Music is a well-known skill that only few can expertise and jazz is especially a genre that only few can properly master. Jazz has become a well-known type of music all across America and one of the biggest influences for it was an African American man from Montgomery, Alabama. Born on March 17, 1919, Nat King Cole was born into a family of music and faith. (Nat King Cole: The World) Cole was highly skilled and most remembered for his talent for playing the piano and his soothing, baritone voice. Nat King Cole was a highly renowned jazz singer that shared nothing but kindness along with his talent for piano and his voice, despite experiencing racism and other hardships in his time.
THE ARTIST
Cole’s Life. Nat King Cole, was born as Nathanial Adams Coles (Nat King Cole: The World) of his father, Reverend Edward James Coles, and his mother, Perlina in 1919. Nat was born in Montgomery, Alabama but was raised in the south side of Chicago because his father had become the minister of the Second Progressive Baptists Church in Chicago. His father led the church
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His music has been spread all over and is still played to this day especially, “The Christmas Song,” with families sitting around the Christmas tree during the most wonderful time of the year. Jazz is one of the most difficult genres of music to properly master and get the proper feel for it. Anyone can play a jazz song, but only a few have the right feeling for it and Nat King Cole was one of the most wonderful at it. He had one of the most magnificent voices for it and played the piano like no other. He was incredible at the music pieces he created and shared nothing but kindness and his talent for piano and his voice with the world, despite experiencing many forms of racism. Nat King Cole will forever be remembered for his voice, his piano playing, his music, and his warm and loving personality to all, especially during such times of