Everlasting

Performer: Natalie Cole
Artist: Kenny G; Jose Feliciano; Marcus Miller
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Natalie Cole (vocals); Jerry Knight, Aaron Zigman (various instruments); Jose Feliciano (vocals, guitar); Marcus Miller (guitar, bass); Gene Robinson, Dan Huff, Ira Siegel, Paul Jackson Jr. (guitar); Kenny G (alto saxophone); Larry Williams (saxophone, synthesizers); Thomas Scott, David Boroff (saxophone); Jerry Hey (trumpet, flugelhorn); Charles Floyd (piano, synthesizers); David Ervin (keyboards, synthesizer & drum programming); Joel Davis, Odeen Mays Jr., Claude Gaudette, Randy Kerber, Nat Adderley Jr., Greg Phillinganes, Andy Goldmark, Bruce Roberts (keyboards); David Joyce (synthesizers, background vocals); Burt Bacharach (synthesizers); Neil Stubenhaus, Abraham Laboreal (bass); Carlos Vega, Buddy Williams, Mike Baird, John Robinson (drums); Lenny Castro, Paulhino Da Costa, Shandu Akiem, Steve Samuel (percussion); Jeff Bava (programming); Katrina Perkins, Eddie Cole, Julie Waters, Maxine Waters, Stephanie Spruill, David Joyce, Siedah Garrett, Mendy Lee, Oren Waters, Joe Pzoola, Phillip Ingram, The N Sisters (background vocals). Producers include: Aaron Zigman, Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Dennis Lambert, Marcus Miller. Engineers include: Craig Burbidge, Paul Erickson, Taavi Mote'. Contains video clips of singles from EVERLASTING and GOOD TO BE BACK. Before Natalie Cole reinvented herself as a jazz-based adult contemporary chanteuse, she had a successful career in the 1980s as a contemporary R&B singer. EVERLASTING, released in 1987, is one of her more adventurous and enjoyable releases from the period. Cole moves from dancefloor-ready funk ("Jump Start") to the Burt Bacharach ballad "Split Decision" with ease, sounding equally comfortable in both modes. Included are two interesting covers, a lively version of Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac" and a lovely take on "When I Fall In Love," in which Cole gives tasteful tribute to her father's legacy. That the album covers so many stylistic bases should be a liability, but instead EVERLASTING comes across as a fun, varied, and surprisingly cohesive record.

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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