Freddy Cole

Geneva hosts some really good jazz concerts in the summer, and the first one this year was by the Freddy Cole quartet. when i read the information, i was gobsmacked: Freddy Cole is the younger brother of one Nat King Cole! this sounded good, so i bought some tickets for my friends and i and off we went, all excited at the prospect. and what a show! the guy might be 79 years old and have trouble walking, but he's a great pianist and has a good singing voice. the concert lasted 2 full hours and although he couldn't walk that much, he clearly felt the vibe and got up to dance - as he could, meaning a sway of the hips here, a clicking of the fingers or a clap of the hands there. it was so cute! the rest of the band was good too, the guy on the drums being quite something and all of them generally looking like they couldn't get enough of playing. it was good.