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Freddy Cole Wiki Information
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Lionel Frederick Cole
(born October 15, 1931) is an American musician. He is the brother of Nat King Cole (1919-65). The Freddy Cole Quartet (Cole on piano and vocals, with guitarist Randy Napoleon, drummer Curtis Boyd, and bassist Elias Bailey) regularly tours the US, Europe, the Far East and South America.
Cole was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Cole began with piano at age six and released his first single in 1952. He went on to work with Grover Washington, Jr. and has had jingles played on Turner Classic Movies [1] He was added to the Steinway Artist roster [2] in June 2006.
Freddy Cole was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Cole Nobody Knows by filmmaker Clay Walker
Cole moved to New York in 1951, where he studied at the Juilliard School of Music and was influenced by John Lewis, Oscar Peterson and Teddy Wilson. He also credits Billy Eckstine as one major influence. "He was a fantastic entertainer," Cole recalls. "I learned so much from just watching and being around him."
Before launching his solo career, he went on to get a master’s degree at 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.
In July 2009, he released a recording created Live at Lincoln Center's jazz club, Dizzy's, featuring his own quartet (Napoleon, Boyd, and Bailey), along with alto saxophonist Jerry Weldon and pianist John DiMartino.
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FREDDY COLE TICKETS
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Discography
- Live at Dizzy's: The Dreamer in Me, 2009
- Music Maestro Please, 2007
- Because of You, 2006
- This Love of Mine, 2005
- Waiter, Ask the Man to Play the Blues, 2004, re-release
- I’m Not My Brother, I’m Me- 2004, re-release
- In the Name of Love -2002
- Rio De Janerio Blue – 2001
- Merry Go Round 2000
- This is the Life. 2000
- Le Grand Freddy 1999
- Love Makes the Changes, 1998
- To the Ends of the Earth, 1997
- Live at Bartan Jazz, 1996
- Always, 1994
- I Want a Smile for Christmas, 1993
- A Circle of Love, 1993
- Live at Birdland West,1992
- I'm Not My Brother, I'm Me, 1990
Personal
Freddy Cole is the younger brother of Eddie Cole, Ike Cole & Nat King Cole. Freddy Cole is the father of Lionel Cole and the uncle of Natalie Cole.
Cole grew up in Chicago. Visitors to his home included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Lionel Hamptom.
He had planned a career with the NFL, but a hand injury interrupted this and he began playing and singing in Chicago clubs as a teenager. Although he was ready to hit the road at 18, his mother intervened and he continued his musical education at the Roosevelt Institute in Chicago before moving to New York.
Web sources
- Down Beat profile
- Steinway
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