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  Nat Cole Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Cole and his family were moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1921 by his father, who served as pastor of the Truelight Spiritual Temple on the South Side of Chicago.
Cole's accompaniment style, which backed up Moore's improvisational guitar lines and his own singing, was characterized by piano bass-note rockers and comped (chopped) chords executed by the left hand against exquisitely tasteful fill-ins executed by the right hand.
Cole never belted a song in his life, but depended on interesting subtleties of vocal timbre and texture and the art of nuance.
www.bookrags.com /biography/nat-cole   (1419 words)

  
  Buddy Cole (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edwin LeMar Cole, known as Buddy Cole (December 15, 1916 in Irving, Illinois – November 5, 1964), was a jazz pianist and orchestra leader.
Buddy Cole started his musical life in the theater playing between movies.
He moved to Hollywood and played with a couple of bands before becoming a studio musician.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddy_Cole_(musician)   (222 words)

  
 Nat King Cole MP3 Downloads - Nat King Cole Music Downloads - Nat King Cole Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Cole\'s father was a butcher who aspired to the Baptist ministry, and when Cole was four the family moved to Chicago, where his father eventually succeeded in becoming a preacher.
Cole, however, salvaged the concept of the show for a stage production he called Sights and Sounds: The Merry World of Nat King Cole, featuring a group of dancers and singers, with which he toured regularly from 1961 to 1964.
Cole returned to the Top Ten of the singles chart for the first time in four years with the country-tinged "Ramblin\' Rose" in 1962; his album of the same name also reached the Top Ten and eventually was certified platinum.
www.mp3.com /nat-king-cole/artists/50191/summary.html   (2203 words)

  
 New Page 0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Although Buddy Ray spent much of his career working with Western bands, his first love was Jazz and Blues, and his soulful, hard -yet velvet-toned -Swing not only made him a popular choice for Western Swing bandleaders like Wills, but also attracted the attention of Jazz and popular musicians.
Buddy Ray got his start in Shreveport in 1937, playing on a noon radio program on KWKH with the Modern Mountaineers.
Buddy Ray, now 82 years old, lives on Caddo Lake in Waskom with his eighth wife Peggy (they’ve been happily married for over 25 years); their grandson lives next door.
www.seattlewesternswingmusicsociety.com /buddyray.htm   (997 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/colepriorstevens
Cole has tallied scores of regional and local gigs and has recently played the WC Handy Blues Festival and the prestigious Monterey Blues Festival in California.
Cole's music has been featured on internet radio since his 1997 CD debut Out of the Blue.
Cole's song-craft and lyrics are interlaced with personal philosophies about the fragile human experience, to which we all share a common thread.
www.myspace.com /colepriorstevens   (1821 words)

  
 Buddy Bolden 2
So when Buddy Bolden, the barber of Franklin Street, gathered his orchestra together in the back room of his shop to try over a few new tunes for a special dance at Tin Type Hall, it was no ordinary group of musicians.
Buddy was able to scoop the field with the stories brought in by his friend, a "spider," also employed by the New Orleans police.
Buddy used to hang around a saloon on Gravier and Rampart run by "a guy named Mustache." He called it "my office." But he was never very businnesslike.
www.nathanielturner.com /buddybolden2.htm   (1912 words)

  
 Buddy Collette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Buddy also played an important role with the development of the cool jazz movement.
Buddy's gentle, friendly demeanor was the perfect counterpoint to the ornery bassist; they became lifelong friends.
Buddy left Dolphin behind and overcame tough racial barriers in the industry by becoming the first African American to perform in a television studio band, appearing on Groucho Marx's television show, You Bet Your Life.
www.buddycollette.com /biography.html   (725 words)

  
 Richie Cole at All About Jazz
Cole is recognized worldwide for the sweet sounds of his alto sax and the creativity behind his Alto Madness Orchestra.
Cole’s ability goes far beyond mesmerizing the audience with his saxophone because he does all the composing and arranging, having amassed over five thousand of the latter.
Cole’s knowledge is revered in Master Classes at Universities and Colleges and the Alto Madness Orchestra course has entered its sixth year at the University of Madrid in Spain.
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/musician.php?id=2702   (965 words)

  
 Nat King Cole Summary
Cole was also among the dozens of entertainers recruited by Frank Sinatra to perform at the Kennedy Inaugural gala in 1961.
King Cole's first mainstream vocal hit was his own "Straighten Up and Fly Right", based on a fl folk tale that his father had used as a theme for a sermon and recorded in 1943 at Johnny Mercer's invitation for the start-up Capitol Records label.
Cole had survived for over a year, and it was he, not NBC, who ultimately decided to pull the plug on the show (NBC, as well as Cole himself, had been operating at an extreme financial loss).
www.bookrags.com /Nat_King_Cole   (5278 words)

  
 Drummerworld: Buddy Harman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Buddy Harman, one of Nashville's outstanding session drummers, has played his solid, driving beat on over 18,000 recording sessions in the last 40 years.
Besides being acknowledged by the country music community, Buddy Harman is recognized for contributing to the rock-and-roll era with his performance on many recordings including the Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown" and being a mainstay on Elvis Presley's soundtrack recordings both in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Buddy Harman, an accomplished musician, exemplifies the qualities of a true professional in the recording business.
www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Buddy_Harman.html   (260 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Nat King Cole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Cole and his older brother Eddie went as often as possible to hear jazz and be with jazz musicians.
Cole had composed "Straighten Up and Fly Right," basing its lyrics on one of his father's sermons, but he had sold away all rights to the song several years earlier for $50 and earned nothing extra from the hit recording.
In 1991, Cole made a strong resurgence when his daughter Natalie blended her voice with his on a chart-topping new rendition of "Unforgettable." Also in 1991, the Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio were released to the delight of jazz fans.
www.gale.com /free_resources/bhm/bio/cole_n.htm   (2247 words)

  
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Buddy Greco was born in Philadelphia and made his professional debut at the tender age of five under the auspices of his dad, who among his activities conducted a programme featuring Italian music for local radio station WPEN.
Buddy Greco has been acclaimed as one of the finest jazz pianists of our time and He continues to be active pursuing other fields of the music business, producing records, writing and scoring for films and TV.
Buddy’s talent as a writer/producer were self evident when he produced a star studded benefit show for the Society of Singers in Las Vegas.
www.candidrecords.com /artist_profile/greco,_buddy.shtml   (666 words)

  
 Buddy Bregman - Music Downloads - Online
He has an appointment to make a pitch to Buddy Bregman, a producer, director, and writer who has also been a great success in the music business as an arranger, composer, and conductor.
He seems to have developed advanced talents as a musician at an early age, helped in no small part by the previously mentioned great composer in his extended family, as well as his own parents' wise decision to expose him to lots of live music.
Despite her generously sweet nature, Fitzgerald was apparently still unable to hide her initial reaction to the greenhorn producer Granz had hired for her.
musicstore.connect.com /artist/524/Buddy-Bregman/1006902.html   (1128 words)

  
 Buddy Rich: A riot on and off the stage - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
Buddy Rich exhibited his love for music through the dedication of his life to the art.
He was also known to savagely berate his own band members when he felt they had given less than their all, his language peppered with every curse in the book, and then some.
Nevertheless, players associated with Rich held him in the highest regard as a musician and offer that his tantrums were more an outcome of his relentless drive for perfection rather than malice or contempt.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20051001T200000-0500_89532_OBS_BUDDY_RICH__A_RIOT_ON_AND_OFF_THE_STAGE__.asp   (782 words)

  
 Official Buddy Bregman Website - London Articles
Heartening words from Buddy Bregman, the American director who was specially engaged by David Attenborough, head of BBC-2's entertainment department, to mount the series International Cabaret.
Buddy Bregman, the whizz-kid London's Weekend Network has hired to inject some red corpuscles into its entertainment shows, turns out to be an American with an appealing line in self-deprecation.
A talented musician, who gave his first piano recital at the age of 12, he has written the musical scores of several films and arranged music and conducted for many Hollywood stars.
www.buddybregman.com /news.html   (2399 words)

  
 phoenixnewtimes.com - News - Richie Cole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Richie Cole doesn't like to indulge in trade secrets, which is too bad, because he swears he can re-create a wild 18-piece big band solely through a four-horn arrangement.
Cole is keeping himself relevant after nearly 50 years of playing with almost every giant on the jazz circuit, including Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz.
In fact, Cole may be more active than ever — he also writes symphonies for 80-piece orchestras, which celebrate the bumblebee sounds of the alto sax, of course.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/2003-04-03/intown.html   (195 words)

  
 Buddy Cole - Moviefone
Charles Butturick Cole, popularly known as Buddy Cole, is a fictional...
Buddy Cole's Buddy Cole started as a theater organist in 1934, then worked with a number of big bands, including Frankie...
Buddy Cole - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Buddy Cole Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/buddy-cole/14033/main   (121 words)

  
 Untitled Document
To make ends meet, Cole took any number of paying jobs that were available, playing in a less than glamorous succession of beer joints up and down the West coast.
Nat Cole also made history with his radio show called "King Cole Trio Time" for the NBC network on Saturday night, the first Black performer to have their own program.
1948 was also the year that Cole and his wife Nadine were divorced, and the new woman in his life Maria Ellington was thought by many to be a major influence in the musical direction that Nat began to follow, and also led to the breakup of the original King Cole Trio.
home.earthlink.net /~v1tiger/natcole-1.html   (1585 words)

  
 Buddy Greco - Verve Records
Since then, Buddy has sold millions of records and received gold records for hits such as "Oh Look At Her Ain't She Pretty", "The Lady Is A Tramp", and "Around The World".
To date, Buddy's particular favorite is the album he made with a London Symphony Orchestra in which he arranged, played piano and conducted.
Buddy has been honored by his hometown and he was inducted into the Philadelphia Music Alliance's "Walk of Fame".
www.vervemusicgroup.com /artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=2994   (566 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Nat King Cole: Books: Daniel Mark Epstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Whether because, as Epstein writes, Cole "was a master of the art of concealment" or because his personality differed little from his calm, genial and sophisticated facade, the portrait of Cole that emerges is less vibrant than his musicAthe man himself retains a regal distance.
Cole would have had to come out of it looking good, or she wouldn't have cooperated.
This book enlightens us on Nat King Cole not just as a singer and musician but as a man. I really felt for the Cole family when they were subjected to prejudice while moving into their home in Hancock Park.
www.amazon.com /King-Cole-Daniel-Mark-Epstein/dp/0374219125   (2158 words)

  
 Buddy Greco
To this date, Buddy's favorite is the album he made with the London Symphony Orchestra in which her arranged, played piano and conducted.
Buddy Greco has been acclaimed as one of the finest jazz pianists of our time and he continues to be active pursing other fields if the music business, producing record, writing and scoring for films and TV.
Buddy's talent as a writer/producer were self evident when he produced a star studded benefit show for the Society of Singers in Las Vegas, in one fast-paced evening Buddy combined the talents of Frankie Avalon, Louis Bellson, Jerry Lewis, Henry Mancini, Phyllis McGuire, Keely Smith, Tony Martin, Jerry Vale, Joe Williams, Frank Sinatra Jr.
www.buddygrecoproductions.com /buddy.htm   (661 words)

  
 Buddy News
Buddy Holly's life may have been short, but the impact he made on rock and roll is still enjoyed worldwide.
"Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" can be counted as one of the first theatrical "jukebox" musicals, patterned after that old film formula of merging a great musician's biography with his or her greatest hits.
Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story opened in grand style last night with a great performance that was met with enthusiastic cheers and cries for encores as the show came to a thrilling finish.
www.topix.net /who/buddy   (637 words)

  
 Testimony of Buddy Collette & Marl Young
The problem, I think, in many cases is that you find these musicians when they are 18 or 20 years old but 10 years later you can't locate them.
To show how jazz musicians don't receive their due respect, most of my buddies and friends have left Los Angeles--Charles Mingus, Dexter Gordon, Chico Hamilton, Ernie Royal, Frank Morgan, the Cheatham's, Sweets Edison, Britt Woodman, Jerome Richardson who is from Oakland, but stayed in Los Angeles for a while, Richard Wyands, and Eric Dolphy.
Give us musicians who are 4, 5, and 6 years old, allow us to enhance that knowledge in junior high, high school, and junior college and we can turn out accomplished jazz musicians who will bring with them audiences.
www.csulb.edu /~caljazz/about/LBC_Hearing/lbch06.html   (3418 words)

  
 Bill Cole - Untempered Ensemble
Along the way, he was a staff musician at ABC-TV for three years in the 1960's, and he founded and ran Studio WIS, one of the seminal spots of the loft era.
, musician, composer and educator, is a low brass specialist on tuba and euphonium.
While his attention was focused on piano performance in New York clubs and on touring abroad, Cooper-Moore also began designing and building musical instruments, playing them in collaboration with all kinds of artists at lofts, galleries, artist spaces and museums, and in the streets of New York City.
www.shadrack.org /untempered.htm   (1161 words)

  
 American BigBands - Page 5 "C" Bands
Cole was a pianist that freelanced mostly for recordings and movie studios during the 1940's and '50's.
Cozy Cole died at the age of 71 in Columbus January 31, 1981.
Cook, an excellent musician, was one of the few Afro-Americans in the USA with a doctorate from the American Conservatory of Music.
nfo.net /usa/c5.html   (5471 words)

  
 UPTOWN presents UPTOWN #45 - I Ain't Like The Rest
Many great pop musicians, however talented, are fairly one-dimensional in terms of their abilities and aptitudes.
Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, and Cole Porter are considered some of the greatest musical innovators of the rst half of the 20th Century, not because of their musicianship but because their compositions broke new musical ground.
There is no question that he is a masterful musician, arranger, and producer, but he seems perhaps too impatient and restless to devote enough effort to the often time-consuming process of writing and revision, preferring instead to quickly capture the original idea on tape and start adding instruments and overdubs as soon as possible.
www.uptown.se /2005/uptown45_asamusician.shtml   (3861 words)

  
 Buddy Cole - AOL Music
Charles Butterick Cole, popularly known as Buddy Cole, is a fictional...
Buddy Cole started his musical life in the theater playing between movies.
Buddy Cole's Buddy Cole started as a theater organist in 1934, then worked with a number of big bands, including Frankie...
music.aol.com /artist/buddy-cole/22355/main   (144 words)

  
 Nat King Cole, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
From the late '40s to the mid-'60s, he was a massively successful pop singer who ranked with such contemporaries as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, an...
From the late '40s to the mid-'60s, he was a massively successful pop singer who ranked with such contemporaries as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Dean Martin.
For some reason, there seem to be more jazz critics than fans of traditional pop among music journalists, and Cole's transition from jazz to pop during a period when jazz itself was becoming less popular was seen by them as a betrayal.
www.emusic.com /artist/10562/10562888.html   (2379 words)

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