演出信息

日期/Date：2018年1月6日

入场时间/Door Time：5:00 PM

演出时间/Show Time：6:30PM

地址/Add：前门东大街23号 Blue Note Beijing

23 Qianmen East Street. Dongcheng District. Beijing

电话Tel：170-0000-0288 188-BLUE-NOTE

票价信息

B2剧场票价Ticket Price：

400（主座）RMB

（餐饮低消：60RMB） 

乐队成员

Freddy Cole - vocal, piano

Randy Napoleon-guitar

Michael Karn - bass

Jay Sawyer-drummer

“Gorgeous autumnal baritone, expressive phrasing and pitch-perfect feel for jazz standards, pop tunes and love ballads.”  – People Magazine

“堪称完美的成熟男中音，富有表现力的音色赋予标准爵士完美的感觉，音乐中带些流行元素，有种情歌的味道。”——《People Magazine》

“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

“Freddy有着无可挑剔的摇摆律动...总的来说，他是那个时代*表现力的男爵士歌手，没有之一。”——《纽约时报》

Freddy Cole is one of American popular music’s great performers. Like pop icon Tony Bennett, Cole is a beloved musician’s musician and a living link to the Great American Songbook. While evoking the suave stylings of Earl “Fatha” Hines and Teddy Wilson, Cole is very much his own man, whose toe-tapping forays recall the bluesy minimalism of Count Basie, the urbane sophistication of George Shearing and the uptown swagger of Duke Ellington. – Chuck Berg, The Topeka Capital-Journal

Freddy Cole 是美国流行音乐的杰出代表之一。和流行音乐偶像Tony Bennett一样，Cole是一位受人爱戴的音乐家，也是一位伟大的美国歌者。他柔和且流畅的声线堪比Earl “Fatha” Hines和Teddy Wilson，他饱含冲击的声音唤起了Count Basie布鲁斯式的极简风格，他有着George Shearing 的温文尔雅，，以及Duke Ellington挑动的神气。——Chuck Berg, The Topeka Capital-Journal

Lionel Frederick Cole是Edward 和 Paulina Nancy Cole五个孩子中*小的一个。他的三个哥哥Eddie, Ike 和Nat（比Freddy大12岁）都是经他母亲之手培养出来的音乐家。Freddy是个土生土长的芝加哥人，也是亚特兰大的国际名人。

“我在五六岁时*开始弹钢琴，”Freddy回忆道，“音乐一直都围绕在我身边。”在他青年时期的芝加哥家中，Duke Ellington, Count Basie和Lionel Hampton有去拜访过他。他认为Billy Eckstine在音乐方面对他影响深远，“他是一个了不起的艺人，”Freddy回忆道，“我从他身上学到了很多东西，尽管没有过多接触他。”本应效力于美国*橄榄球联盟(NFL)的Freddy，由于严重的手伤，职业生涯变为泡影。因此青少年时期他开始在芝加哥俱乐部演奏和唱歌，打算18岁出道的他，由于母亲的干涉，因此继续在芝加哥的罗斯福学院接受音乐教育。

Freddy在1951年搬到纽约，在Juilliard音乐学院学习，深受John Lewis, Oscar Peterson 和Teddy Wilson的影响。 他在新英格兰音乐学院获得硕士学位，几个月后加入Earl Bostic的乐队，其中还有Johnny Coles和Benny Golson。

Freddy回到纽约后，为他蓬勃发展的音乐事业打下基础。他在曼哈顿的小酒馆里创作及演唱了大量歌曲，并开始用电视和广播的商业效应来配合现场表演。

在20世纪70年代，Freddy为欧洲和英国公司录制了几张唱片，发展了很多海外乐迷。 Cole相信成为国际上*的艺术家能使自己大开眼界，看到更多的内容。Freddy创造了一种自述形表演模式，与观众互动的更加融洽，并开始用其他语言演唱。“这让我更像是一个真正的表演者。”Cole说道。

自1972年以来，他一直住在亚特兰大，目前他作为钢琴演奏及主唱，同吉他手Randy Napoleon，贝斯手Elias Bailey和鼓手Quentin Baxter一起成立了四重奏乐队，定期巡演于美国、欧洲、远东、南美及南非。Freddy从1952年起*是一名唱片艺术家，当时他的*首单曲《The Joke’s on Me》在芝加哥一家不起眼的唱片公司发行。

虽然Freddy他的哥哥Nat在音色上有些明显的相似之处，但Freddy的声音更具磁性，沙哑，充满爵士味道。事实上，他的音高与Frank Sinatra 或Billie Holiday相比，要比他的哥哥更接近，而他的速度与节奏则更加摇摆自由。他的声线——柔和，优美，令人生畏，有时他强有力的音乐表达使他成为爵士乐中*受尊敬的抒情故事讲述者。 Cole的事业愈发明朗，他已进入了美国本土艺术形式的前沿，他的风格和音乐都诠释着自己的内心。

Lionel Frederick Cole was born the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole’s five children. His three elder brothers, Eddie, Ike and Nat (twelve years Freddy’s senior) were all musicians taught by their mother. Though Freddy was born in Chicago, he is now a 35-year native son and international celebrity of Atlanta.

“I started playing piano at five or six,” Freddy recalls. “Music was all around me.” In the Chicago home of his youth, visitors included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton. He also credits Billy Eckstine as a major influence. “He was a fantastic entertainer,” Freddy recalls. “I learned so much from just watching and being around him.” After a possible career with the NFL was shelved due to a severe football related hand injury, he began playing and singing in Chicago clubs as a teenager. Although he was ready to hit the road at 18, his mother intervened and he continued his musical education at the Roosevelt Institute in Chicago. 

Freddy moved to New York in 1951, where he studied at the Juilliard School of Music and found himself profoundly influenced by John Lewis, Oscar Peterson and Teddy Wilson. He got a Master’s degree at the New England Conservatory of Music and then spent several months on the road as a member of Earl Bostic’s band that also included Johnny Coles and Benny Golson. 

It was back in New York that Freddy successfully laid the groundwork for a career that continues to flourish to this day. He developed a vast repertoire of songs in Manhattan bistros and concurrently began to supplement his live performances with television and radio commercial work. 

Freddy recorded several albums for European and English companies during the 1970s that helped him develop a loyal overseas following. Cole believes that becoming an international favorite made him “widen my scope a little bit.” He developed a stand-up act, a better rapport with audiences, and learned to sing in other languages. “It made me much more a performer.”

A resident of Atlanta since 1972, he currently leads a quartet on piano and vocals with guitarist Randy Napoleon, bassist Elias Bailey, and drummer Quentin Baxter, that regularly tours the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and South Africa. Freddy has been a recording artist since 1952, when his first single, “The Joke’s on Me,” was released on an obscure Chicago-based label.

While there are certain unmistakable similarities in timbre to his brother Nat, his voice is raspier, smokier, jazzier even. In truth, his phrasing is far closer to that of Frank Sinatra or Billie Holiday than that of his brother, and his timing swings even more. His vocals – suave, elegant, formidable, sometimes spoken and articulate – make him the most respected lyrical storyteller in jazz. Cole’s career continues to ascend as he has moved into the front ranks of America’s homegrown art form with a style and musical sophistication all his own.