Bill with guitarist Larry Koonse and bassist Darek Oles present guitar/piano/bass music of Nat Cole, Ahmad Jamal, and Oscar Peterson are interspersed with standards and originals by all three of us which vary from swinging to lyrical to meditative. Some of our music is highly arranged, some is very free form. Our repertoire is extensive, and tailored to the audience (Music from the Movies, Music of the Cool Era, etc)

We converse freely with the audience, and the performance is very dynamic and interactive. Percussionist Scott Breadman joins us for this concert.

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Bill Cunliffe, Darek Oles and Larry Koonse present the guitar/piano/bass music of Nat Cole, Ahmad Jamal, and Oscar Peterson, interspersed with standards and originals by all three of us which vary from swinging to lyrical to meditative. Some of our music is highly arranged, some is very free form. Our repertoire is extensive, and tailored to the audience (Music from the Movies, Music of the Cool Era, etc)

We converse freely with the audience, and the performance is very dynamic and interactive.

Shows at 6:30 and 8:30

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Bill plays with the Acid Cole Trio, featuring Darek Oles, bass, and Larry Koonse, guitar. They will pay tribute to the great Nat Cole and Ahmad Jamal, who had the first great piano/bass/guitar trios in the 40’s and 50’s. Food and bevs will be provided, BYOB. Tickets are available here. Address will be revealed two days before the event.

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Before he became a pioneering international pop singing sensation, Nat “King” Cole earned acclaim as a first-rate jazz pianist whose trio set a heady standard for its impeccable taste, urbane instrumental interplay and joyous sense of swing. Indeed, the group started off as King Cole & His Swingsters before changing its name to the Nat “King” Cole Trio,

The original lineup teamed Cole with the superb guitarist Oscar Moore and bassist Wesley Prince. Its drummer-free lineup repeatedly soared in the late 1930 and early 1940s, although it was thanks to “Straighten Up and Fly Right,” “Route 66” and other classics that featured Cole’s luminous vocals that led to major stardom.

Nat Cole’s legacy as an instrumentalist and band leader is saluted by Los Angeles’ Acid Cole Trio. The group teams Grammy-winning pianist and arranger Bill Cunliffe with Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau bassist Darek Oles and  guitarist Larry Koonse  (Grammy nominations with Bob Mintzer (All L.A. Band) and Peter Erskine (Dr. Um)). Oles and Koonse are also co-leaders of the long-established Los Angeles Jazz Quartet.

They have played together in various groups for thirty years, and have a unique synchronicity harmonically, rhythmically and melodically. They will perform original Nat Cole arrangements, originals, and newly discovered charts from the early Ahmad Jamal piano/guitar/bass trio.

All are welcome. A good will offering will be taken.