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The Nat King Cole Trio is tagged as: jazz, swing, blues, vocal, 60s

Before his international acclaim as a pop vocalist, Nathaniel Adams Coles built an indelible reputation as a jazz pianist in the groundbreaking combo, The King Cole Trio. Born into a musical family, young Nat Coles (later changed to Cole) recorded with his older brother, Edward, in 1936 for the Decca label. The four sides cut by Eddie Cole’s Solid Swingers gave the general public its first glimpse of Nat’s gentle yet lively piano riffs. After touring with a revival show of Eubie Blake’s revue Shuffle Along, Cole settled in Los Angeles, playing various nightclubs as a soloist. In 1937, club owner Bob Lewis suggested that Cole assemble a small band to work at his Swanee Inn on North La Brea. The group’s unorthodox instrumentation and size - they had no drummer and, at the time, big bands were the rage - featured Wesley Prince on bass and the innovative phrasings of electric guitarist Oscar Moore. The Trio’s blend of jump blues and jazzy instrumentals with bouncy vocal stylings was a collective effort, while Cole occasionally took the lead on standard ballads. After an uneventful 1939 session for the Davis & Schwegler recording company in Hollywood, The Trio accompanied Lionel Hampton on two recording dates the following summer. Their association wi...
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Top 10 The Nat King Cole Trio Songs
Straighten Up And Fly Right
Sweet Lorraine
You're the Cream in My Coffee
Route 66
It's Only A Paper Moon (digitally remastered original)
Just You, Just Me
Sweet Lorraine (digitally remastered original)
It's Only A Paper Moon
The Man I Love
Call The Police
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Top 10 The Nat King Cole Trio Albums
Jumpin' at Capitol
Unforgettable Jazz
The Complete After Midnight Sessions
The Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics
Hit That Jive, Jack
Let's Spring One
The Very Best of the Nat King Cole Trio
The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio (1947-1950)
The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (disc 10)
The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (disc 2)
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