Name: A Point Of View
Brand: Bobby Cole

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PT065LP

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Kudos

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5050580779556

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

OVCD493

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2022-04-15

The Orchard

810075112092

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bobby Cole

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Perfect Toy

Reissue of the classic 1967 release. The CD contains 13 previously unissued bonus tracks. Fully authorized by the Estate of Bobby Cole. Produced for release by Grammy®-winner Cheryl Pawelski and remastered by Grammy®-winner Michael Graves, with a new essay from Grammy®-nominated writer Randy Poe.

Frank Sinatra walks into a bar . . . Well, Frank called it a “bistro”—and Jilly’s on 52nd Street even had matchbooks that when opened read, “My favorite bistro–Frank Sinatra.” It also featured Frank’s “favourite saloon singer,” Bobby Cole, who held court there for many years. His other gigs around New York landed him a recording contract with Columbia, but the 1960 release from The Bobby Cole Trio, while well reviewed, failed to gain traction. It featured no original material from Cole, and was essentially a recorded version of his Jilly’s act—one hard to capture on LP. 

Judy Garland walks into a bar . . . In 1964, and after hearing Cole’s performance of and after hearing Cole’s performance of one of her favorites, Cy Coleman’s “You Fascinate Me So,” Garland invited him to become the new musical arranger for CBS’s The Judy Garland Show in Los Angeles. When that show ended, Cole returned to New York and Jilly’s. Jack Lonshein, whose day job was creating covers for artists including Sarah Vaughan, Maynard Ferguson, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, (and eventually Big Brother &amp; The Holding Company and The Amboy Dukes!), was a friend of Cole’s. He knew Bobby’s magic, and original songs, were what the jazz world needed. 

Taking things into his own hands, <i>A Point of View</i> was released on Lonshein’s own Concentric Records, and as can happen, no matter how well received and reviewed a record is, finding a copy was half the battle for fans. <i>A Point of View</i> made waves in the boroughs, was raved about in Billboard and Cash Box, and then disappeared—but became a coveted prize by those who experienced it.

A Point Of View

Music GB