Good To Be Back

Performer: Natalie Cole
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Natalie Cole, Freddy Jackson (vocals); Teddy Castellucci, Bob Cadway, Paul Jackson Jr., Dean Parks, Michael Thompson (guitar); Tom Scott (alto saxophone); Jimmy Roberts (tenor saxophone); David Woodford (baritone saxophone); Rick Braun (trumpet); Garrett Adkins (trombone); Robbie Buchanan (piano, Fender Rhodes); Charles Floyd (piano, synthesizer); Lee Curreri (piano, keyboards, programming); Jeff Scott (piano); Booker T. Jones (Hammond B-3 organ); Claude Goudette, Roman Johnson (keyboards, synthesizer); Walter Afanasieff (keyboards, synthesizers, bass, programming); Don Boyette (keyboards, synthesizer, bass); Rich Tancredi (keyboards); Ren Klyce, David Joyce (synthesizer); Paul Robinson, James Johnson, Mike Porcaro, Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion); Rick Wake, Joe Franco, Armand Grimaldi, John Robinson (drums); Luis Conte, Paulhino DaCosta (percussion); Greg "Gigi" Gonaway (cymbals); Andre Fischer (brushes); Sam Ward, Steve Lindsey, Phil Shenale, Jeffrey Rona (programming); Eddie Cole (fingersnaps, background vocals); Katrina Perkins, David Joyce, Sandra Simmons, Shelly Peiken, Billy T. Scott, Jamillah Muhammad, The "N" Sisters (background vocals). Producers include: Andre Fischer, Ric Wake, Michael Masser, Narada Michael Walden, Eddie Cole. 1989 Grammy winner for vocal performance. Before Natalie Cole crossed over to a more mainstream audience by performing jazz-pop in the manner of her legendary late father Nat King Cole, she spent many years making music in a contemporary R&B vein. Her Grammy winning GOOD TO BE BACK (1989) is a fine example of Cole's skills as an R&B singer. The album's four singles--the buoyant "As a Matter of Fact" and the ballads "Starting Over Again," "Miss You Like Crazy," and the Freddie Jackson duet "I Do"--make the album a winner all on their own. The overall sound, which features prominent keyboards and drum programming, is vintage `80s, but will be warmly familiar to fans of that era's pop-oriented R&B.

Which CD - Performance 8 / Sound 9

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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