Ed Sullivan, at one time was the most renowned name in US television. Most of us hear that name and think of Elvis Presley and his electrifying game-changing performance in 1956. Few of us will ever ...

"Hittin' the Ramp," which includes 183 early Nat King Cole Trio recordings, proves what Mathis says — he was a jazz piano great first. Counterintuitive as it might seem, there’s a large fan base for ...

Tea For Two; Straighten Up and Fly Right; Jumpin? at Capitol; Sweet Lorraine; It?s Only a Paper Moon; Body and Soul; Riffamarole; Sweet Georgia Brown; The Way You Look Tonight; Airiness a la Nat; (Get ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Musical legend Nat "King" Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Cole a century ago today in Montgomery, Alabama. Famous for hits ...

Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo has his sights set on a biopic about Alabama jazz icon Nat King Cole. Variety reports Domingo, who is up for an Academy Award for his leading role in “Rustin,” ...

Musical dexterity is John Pizzarelli’s forte. How else can you define a major strength of this jazz guitarist whose career dates back to 1980 and includes a string of albums that have found him paying ...

Freddy Cole, a jazz pianist and balladeer who long performed in the shadow of his older brother Nat King Cole but enjoyed a late-career blossoming with four Grammy nominations and the jaunty number “I ...

Returning home from WWII, Ernie Dunlevie, eventual developer of Bermuda Dunes, remembered going to a small club next to a bowling alley in Los Angeles. He heard an incredible trio playing there: piano ...

On March 17, 1919, the world gained a singer with an "unforgettable" voice, when Nathaniel Adams Coles – Nat King Cole – was born in Montgomery, Alabama. The son of a Baptist pastor, by age four he ...