It’s the Grammys tonight - so I thought I’d take a look at who’s been listed in the Jazz Vocal category. And the nominees are…

Avant Gershwin - Patti Austin
Red Earth - A Malian Journey - Dee Dee Bridgewater
Music Maestro Please - Freddy Cole
Nightmoves - Kurt Elling
On The Other Side - Tierney Sutton

I don’t know any of these albums apart from Nightmoves, which I only discovered this week and which I absolutely love (Kurt Elling - he one clever guy).

To my possible shame, I’d never heard of Freddy Cole. Turns out he’s Nat King Cole’s younger brother - and as I worked through his website, I found this gem of an album from 1956 (Freddy Cole - he one old guy):

Isn’t that fantastic?! The tracks have titles like ‘I’m All Alone’, ‘Joke Is On Me’, ‘Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound’ and ‘This Life I’m Living’. And, well, I’m no gambling woman - but I’d put good money on that life possibly not being a very happy one.

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