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Program

NAT KING COLE
AT 100 

Thursday, April 28, 2022 | 07:00 PM 
Friday, April 29, 2022 | 08:00 PM
Saturday, April 30, 2022 | 08:00 PM
Schermerhorn Symphony Center

 


NASHVILLE SYMPHONY
Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Terri Lyne Carrington,
music director and drums
Phillip Attmore,
vocals and tap dance 
Patti Austin, vocals
Will Downing, vocals
Ryan Shaw, vocals

 

Gerald Clayton, piano
Mark Whitfield, guitar
Ben Williams, bass

 

Edmar Colón,
arranger and orchestrator
Elizabeth Healy,
producer and director

 



PROGRAM

GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN/
VICTOR YOUNG –
EDWARD HEYMAN/
NAT KING COLE
Medley: Embraceable You – When I Fall In Love - Bop-Kick

 

LORENZ HART/RICHARD RODGERS
This Can’t Be Love
Will Downing

 

ALBERT ASKEW BEACH/CHARLES LOUIS TRENET/LESTER BROWN
I Wish You Love
Patti Austin

 

MILTON DELUGG/WILLIAM STEIN
Orange Colored Sky
Ryan Shaw

 

EDEN AHBEZ
Nature Boy
Will Downing

 

LIONEL RAND/IAN GRANT
Let There Be Love
Phillip Attmore

 

JOHN TURNER/GEOFFREY PARSONS/CHARLES CHAPLIN
Smile
Ryan Shaw

 

COLE PORTER
Just One Of Those Things
Patti Austin

 

- INTERMISSION -

 

JUAN TIZOL/DUKE ELLINGTON
Caravan

 

BETTY COMDEN/ADOLPH GREEN/JULE STYNE
Just In Time
Ryan Shaw and Phillip Attmore

 

JAY LIVINGSTON/RAYMOND B. EVANS/RAY EVANS
Mona Lisa
Will Downing

 

NAT KING COLE/IRVING MILLS
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Ben Williams and Terri Lyne Carrington

 

NADINE ROBINSON
Jumpin’ At Capitol
Rhythm Section

 

CLYDE OTIS/BROOK BENTON/BEDFORD HENDRICKS
Looking Back
Ryan Shaw

 

IRVING GORDON
Unforgettable
Patti Austin and Will Downing

 

BERT KAEMPFERT/MILT GABLER
L-O-V-E
All Vocalists

Credits

Nat King Cole at 100 Production Credits

Producer and Director:  Elizabeth Healy
Arranger and Orchestrator:  Edmar Colón - All musical selections
Co-Arrangers:  Edmar Colón and Terri Lyne Carrington (Unforgettable, Looking Back, Bop-Kick, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Jumpin’ At Capitol)
Projection Designer:  Wendall K. Harrington
Projection Programmer:  Paul Vershbow
Lighting Designer:  Trey Franklin
Production Stage Manager:  Deborah Climo
Announcer:  Trennie Williams
Image Research:  Susan Hormuth, Washington, DC

Visual Projections Courtesy of:
King Cole Partners LLC
Manny Davis and the Estate of Altovise Davis
Library of Congress:
- Prints & Photographs Division:  LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection and NYWT&S Collection
- Music Division:  William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection
Getty Images
Universal Music Enterprises

 

Special Thanks:
Seth Berg
King Cole Partners LLC
Jessica Slais

Image for Nat King Cole at 100 with the Nashville Symphony
Program

NAT KING COLE
AT 100 

Thursday, April 28, 2022 | 07:00 PM 
Friday, April 29, 2022 | 08:00 PM
Saturday, April 30, 2022 | 08:00 PM
Schermerhorn Symphony Center

 


NASHVILLE SYMPHONY
Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Terri Lyne Carrington,
music director and drums
Phillip Attmore,
vocals and tap dance 
Patti Austin, vocals
Will Downing, vocals
Ryan Shaw, vocals

 

Gerald Clayton, piano
Mark Whitfield, guitar
Ben Williams, bass

 

Edmar Colón,
arranger and orchestrator
Elizabeth Healy,
producer and director

 



PROGRAM

GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN/
VICTOR YOUNG –
EDWARD HEYMAN/
NAT KING COLE
Medley: Embraceable You – When I Fall In Love - Bop-Kick

 

LORENZ HART/RICHARD RODGERS
This Can’t Be Love
Will Downing

 

ALBERT ASKEW BEACH/CHARLES LOUIS TRENET/LESTER BROWN
I Wish You Love
Patti Austin

 

MILTON DELUGG/WILLIAM STEIN
Orange Colored Sky
Ryan Shaw

 

EDEN AHBEZ
Nature Boy
Will Downing

 

LIONEL RAND/IAN GRANT
Let There Be Love
Phillip Attmore

 

JOHN TURNER/GEOFFREY PARSONS/CHARLES CHAPLIN
Smile
Ryan Shaw

 

COLE PORTER
Just One Of Those Things
Patti Austin

 

- INTERMISSION -

 

JUAN TIZOL/DUKE ELLINGTON
Caravan

 

BETTY COMDEN/ADOLPH GREEN/JULE STYNE
Just In Time
Ryan Shaw and Phillip Attmore

 

JAY LIVINGSTON/RAYMOND B. EVANS/RAY EVANS
Mona Lisa
Will Downing

 

NAT KING COLE/IRVING MILLS
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Ben Williams and Terri Lyne Carrington

 

NADINE ROBINSON
Jumpin’ At Capitol
Rhythm Section

 

CLYDE OTIS/BROOK BENTON/BEDFORD HENDRICKS
Looking Back
Ryan Shaw

 

IRVING GORDON
Unforgettable
Patti Austin and Will Downing

 

BERT KAEMPFERT/MILT GABLER
L-O-V-E
All Vocalists

Credits

Nat King Cole at 100 Production Credits

Producer and Director:  Elizabeth Healy
Arranger and Orchestrator:  Edmar Colón - All musical selections
Co-Arrangers:  Edmar Colón and Terri Lyne Carrington (Unforgettable, Looking Back, Bop-Kick, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Jumpin’ At Capitol)
Projection Designer:  Wendall K. Harrington
Projection Programmer:  Paul Vershbow
Lighting Designer:  Trey Franklin
Production Stage Manager:  Deborah Climo
Announcer:  Trennie Williams
Image Research:  Susan Hormuth, Washington, DC

Visual Projections Courtesy of:
King Cole Partners LLC
Manny Davis and the Estate of Altovise Davis
Library of Congress:
- Prints & Photographs Division:  LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection and NYWT&S Collection
- Music Division:  William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection
Getty Images
Universal Music Enterprises

 

Special Thanks:
Seth Berg
King Cole Partners LLC
Jessica Slais