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 ...

When you’re nearly 88 years old and brought to the piano in a wheelchair, it takes guts to put on a show. But that’s what the intrepid singer-pianist Freddy Cole did with flair Thursday night at the ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Musical legend Nat "King" Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Cole a century ago today in Montgomery, Alabama. Famous for hits like "Sweet Lorraine," "Nature Boy" and "L-O-V-E," the jazz musician left an ...

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,” ...

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Jeff Tyzik, treated audiences this weekend to The Nat King Cole Songbook. Fans of the popular jazz crooner, who died in 1965, were not disappointed.

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 ...

When Gregory Porter began his career as a jazz singer, he was told to start by covering the standards. But Porter diverted from the path most new jazz artists take and produced original albums instead ...

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 ...