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NAT KING COLE The Christmas Song – Cassette NEW $5.99

Nat “King”Cole-St.Louis Blues Analogue Productions 180gr HQ 2XLP 45RPM NEW $61.70

NAT KING COLE ~NAT KING COLE ~ PICKWICK ~ P8 -141 8 TRACK ~ Y102 $7.95

Embraceable You Nat King Cole Bci / Eclipse Music 2002-05-21 Music $6.34

NAT KING COLE ~NATURE BOY ~ PICKWICK ~ P8 -1123 8 TRACK ~ Y102 $7.95

NAT KING COLE ~A MANY SPLENDORED THING – LONGINES SYMPONETTE ~ Y102 $7.95

Here’s… [Import] [Best of] [Audio CD] Cole, Nat King $7.55

KRUGOZOR 10/1991 (feat flexi-discs by SINEAD O’CONNOR, NAT KING COLE) $14.99

1951 UK #1 NAT KING COLE 78 “TOO YOUNG” CAP CL13564 EX $15.19

The Jazz Collector Edition: Nat King Cole Trio Recordings “5″ CD Disc box set $19.95

COLE, NAT KING TRIO – COMPLETE AFTER MIDNIGHT SESSION - $12.64

COLE, NAT KING – THE ESSENTIAL – CD ALBUM EMPORIO NEW $11.06

Nat “King” Cole Greatest Hits CHARTBUSTER KARAOKE CDG $13.99

Nat King Cole – The King Cole Trios, Live 1947-1948 $7.26

COLE, NAT KING – BEST OF NAT KING COLE,THE VERY – CD AL $14.22

Nat King Cole : Nat King Cole $5.52

NAT KING COLE “GREATEST LOVE SONGS” UK CAPITOL 20 TRACK TAPE 1982 ex $7.58

Nat King Cole – A Blossom Fell $11.06

Nat King Cole – More Cole Espanol Sealed $11.06

Nat King Cole – Ramblin Rose Sealed! $11.06

Nat King Cole – Unforgettable Sealed $11.06

Nat King Cole – Unissued Sealed $11.06

Nat King Cole – Unreleased $11.06

Nat King Cole – Walkin My Baby Back Home Sealed $11.06

Nat King Cole – Wild Is Love Sealed $11.06

LEE GORDON PRESENTS NAT KING COLE IN THE BIG SHOW TOUR 1956 SOUVENIR PROGRAMME $25.67

Nat King Cole CD “THE UNFORGETTABLE …” 24 tracks $6.90

NAT KING COLE GOLD 45 RECORD LIMITED EDITION DISPLAY $69.95

NAT KING COLE UNFORGETTABLE – Capital Records $9.95

LISTEN / NAT KING COLE – THE GOOD TIMES $6.99

NAT KING COLE “BEST OF” CD NEW $31.62

GIANTS OF JAZZ – AMERICAN RECORDING SOCIETY MONO. BILLY HOLIDAY, NAT KING COLE, $15.00

NAT KING COLE & GEORGE SHEARING “LET THERE BE LOVE” ex $7.10

CHRISTMAS WITH NAT KING COLE – CD – NEW - $1.06

Nat King Cole – When I Fall In Love – 7″ PS 1957 – Ex $1.25

NAT KING COLE Sings GEORGE SHEARING QUINTET Plays CAPITOL 2LP $9.90

Nat King Cole “Unforgetable” Boxed Set 6 Records $12.00

NAT ‘ KING ‘ COLE sings HOLD MY HAND etc. 1954 CAPITOL #EAP 1-9120 / exc. cdtn. $5.00

Dreams Can Tell A Lie By Nat King Cole Sheet Music $9.48

The Best of Nat King Cole CAPITOL STARLINE LP $7.99

The Definitive Nat “King” Cole by Nat “King” Cole (C… $1.00

NAT KING COLE – BEST OF NAT KING COLE NEW CD $10.57

Nat King Cole At The Sands Rare Recording of Live 1960 Performance in Las Vegas $4.00

2 CD Lot 24 Great Pop Love Songs Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Celine Dion $4.99

CLASSIC 1954 UK #2 NAT “KING” COLE 78 ” SMILE / MAKE HER MINE ” CAP CL 14149 EX+ $19.78

Nat “King” Cole Just One of Those Things Record $5.99

Nat King Cole LP 1960s Nat King Cole $5.00

NAT KING COLE SMILING STUDIO PORTRAIT B&W POSTER PRINT $24.99

Freddy Cole – Sing LP Park Nat King Natalie soul jazz $23.73

GREATEST VOICES 3 CDs Sinatra,Nat King Cole,Streisand $7.95

Minton Moyr Smith Nursery Rhyme Tile Old King Cole $205.64

The Best Of Nat King Cole $13.95

NAT KING COLE: To Whom It May Concern (vocalists LP) $25.00

“THIS IS NAT KING COLE” LP – RAINBOW LABEL NICE!! $4.99

VINTAGE 2 FACED TEA POT OLD KING COLE SHORTER STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND HAND PAINTED $99.99

CD – Nat King Cole – Greatest Love Songs – UK – 1982 – Excellent $13.81

NAT KING COLE: Unforgettable (vocalists vinyl LP) $15.00

NAT ‘KING’ COLE: The Swingin’ Side Of (vocalists LP) $12.00

NAT KING COLE 45 W/ PICTURE SLEEVE RAMBLIN ROSE/ THE GOOD TIMES $4.00

NAT KING COLE 45 W/ PICTURE SLEEVE THOSE LAZY-HAZY-CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER $4.00

LARGE OIL PAINTING ON PLATE GLASS OF MAXFIELD PARRISH’S OLD KING COLE $750.00

Favorite Ballads [Collectables] by Nat “King” Cole (CD, May-1995, EMI-Capitol… $0.99

U.S. FDC #2852 FLEETWOOD NAT KING COLE AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES POPULAR SINGERS $0.99

Nat King Cole 45 RPM “Ballerina/You Are My First Love” $4.99

VA NAT KING COLE Stardust CHET BAKER EU 20-Track CD Unforgettable Tea for two $13.99

KING COLE TRIO – Hit That Jive: 1936-1946 – 2005 $5.99

CD – Nat King Cole Vol 4 – Jazz Collector – Excellent $3.41

VELVET VOICE NAT KING COLE GREATEST HITS 3 LP SET NEAR MINT CONDITION $3.95

The Greatest Hits [Capitol] by Nat “King” Cole (CD, Oct-1994, Capitol) $3.99

20 Golden Greats: Nat King Cole Nat ‘King’ Cole Audio CD $11.12

~~~NAT KING COLE~~~10 GREAT SONGS~~~NEW SEALED CD!!!! $4.77

1990 MUSIC CD NAT KING COLE CAPITOL 20 SONGS $9.99

NAT KING COLE // ST. LOUIS BLUES // NEW SACD CD $31.92

NAT “KING COLE” – JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS / CAPITOL $5.95

Lot of 14 NEW OLD STOCK Sealed 8-Track Tapes Joni Mitchell, Nat King Cole +more $2.25

King Cole

The Chinese and all that Jazz

While in China I had several opportunities to enjoy its night life.  The nightclubs rivaled any I had seen in the States only on a larger scale–I mean gymnasium size.  The ladies dressed exquisitely and carried themselves in an urbane manner belying the surrounding poverty.   The guys, well, I didn’t notice them much.

The music was contemporary and rhythmic summoning the crowds to the dance floor.  I heard R&B tunes from the O’Jays to Michael Jackson.  In more quaint settings, I heard a young man accompanying himself on the keyboard while singing the tunes of Nat King Cole.  The Mainland Chinese have discovered Black America, or should I say its musical art form.  Dare I say their interest seems to be more pervasive and intense than that of the American Born Chinese (ABCs).   It appears even the stoically reserved Chinese can’t resist the rhythms of R&B and the free-flowing expression of Jazz.  Indeed, the latter might explain the Mainlander’s embracing of Jazz for its unfettered self-expression.  This would be attractive to a people accustomed to a system that controls the number of children they may have and where they can live.

While I was studying Chinese I had a classmate named Victor Siu.  Victor was both a Music and Chinese major.  One day I heard him play the piano.  What he played astounded me.  Here was a Chinese person playing Jazz piano.  I was so surprised at what I was hearing that it encouraged me to start playing the piano again.  There was a bit of irony here, in between Chinese classes Victor would show me some jazz licks and I would show him some Chinese characters.

I recently interviewed Victor, who is now the music teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.  He teaches primarily Chinese music and its varying instruments from the erhu to the moon guitar.  His first love, however, is still Jazz.  When I asked Victor what attracted him to Jazz music he stated it was when he first heard Dee Spencer, a music teacher at SFSU (San Francisco State University), play the piano.  Victor stated, “I couldn’t believe it was the same instrument that I played; I couldn’t believe it was the same instrument, but with completely different sounds.”  Prior to that Victor had been trained to play classically.  His mother is a well-known music teacher in the Chinese community and his father and grand-father were also musicians.  So, it was inevitable that he would be involved with music.

Victor stated that he took jazz theory classes and a lot of African American Studies courses.  He jokingly stated, “I like February, because of Black history month and Chinese New Year.”  His favorite piano player of all-time was Nat King Cole, everybody that performed on the Motown label, and he loves anything by Sam Cooke.  One day Victor will figure out a way to meld Chinese instruments with Jazz music forming a gumbo of Chinese-Afro Gruel.

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About the Author

Gregory Taylor was an Oakland  Police Officer during the 1970s.  He has a BA degree in Chinese and a BA degree in International Studies with a minor in Asian Studies.  Gregory teaches Chinese to inner-city kids in Oakland, California.

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