With Respect to Nat (album)

With Respect to Nat is a 1965 studio album by Oscar Peterson, recorded in tribute to Nat King Cole, who had died earlier that year. Peterson sings on all tracks except "Easy Listening Blues".

With Respect to Nat is the second album to feature Peterson singing, following Romance: The Vocal Styling Of Oscar Peterson, from 1954. A third, The Personal Touch was released in 1980.

Track listing

 * 1) "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" (Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills) – 2:18
 * 2) "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:29
 * 3) "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:31
 * 4) "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:31
 * 5) "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 2:37
 * 6) "Little Girl" (Francis Henry, Matt Hyde) – 2:35
 * 7) "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 2:56
 * 8) "Orange Colored Sky" (Milton DeLugg, William Stein) – 2:12
 * 9) "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 2:25
 * 10) "Calypso Blues" (Clifford Carmen, Cole, Don George) – 3:34
 * 11) "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" (Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman) – 2:39
 * 12) "Easy Listening Blues" (Nadine Robinson) – 3:23

Personnel

 * Oscar Peterson - piano, vocals
 * Hank Jones - piano
 * Ray Brown - double bass
 * Richard Davis
 * Herb Ellis - guitar
 * Barry Galbraith
 * Mel Lewis - drums
 * Wayne Andre - trombone
 * Jimmy Cleveland
 * J. J. Johnson
 * Tony Studd - bass trombone
 * Seldon Powell - alto flute, tenor flute
 * Jerome Richardson - bass flute, tenor flute
 * John Frosk - trumpet
 * Joe Newman
 * Ernie Royal - trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Danny Stiles
 * Phil Woods - alto saxophone
 * Manny Albam - arranger, conductor