Nat King Cole
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555534694 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 438 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Fancy One said Very informative book about NatI was satisfied. I enjoyed this book very much. I got into Nat King Cole's music when I was in my mid-teens (late '70s-early '80s) because I am a fan of Natalie's as wellThere was a lot of info in the book that I did not know, so it was very enlightening to read somet. The best book about Nat that's out there I found this book to be revealing and enlightening about one of my favorite singers. Nat King Cole had a voice like no other before or since. With his calm demeanor you'd never think that he endured so much hell in his life. No wonder he smoked as muc. Very Good but Should Have Been Great A Customer Nat deserved a serious look at his life and this book is a noble attempt. On the whole, it's a nice balance of his life and his art. But there are too many stupid little mistakes that I caught, it makes me wonder how much more I missed. I'd be happy t
"Nat King Cole was not a political philosopher schooled in rhetoric or the dialectics of history," the author writes. But these are balanced with the highs, like the tremendous success of Cole's vocal hits "Straighten Up And Fly Right" "Route 66," "Mona Lisa," and "The Christmas Song," and his second marriage to Maria Ellington. His warm and haunting tenor voice, suave demeanor, and elegant piano style influenced dozen of singers and instrumentalists, including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Oscar Peterson, and Diana Krall. Epstein also cites Cole's quiet battles on the Civil Rights front. With prose that reads like Cole's lyrical phrasings, Epstein takes the reader through the eventful places and spaces of the artist's life: from his birth in Alabama in 1919, his family's turbulent move to Chicago, and his rise as an Earl Hines-influenced teen jazz sensation, to the formation of his famous piano-guitar-bass trio in the '40s. As Epstein summarize
Daniel Mark Epstein brings Nat King Cole (1917-1965) and his times to vivid life: his precocious entrance onto the vibrant jazz scene of his hometown, Chicago; the creation and success of his Trio; the crossover success of such songs as Straighten Up and Fly Right; and his years as a pop singer and television star, the first African American to have his own show.