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Sessions of 1944

• January 17, 1944
• February, 1944
• March 6, 1944
• March 7, 1944
• April 1944 (date unknown 1)
• April 1944 (date unknown 2)
• April 1944 (date unknown 3)
• April 1944 (date unknown 4)
• April 1944 (date unknown 5)
• April 1944 (date unknown 6)
• May 10, 1944
• May 12, 1944
• May 22, 1944
• May 23, 1944
• May 24, 1944
• June 2, 1944
• July 1944 (date unknown)
• November, 1944 (date unknown 1)
• November, 1944 (date unknown 2)
• November, 1944 (date unknown 3)
• December 28, 1944

1944

January 17, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• (182-1) The Man I Love
• (183-1) Body And Soul
• (184-1) Prelude In C Sharp Minor
• (185-1) What Is This Thing Called Love

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio

February, 1944

New York

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Shad Collins (trumpet), Illinois Jacquet (tenor sax), Gene Englund (bass), J.C. Heard (drums)

• (1010) Heads
• (1011) Pro-Sky
• (1012) It Had To Be You
• (1013) I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Note: released 1010 b/w 1012 as Disc 2010 and 1011 b/w 1013 as Disc 2011
Note: there is conflicting information for this session; it may be from July 1942
Note: credited as The King Cole Quintette

March 6, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• (211-2) After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It
• (212-2) Look What You've Done To Me
• (213-2) Easy Listening Blues
• (214-4) I Realize Now

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio

March 7, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• Little Joe From Chicago
• Rhythm Sam
• Have Fun
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street
• (Back Home Again In) Indiana

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

April 1944 (date unknown 1)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Anita Boyer (vocals).

• He's Funny That Way
• They Can't Take That Away From Me
• I'm In Love With Someone
• What Is This Thing Called Love
• Somebody Loves Me
• Sing You Sinners

Note: credited as Anita Boyer & Her Tomboyers
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

April 1944 (date unknown 2)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Anita Boyer (vocals).

• Don't Take Your Love From Me
• A Ghost Of A Chance
• It Had To Be You
• Blues In The Night
• Blue Skies

Note: credited as Anita Boyer & Her Tomboyers
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

April 1944 (date unknown 3)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Anita Boyer (vocals).

• I'll Remember April
• I Never Knew
• Don't Worry 'Bout Me
• I'll Be Around
• If I Had You

Note: credited as Anita Boyer & Her Tomboyers
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

April 1944 (date unknown 4)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Anita Boyer (vocals) and unknown (trumpet) (*).

• G'Bye Now *
• My Sister & I
• Windy City Blues *

Note: credited as Anita Boyer & Her Tomboyers
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

April 1944 (date unknown 5)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Anita Boyer (vocals) and unknown (trumpet).

• Get Away Closer Please
• Easy Street
• The Hut-Hut Song

Note: credited as Anita Boyer's Tomboyers
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

April 1944 (date unknown 6)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Anita Boyer (vocals) and Bob Dukoff (tenor sax) (*).

• Summertime *
• I'm Confessin' *
• Frivolous Sal (My Gal Sal) *
• I Dream Of You

Note: credited as Anita Boyer's Tomboyers
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

May 10, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Ida James (vocals) (*).

• No Love, No Nothing
• Knock Me A Kiss
• I Can't See For Looking
• People Will Say We're In Love
• Shoo Shoo Baby

Note: credited as Ida James with the King Cole Trio
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

May 12, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Ida James (vocals) (*).

• Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love
• Shoo Shoo Baby
• Solid Potato Salad
• My Heart Tells Me *
• Harlem Sandman *
• Speak Low *
• Them There Eyes *
• Hit That Jive, Jack *

Note: 1-4 credited as The King Cole Trio; 5-9 credited as Ida James with the King Cole Trio
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

May 22, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with Ida James (vocals) (*).

• Mexico Joe
• Lester Leaps In
• Just Another Blues
• Wild Goose Chase
• Close To You *
• On The Sunny Side of the Street *
• Stormy Weather *
• Who's Been Eatin' My Porridge *
• Honeysuckle Rose *

Note: 1-4 credited as The King Cole Trio; 5-9 credited as Ida James with the King Cole Trio
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

May 23, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• This Will Make You Laugh
• Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
• The Old Music Master
• After You've Gone

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

May 24, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• 'Tain't Me
• Laura
• Keep Knockin' On Wood
• If Yesterday Could Only Be Tomorrow
• Blues And Swing
• You Must Be Blind
• Too Marvelous For Words
• I Realize Now
• I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
• Besame Mucho
• Please Consider Me
• That'll Just About Knock Me Out
• The Man I Love

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

July 2, 1944

Philharmonic Auditorium, Hollywood California

J.J. Johnson (trombone except *), Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea (tenor saxophone), Shorty Sherlock (trumpet on *), Nat Cole (piano), Les Paul (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass), Red Callender (bass on *), Lee Young (drums)

• Lester Leaps In
• Tea For Two
• Blues
• Body And Soul
• I've Found A New Baby *
• Rosetta *
• Bugle Call Rag *

Note: a Norman Granz 'Jazz At The Philharmonic' concert production
Note: the first of the notable 'Jazz At The Philharmonic' events.
Note: Nat appeared in related print credited under the pseudonymn 'Shorty Nadine' for contractual reasons.

July 1944 (date unknown)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• D-Day
• Don't Blame Me
• Smooth Sailin'
• You're So Different
• Sweet Georgia Brown

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions.

November, 1944 (date unknown 1)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with The Barrie Sisters (vocals) (*)

• Poor Butterfly
• These Foolish Things
• Rosetta
• The Man I Love
• Liza
• I'm In The Mood For Love
• Don't Blame Me
• Three Little Words
• Body And Soul
• How High The Moon
• I Got Rhythm
• Sweet Lorraine

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: issued on radio transcription disc as King Cole at the Piano
Note: attributed to November 21 in some sources
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions

November, 1944 (date unknown 2)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• Wouldn't You Like To Know
• Barcarolle
• I Thought You Ought To Know
• Bring Another Drink
• It Only Happens Once
• Swinging The Blues
• Baby
• Baby Won't You Please Come Home
• Boogie a la King

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: attributed to November 21 in some sources
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions

November, 1944 (date unknown 3)

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass) with The Barrie Sisters (vocals)

• Someone's In The Kitchen With Dinah
• Basin Street Blues
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street
• (I've Got Those) Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues
• I've Heard That Song Before

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: attributed to November 21 in some sources
Note: for MacGregor Transcriptions

December 28, 1944

C.P. MacGregor Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles California

Nat Cole (vocal, piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)

• (335-5) Please Consider Me
• (336-6) Bring Another Drink

Note: credited as The King Cole Trio
Note: a version of There, I've Said It Again was rejected and no longer exists; an accepted version of the song was recorded August 7, 1947

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