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University to Host Free Concert with Jazz Legend Freddy Cole on Nov. 12

With his “gorgeous autumnal baritone, expressive phrasing and pitch-perfect feel for jazz standards, pop tunes and love ballads,” (according to People magazine) jazz legend Freddy Cole has been captivating audiences across theworld since the 1950s.

 

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Roger Williams University welcomes Cole – recipient of the 2005 Grammy Living Legend Award – for an intimate performance featuring the Freddy Cole Quartet with saxophonist Harry Allen, a virtuoso jazz musician in his own right who grew up in Burrillville, R.I.

 

“America’s most significant cultural contribution to the world may be jazz and the Great American Songbook,” says Robert M. Eisinger, dean of the University’s Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences. “Bringing the Freddy Cole Quartet with Harry Allen to Roger Williams is a wonderful opportunity to showcase excellence as we simultaneously educate our students, faculty, staff and community about how we value the performing arts. Freddy Cole and his quartet are internationally recognized as paragons of the jazz community, and Rhode Islander Harry Allen is renowned locally, nationally and even internationally. We are thrilled to host them and look forward to a memorable, world-class event.”

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