Cedar Walton (piano); Patrice Rushen (celesta, Fender Rhodes piano); Michael Baird , Jeff Hamilton , Harold Jones (drums); Larry Bunker, Brent Fischer (percussion). Audio Mixer: Al Schmitt. Recording information: Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA; Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, CA; O'Henry Studios, Burbank, CA; Record Plant. Photographer: Firooz Zahedi. Arrangers: Clare Fischer; Jerry Peters; John Clayton; Alan Broadbent; Andr� Fischer. As she did with Unforgettable, Natalie Cole again follows her in father's footsteps with a Christmas recording. Although this does not have the same 'classic' quality of her dad's The Christmas Album, it is a fine outing. Performing with either a big band or small group, Ms. Cole performs a combination holiday classics along with some lesser known tunes such as "The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" and "No More Blue Christmas." ~ Robert Taylor

Entertainment Weekly (11/18/94, pp.102-103) - "...made the usual yuletide tunes brassy and bustling....Cole's voice stays as warm and toasty as a hot toddy....she covers her dad's "The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)"..." - Rating: B

The daughter of celebrated singer Nat "King" Cole, Natalie Cole signed to Capitol Records in 1975 and went right to the Top 10 with her debut single "This Will Be," followed by two more hits in quick succession. An increasing drug dependency took a professional and personal toll. But after a successful spell in rehab, Cole re-launched her career in `87 with the album EVERLASTING, which spawned the transatlantic hit "Pink Cadillac." In 1991, Cole recorded a "duet" with her father on his original recording of the song "Unforgettable." The accompanying album won seven Grammy Awards, and sent her in a more jazz/pop direction from the early `90s and onward.

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