The Cole Nobody Knows
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The Cole Nobody Knows is a documentary film about musician Freddy Cole
, the younger brother of Eddie Cole, Ike Cole
& Nat King Cole
.
The film tells Mr. Cole’s story through interviews with musicians Monty Alexander
, Nancy Wilson
, David “Fathead” Newman, John di Martino, H Johnson and Carl Anthony. Photographed in Atlanta, New York City, Los Angeles, Switzerland & France, “The Cole Nobody Knows” also features live performance material with Freddy Cole and his quartet.
Directed by filmmaker Clay Walker
, "The Cole Nobody Knows" has been featured in over 40 international film festivals and awarded the Cine Golden Eagle Award. The film received its PBS premiere on WPSU Pennsylvania in December of 2009.
Freddy Cole
Lionel Frederick Cole is an American jazz singer and pianist, whose recording career has spanned over fifty years. He is leader of the Freddy Cole Quartet, which regularly tours the US, Europe, the Far East and South America....
, the younger brother of Eddie Cole, Ike Cole
Ike Cole
Isaac "Ike" Cole was an American jazz pianist and composer.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cole was the younger brother of Nat "King" Cole and the older brother of Freddy Cole, and played drums as a youth. He played bass drum in a U.S. Army band during the Korean War, and moved back to Chicago after...
& Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
.
The film tells Mr. Cole’s story through interviews with musicians Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander is a jazz pianist and melodica player. His playing has a strong Caribbean influence and swinging feeling, but he has also been influenced by Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, and Ahmad Jamal.-Biography:Alexander discovered the piano at the age of 4, taking classical music...
, Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson (singer)
Nancy Wilson is an American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards. She has been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, cabaret and pop; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete entertainer." The title she prefers, however, is song stylist...
, David “Fathead” Newman, John di Martino, H Johnson and Carl Anthony. Photographed in Atlanta, New York City, Los Angeles, Switzerland & France, “The Cole Nobody Knows” also features live performance material with Freddy Cole and his quartet.
Directed by filmmaker Clay Walker
Clay Walker (filmmaker)
Clay Walker is an American filmmaker.In 1992, Walker produced, directed, photographed and edited the PBS documentary Post No Bills on Los Angeles "guerilla" satirical political poster artist Robbie Conal. Post No Bills received a at the 1992 Chicago International Film Festival...
, "The Cole Nobody Knows" has been featured in over 40 international film festivals and awarded the Cine Golden Eagle Award. The film received its PBS premiere on WPSU Pennsylvania in December of 2009.