Ask A Woman Who Knows

Performer: Natalie Cole
Artist: Diana Krall; Rob Mounsey; Roy Hargrove; Christian McBride; Joe Sample; Lewis Nash; Russell Malone
Engineer: Eliot Scheiner; Elliot Scheiner; John Hendrickson; Al Schmitt; Steve Genewick; Aya Takemura; Bill Smith
Producer: Tommy LiPuma
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Natalie Cole, Diana Krall (vocals); Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn); Joe Sample (piano); Rob Mounsey (keyboards); Russell Malone (guitar); Christian McBride (bass); Lewis Nash (drums); The Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra. ASK A WOMAN WHO KNOWS was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical). "Better Than Anything" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. "I'm Glad There Is You" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. This is a Super Audio CD playable only on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Personnel: Natalie Cole, Diana Krall (vocals); Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn); Joe Sample (piano); Rob Mounsey (keyboards); Russell Malone (guitar); Christian McBride (bass); Lewis Nash (drums); The Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra. ASK A WOMAN WHO KNOWS was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical). "Better Than Anything" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. "I'm Glad There Is You" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals. Personnel: Natalie Cole (vocals); Diana Krall (vocals); John Pisano, Russell Malone (guitar); Tollak Ollestad (harmonica); Gary Foster (alto saxophone); Roy Hargrove (flugelhorn); Joe Sample, Alan Broadbent, Terry Trotter (piano); Rob Mounsey (keyboards); Larry Bunker (vibraphone, percussion); Jeff Hamilton , Lewis Nash (drums); Luis Quintero (percussion); Collettes (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Al Schmitt. Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Schnee Studios, North Hollywood, CA. Photographer: Kwaku Alston. Unknown Contributor Role: Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. To be honest, there are some stern folk for whom Natalie Cole will never be forgiven for the overdubbed mega-hit duets she recorded with her late father. That would be a shame for them, because they'd miss out on the fact that Cole, as she's spent the years since the aforementioned hits proving, is one damn fine standards singer. She's got it all; a confident, relaxed delivery, an easy sense of swing, and of course unerring range and chops. On ASK A WOMAN WHO KNOWS, her first recording for famed jazz label Verve, she displays her gifts with grace and consistency, whether she's simmering over the Brazilian-tinged "Tell Me All About It" or moving mellifluously through the BAGHDAD CAFE tune "Calling You." Try to forget "Unforgettable" and see what's going down here. To be honest, there are some stern folk for whom Natalie Cole will never be forgiven for the overdubbed mega-hit duets she recorded with her late father. That would be a shame for them, because they'd miss out on the fact that Cole, as she's spent the years since the aforementioned hits proving, is one damn fine standards singer. She's got it all; a confident, relaxed delivery, an easy sense of swing, and of course unerring range and chops. On ASK A WOMAN WHO KNOWS, her first recording for famed jazz label Verve, she displays her gifts with grace and consistency, whether she's simmering over the Brazilian-tinged "Tell Me All About It" or moving mellifluously through the BAGHDAD CAFE tune "Calling You." Try to forget "Unforgettable" and see what's going down here.

Vibe (10/02, p.181) - 3 out of 5 - "...Like her father, Cole gives jazz a glamorous pop appeal..." Vibe (10/02, p.181) - 3 out of 5 - "...Like her father, Cole gives jazz a glamorous pop appeal..." Mojo (Publisher) (12/02, p.118) - "...Cole displays a sensitivity and expressive range that constantly surprises. Deliciously urbane..." Mojo (Publisher) (12/02, p.118) - "...Cole displays a sensitivity and expressive range that constantly surprises. Deliciously urbane..."

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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