With Respect to Nat

With Respect to Nat
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1965
Recorded	October 28 – November 13, 1965
Genre	Vocal jazz, Jazz
Length	33:10
Label	Mercury, Limelight, Verve (reissue)
Producer	Jack Tracy
Oscar Peterson chronology
Eloquence (1965) With Respect to Nat (1965) Put On a Happy Face (1966)

With Respect to Nat - Oscar Peterson Sings and Plays Nat King Cole is a 1965

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.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Writing for AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote "Peterson, who rarely ever sang, is very effective on the well-rounded program, whether being backed by a big band (arranged by Manny Albam) on half of the selections or re-creating both the spirit of the Nat King Cole Trio and his own group of the late '50s during a reunion with guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist Ray Brown."^[1]

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. "
   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. "
   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

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