Natalie Cole’s recordings since 1991’s Unforgettable with Love form a well-orchestrated songbook on love: all of them revisit the jazzy vocal tradition of her father, the late, great Nat King Cole. Ask a Woman who Knows is the new chapter to this thrilling songbook. It also certifies Miss Cole’s full-circle move into jazz music: it is her first under the strictly jazz catalogued Verve Records and has copped several jazz nominations at the 2003 Grammy Awards.