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The Jazz Sides of the Nat Cole Trio, Part 1
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Nat King Cole is known and loved today for his classic vocal recordings but when Cole started out in the late 1930s, he was a jazz pianist, and his singing was an afterthought, Eventfully of course he gained worldwide fame with his voice, and as an unsurpassed interpreter of romantic ballads, but during the swing era, he was one of the most influential jazz pianists of the era. Part I features Nat King Cole with his influential trio in recordings from the 1930s including his famous "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "Route 66," "Straighten Up and Fly Right" and "Sweet Lorraine."Tags
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