Today is Nat King Cole's birthday. He would have been 92. The pianist and singer was an inspiration to nearly all piano players coming up in the 1940s, and he was all class throughout his life. Cole made everything look easy, even appearing on television. One of his many gifts was the ability to come through the TV camera and into viewers' hearts.
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Marc Myers writes frequently on music and the arts for the Wall Street Journal. He is author of "Why Jazz Happened" (University of California Press). In 2012, JazzWax was named the Jazz Journalists Association's "Blog of the Year."
Only one NKC!
92 y/o? He might still have been alive. What a pity, but would there have been a place for him in the music world of the past few decades?
Posted by: John P. Cooper | March 19, 2011 at 09:44 AM