"That Sunday, That Summer" - Nat "King" Cole

[Steve Marcus]

A co-worker who is not a musician asked me about this recording:

http://www.last.fm/music/Nat+King+Cole/ ... hat+Summer

He mentioned that it sounded like a string bass with the longer sustain of a tuba. When listening to the recording, it sounds like string bass in the right channel and tuba in the left channel. The tuba apparently plays exactly the same notes that the string bass plays minus some eighth notes in the 12/8 meter (example at 2:11 in the recording).

Is this the correct instrumentation and, if so, as the forum category asks, Who played tuba...?

[David Richoux]

didn't take too long to find out (I somehow missed looking at this one until now.)
From this discography:

May 16, 1963

(Session #AA-10/11192; 13:00-17:00) Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood California

Nat Cole (vocal), Ralph Carmichael (arranger/conductor), Joseph Robert 'Bobby' Gibbons (guitar), Alton R. 'Al' Hendrickson (guitar), Alvino Rey (guitar), Joseph G. 'Joe' Comfort (bass), Irving Cottler (drums), Lawrence B. 'Larry' Bunker (percussion), Milton W. Raskin (piano), John T. 'Tommy' Johnson (tuba), Victor Arno (violin), Israel Baker (violin), Harold Dicterow (violin), Elliott Fisher (violin), David 'Dave' Frisina (violin), James Getzoff (violin), Paul C. Shure (violin), Gerald 'Jerry' Vinci (violin), Unidentified (vocal chorus)

(39806) That Sunday, That Summer
(39807) Our Old Home Team
(39808) Don't Forget
(39809) You Tell Me Your Dream
(39810) That's What They Meant (By The Good Old Summertime)