Savannah Music Festival | March 22-April 7, 2012

SMF APPEARANCES

• COLE IN THE AFTERNOON: MUSIC OF NAT KING COLE AND COLE PORTER FEAT. FREDDY COLE QUARTET/MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO
  March 31, 2012 3:00 PM
  Lucas Theatre for the Arts
  

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Sponsored by BOB & JEAN FAIRCLOTH and
RON & SUSAN WHITAKER
Sponsored in part by William Donahue
Additional support also shared by Don & Phyllis Powell
and Georgia Eye Institute
Steinway piano sponsored by Excelsia Investment Advisors

The youngest brother of Nat King Cole, Freddy Cole grew up in Chicago, in a home where visitors included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton. His vocals‚ suave, elegant, formidable, and articulate‚ are among the most respected in jazz. The Freddy Cole Quartet (Randy Napoleon, Elias Bailey, Curtis Boyd) make their Savannah debut on a one-time only double bill with the inimitable Marcus Roberts Trio (Rodney Jordan, Jason Marsalis), who will perform heralded classics from the American Songbook by Cole Porter and Nat King Cole in this specially produced afternoon matinee.

"Freddy has an impeccable sense of swing... he is, overall, the most maturely expressive male jazz singer of his generation, if not the best alive."
-The New York Times