Incredibly rare, never-before-heard live performances from Nat’s 1953 Blue Note Chicago residency. This release includes spectactular version of “Unforgettable,” “Paper Moon” and “Route 66.”

Includes extensive liner notes by Grammy-nominated writer and Nat King Cole biographer Will Friedwald, who does an amazing job of placing the listener in Chicago circa 1953.

Tracklist
CD Track Listing

DISC ONE 1. Frank Holzfeind / Intro 2. Little Girl / 3. Unforgettable / 4. It's Only A Paper Moon / 5. Love Is here To Stay / 6.Too Marvelous For Words / 7. What Does It take? / 8. You Stepped Out Of A Dream / 9 .Exactly Like You / 10. Sweet Lorraine / 11. Can't I / 12. Band Introductions 13. Calypso Blues

DISC TWO 1. Frank Holzfeind Intro #2 / 2. Walkn' My baby Back Home / 3. Mona Lisa / Too Young / 4. Blue Gardenia / 5. Straighten Up And Fly Right / 6. Funny (Not Much) / 7. Somewhere Along The Way / 8. Nature Boy / 9. Pretend / 10. A Fool Was I / 11. If Love Is Good To Me / 12. I Am In Love / 13. This Can't be Love / 14. Route 66