[NEohioPAL] Freddy Cole Returns to Nighttown

[Steve Frumkin / JWP]

Freddy Cole
Monday & Tuesday, April 14 & 15
7 & 9 PM
$25
 
at Nighttown
  12387 Cedar Road (top of Cedar Hill)
Cleveland Heights, OH
Tickets/reservations 216-795-0550
www.nighttowncleveland.com
  

“He’s one of the few male jazz singers these days who is still at the height of his powers and can be taken seriously.”
Ben Ratliff / The New York Times
 
“If you quiet your thoughts and really listen, Freddy Cole will open the door to your heart with a key you did not even know existed.”
Ruth Brown / Blues Singer
 
“Freddy Cole just might be the most attractively understated jazz singer currently at work.”
Lloyd Sachs / Chicago Sun-Times
 
 Freddy Cole, the legacy of his brother Nat “King” Cole, will stir up memories that will never be forgotten.  Performing professionally for over 40 years, this great singer and pianist has developed a huge following of his own.  The instantly recognizable Cole voice and a veteran quartet, play the classics as well as new compositions and interpretations from a huge repertoire.
 
Lionel Frederick Cole was born on October 15, 1931, the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole’s five children. His three elder brothers, Eddie, Ike and Nat (12 years Freddy’s senior) were all musicians. “I started playing piano at five or six,” Freddy remembers.  “Music was all around me.” In the Chicago home of his youth, visitors included Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Lionel Hampton. 
 
Cole moved to New York in 1951, where he studied at the Juillard School of Music and found himself profoundly influenced by John Lewis, Oscar Peterson and Teddy Wilson.  He received a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and then spent several months on the road as a member of an Earl Bostic band that also included Johnny Coles and Benny Golson.
 
It was back in New York that Cole successfully laid the groundwork for a career that continues to flourish to this day. He developed a vast repertoire of songs in Manhattan bistros and concurrently began to supplement his live performances with television and radio commercial jingle work. 
 
Cole doesn’t apologize for sounding like his brother, Nat “King” Cole. There are certain unmistakable similarities. He plays piano and sings, and performs live with guitar and upright bass, just like Nat. Yet his voice is raspier, smokier, jazzier even. But he has emerged from the awesome shadow cast by his elder brother. In truth, his phrasing is far closer to that of Frank Sinatra or Billie Holiday than that of his brother and his timing swings a little more.  His vocals – suave, elegant, formidable and articulate – are among the most respected in jazz.
 
Freddy's latest album, "Because of You: Freddy Cole Sings Tony Bennett" on the popular jazz label High Note, was in the top 10 of the Jazz Charts for over 10 weeks this past year.
 
Appearing with Freddy Cole for his appearance at Nighttown will be guitarist Randy Napoleon.  Napoleon a recent addition to the group has been a featured soloist with the Clayton/Hamilton Big Band and he also toured with Michael Buble for three years.  On drums will be the great Curtis Boyd who has been with Freddy off an on for twenty years.  Finally on bass will be Elias Bailey, a member of the group for five years.
 
Don't miss this legendary singer with the legendary voice Freddy Cole, when he makes a special appearance at Nighttown on Monday andTuesday April 14th and 15th. 


  http://www.freddycole.com/ 



                                            
Steve Frumkin
Jim Wadsworth Productions
2213 Bellfield Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone 330-405-9075 (Office/cell)
wadsworthjazz at sbcglobal.net 
www.jwpjazz.com   
www.nighttowncleveland.com  





















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