Before Nat King Cole established himself as an iconic vocalist, he was a superlative jazz pianist much admired by his peers who recorded and performed with Lester Young, Les Paul, Charlie Parker ...

Nat King Cole was a famous singerHe was one of the leading ... before passing away at the young age of 45 in 1965. Along with his legacy, the singer leaves behind his second wife Maria Cole ...

Nat King Cole spent the '40s with the King Cole Trio, but he also played with many of the prominent jazz musicians of the era in a variety of settings. including Les Paul, Lester Young and Lionel ...

A Georgia man who was killed this week while on an Atlanta street early Thursday morning has been identified as the great-nephew of legendary jazz singer and pianist Nat King Cole. Tracy Cole ...

That line is spoken, and repeated, in “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole,” a play with music — a lot ... the latter is performed as a duet with a very young Natalie Cole, charmingly played and sung by ...

Nat King Cole and his wife, singer Maria Hawkins ... He discovered a trio with a young jazz pianist working at a bar in Chicago and suggested that Berle Adams, a talent booking agent, take ...

In 1956 Nat King Cole was seemingly at the pinnacle of his ... He was also not a stranger to the still-young medium, having appeared on Sid Caesar‘s "Your Show Of Shows" for 15 weeks in a ...

He was more than a young man in the community," Murriel added ... Cole was the grandson of Freddy Cole, Nat King Cole’s brother, who was also an accomplished musician, according to WSB-TV.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli When Nat King Cole performed “The Party’s Over ... “But, if that’s what you are trying to teach the kids, young Billy Preston is waiting in the wings, ready ...