<story><title>Louis Armstrong&apos;s Last Word</title><url>https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/louis-armstrong-archive/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Aloha</author><text>Two musicians of this era I do love are Louis Armstrong and Nat Cole - both virtuosos in their own right. Everyone I think knows how important Armstrong is - Nat Cole kinda gets a short shrift - he was probably the best jazz pianist of his generation, but is remembered today for his vocals (which are good in their own right) - but not where he sparkled -&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=1RcoUfSAUWs&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=1RcoUfSAUWs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=jbwPKIPVcPw&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=jbwPKIPVcPw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nat Cole died at only 45(!), his brothers each lived another 30-40 years - I wonder what we would have gotten from him had he not died so young. He had many of the same political issues Louis Armstrong did, was seen as an appeaser on racial issues.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>deprecative</author><text>Then you get to me going &amp;quot;Who the fuck is Nat Cole?&amp;quot; only to realize you meant Nat King Cole. Now I know exactly who it is.</text></comment>
<story><title>Louis Armstrong&apos;s Last Word</title><url>https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/louis-armstrong-archive/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Aloha</author><text>Two musicians of this era I do love are Louis Armstrong and Nat Cole - both virtuosos in their own right. Everyone I think knows how important Armstrong is - Nat Cole kinda gets a short shrift - he was probably the best jazz pianist of his generation, but is remembered today for his vocals (which are good in their own right) - but not where he sparkled -&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=1RcoUfSAUWs&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=1RcoUfSAUWs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=jbwPKIPVcPw&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=jbwPKIPVcPw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nat Cole died at only 45(!), his brothers each lived another 30-40 years - I wonder what we would have gotten from him had he not died so young. He had many of the same political issues Louis Armstrong did, was seen as an appeaser on racial issues.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>epiccoleman</author><text>Nat just had such a distinctive and beautiful voice, it&amp;#x27;s so warm. I love his recording of &amp;quot;Almost Like Being In Love,&amp;quot; which plays at the end of Groundhog Day. If you listen to another version, like for example Sinatra&amp;#x27;s... it&amp;#x27;s just not the same! Ella&amp;#x27;s is pretty nice though.</text></comment>