Natalie Cole - Ask a Woman Who Knows (2003) [Repost]

Recorded at the Forum in London, this live show from Natalie Cole offers an array of jazz classics and modern standards, including 'Let's Face the Music and Dance,' 'My Baby Just Cares For Me,' 'Route 66' and many more. Several duets with Diana Krall are included, as well as a moving rendition of her fathers song 'This Will Be.'
The daughter of jazz and pop legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole forged a successful career in three phases. She began in the '70s as a soul-rooted artist, had success in the '80s with pop-oriented R&B material, and then followed in the footsteps of her father with traditional pop as her foundation from the '90s through the early 2010s. From 1976 through 2009, she won nine Grammy awards, including Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female ("This Will Be," 1976), Album of the Year (Unforgettable…With Love, 1992), and Best Traditional Vocal Pop Album (Still Unforgettable, 2009).
Cole made her stage debut at age 11 and sang in college. She met the writing and producing team of Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey in 1973. The next year they collaborated on some sessions that were recorded at Curtis Mayfield's Curtom studios in Chicago. These helped her land a deal with Capitol, and she teamed with Jackson/Yancey for a string of hit albums and singles from 1975 until 1983. Such LPs as Inseparable, Natalie, Thankful, Unpredictable, and I Love You So yielded five number one R&B hits between 1975 and 1977. These included "This Will Be, "Inseparable," "Our Love," and "I've Got Love on My Mind." She stayed with Capitol until 1983, then switched to Epic for her final album with the Jackson/Yancey tandem. She scored more hits with "Jump Start," "I Live for Your Love," and "Over You" in 1987, and "Pink Cadillac," a cover of a Bruce Springsteen tune, in 1988, as she eased into another stylistic shift of focus.
Cole fully embraced traditional pop with the 1991 LP Unforgettable…With Love, which reached number one on the Billboard album chart, sold over five million copies, and won a handful of Grammy awards, including Record of the Year and Best Traditional Pop Performance for the title track a duet with her father (via his 1961 recording). She continued the trend with Take a Look in 1993, and she toured and did television specials working with a large orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle. Holly & Ivy (1994) and Stardust (1996) both continued Cole's exploration of American pop standards. Snowfall on the Sahara and The Magic of Christmas, the latter of which was recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, were issued at the end of the decade. Ask a Woman Who Knows (2002) and Leavin' (2006) followed for Verve. Cole then moved to Rhino for Still Unforgettable (2008), another collection of pop standards that won the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal album. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2010) found Cole teamed up with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for the sake of a Christmas special originally broadcast on PBS. Like some of her father's late-'50s releases, En Español (2013) was an all-Spanish set. She was joined by the likes of Andrea Bocelli, Juan Luis Guerra, Arturo Sandoval, and, on "Acércate Más" ("Come Closer to Me"), her father via a 1958 version.

Artists:
- Natalie Cole: Vocals
- Diana Krall: Vocals, Piano


Tracklist:
01. I Haven't got Anything Better to do [4:39]
02. Let's Face the Music and Dance [3:01]
03. Ask a Woman Who Knows [4:01]
04. Tell Me All About It [5:21]
05. My Baby Just Cares for Me [5:15]
06. So Many Stars [5:50]
07. It's Crazy [2:31]
08. More Than You'll Ever Know [5:26]
09. S'Wonderful (Diana Krall) [5:10]
10. Route 66 (Natalie Cole & Diana Krall) [4:52]
11. Soon [3:19]
12. I Told You So [4:04]
13. I'm a Woman [5:54]
14. I'm Begging You to See the Light [3:52]
15. Calling You [5:26]
16. Better Than Anything (Natalie Cole & Diana Krall) [5:26]
17. This Will Be [3:49]
18. I'm Glad There is You [7:47]

Extra:
- Bonus Performances
- Exclusive Interview With Natalie Cole
- New Album Trailer


Features:
- Direct Scene Access
- Interactive Menu