📍 Venue Location: Toulouse Lautrec Piano Room, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, SE11 4RN
🎭 Event Type: Jazz Club Concert
Tickets and info:
https://www.toulouselautrec.co.uk/etn/neal-richardsons-not-king-cole-show/
Neal Richardson’sNot King Cole Show
Pianist/Singer NealRichardson’s Trio with their London Jazz Festival sell-out tribute to the greatman
“Jazz of the purest…every one of the punters lapped it up.” Jazz Journal UK
Britishpianist/singer/songwriter Neal Richardson brings his insightful and inspiringfeelgood show to the club, celebrating the great Nat King Cole. You’ll know allthe tunes, but you might not know the incredible life of extremes that Nat KingCole lived through, the details of which are woven throughout the set.
As the show titlesuggests, Neal doesn’t try to be Nat (his hero): rather this tribute is a workof love from one pianist and singer to the memory of another, inspired by Nealplaying the great man’s piano in L.A.
Revel in all the bighits performed live in front of you – Let There Be Love, Nature Boy, Mona Lisa, This Can’t Be Love… and ofcourse Unforgettable.
The show has been ahuge hit in the London Jazz Festival (2 years’ running), as well as festivalsin Germany, Holland, and Sussex.
Neal has two albumsout: Better Than The Blues (2014) and The Maximalist (2023) , both on Spotifyetc.
The Trio comprisesNeal Richardson on piano and vocals, with Anglo-Ghanaian bass-player MilesDanso, and Austrian drummer Alex Eberhard.
Neal has worked withthese musicians for many years, hence their intuitive interplay on big swingingnumbers to pindrop ballads.
