The New Cool (Bob James and Nathan East album)

The New Cool
Studio album by Bob James and Nathan East
Released	September 18, 2015
Recorded	2014–2015
Studio	Yamaha Entertainment Group Studios (Franklin, Tennessee); Blackbird Studios, House of Blues, The Tracking Room and Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Yamaha Entertainment Group
Producer	Bob James, Nathan East, Chris Gero, Bryan Lenox
Bob James chronology
Rhodes Scholar: Jazz-Funk Classics 1974-1982 (2013) The New Cool (2015) Silver (Fourplay) (2015)
Nathan East chronology
Nathan East (2014) The New Cool (2015) Silver (Fourplay) (2015)

The New Cool is a jazz album by pianist Bob James and bassist Nathan East, both members of the group Fourplay released in September 2015 by the Yamaha Entertainment Group. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. ^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bob James; except where indicated

1. “The New Cool” - 7:08
2. “Oliver’s Bag” (Nathan East, Jeff Babko) - 5:07
3. “All Will Be Revealed” - 4:32
4. “Midnight Magic/Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow” (James/Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 5:14
5. “Crazy” (featuring Vince Gill) (Willie Nelson) - 5:04
6. “How Deep Is the Ocean” (Irving Berlin) - 4:35
7. “Canto Y La Danza” (East, Babko) - 5:06
8. “Waltz for Judy” (East, Babko) - 3:27
9. “Seattle Sunrise” - 4:10
10. “Ghost of a Chance” (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:23
11. “Turbulence” - 3:51
12. “House of Blue” (U.S. bonus track) ^[3]

Personnel

• Bob James – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements and conductor
• Nathan East – bass, vocals
• Scott Williamson – drums
• Rafael Padilla – percussion
• David Davidson – concertmaster
• The Nashville Recording Orchestra – orchestra
• Vince Gill – vocals (5)

Production

• Nathan East – producer
• Bob James – producer
• Chris Gero – producer
• Bryan Lenox – producer, recording, mixing
• Austin Atwood – assistant engineer
• Sean Badum – assistant engineer
• Moogie Canazio – assistant engineer
• Jasper LeMaster – assistant engineer
• Christopher Wilkinson – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Sterling Koerpel – record coordinator
• Sonny Abelardo Management – management
• Henry Somero – personal manager
• Debbie Johnson – personal assistant
• Alysse Gafkjen – photography
• Amy Fucci – packaging layout, design
• Julie Callihan – stylist, hair, make-up

References

1. "Nathan East | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
2. Tamarkin, Jeff. "Fourplay's jazz masters finally record their long-awaited duo project". Music and Musicians Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
3. "Masterfully "Cool": An Album Unlike Any Other by Bob James and Nathan East". 7 July 2015.

External links

• Official site