Mr.

     

 In 1943 I was training for the Merchant Navy in Colwyn Bay. I used to play a record on the juke box in an amusement arcade. The 78rpm record was Nat's 'moanin'the blues',the 'B'side of a 1930s recording. I have been trying to get the record ever since then. Decca Records,BBC,ex members of his band,old friends of his ,discographies and his Fan Club had no knowledge of the record and I could find no record of the writer. of the song. Last week on the 28th August I googled 'Nat and moanin' the blues' as i have done hundreds of times in the past. Lo and behold it came up on Delta Records. It had been issued that very day! It is playing on my machine as I write. Thanks Delta for a great disc,what a bargain 25 wonderful tracks and post free too!!!!!!Jack.

JUST A KID NAMED NAT

     

 In addition to twenty recordings by the Georgians and the New Georgians, there are five others which display Nat holding his own in a different setting. The first is one of the two sides Nat cut with pianist Garland Wilson (I wish the other had been included also) which is a tour de force for both. Nat visited the States in 1939 and recorded four numbers with John Kirby and his orchestra, two of which were on the recent Retrospective CD, and here we have the other two. Finally, there's the two numbers he recorded with Johnny Claes and his Clay Pigeons in 1941, which were reissued a while ago on the EMI 2-CD set (although one was an alternate take). Nat was a superb trumpeter, whose playing is instantly recognisable, and this well-remastered CD should appeal to his many fans, and garner him some new ones.