Lionel Cole
Lionel Cole is a pianist, songwriter, composer, music editor, and music supervisor. [1] He has served as a regularly touring member Mariah Carey's live band. Cole also partnered with Malcolm-Jamal Warner, to create the jazz and funk band Miles Long. [2] The first album "The Many Facets of Superman" [3] featured En Vogue's Cindy Heron and soul icon Teena Marie. [4]
Cole co-wrote the billboard chart topping single "Through the Rain" with Mariah Carey which appeared on Carey's ninth studio album Charmbracelet. The song peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it hit number 1 on the U.S. sales and dance charts. Previously, Cole remixed the million selling cover single Hard To Say I'm Sorry by boy band AZ Yet. In 2010, Cole toured with 80's star Rickie Lee Jones.[5] From a storied musical family, he is the son of Freddy Cole, a Grammy nominated jazz vocalist, the nephew of Nat King Cole, and the cousin of Natalie Cole.[6]
Cole's music work extends into film and television, he composed for the Tim Reid film Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored [7] and the Showtime series Linc's [8]
[edit] References
- ^ Lionel Cole IMDB
- ^ Malcolm-Jamal Warner Biography Contemporary Black Biography | 2003 | Kiser, Helene | COPYRIGHT 2005 Thomson Gale
- ^ St. Lucia Jazz .org
- ^ [1] Billboard Magazine Article, July 15, 2000
- ^ Zarris, Venus (2010-03-27). "Rickie Lee Jones @ Lincoln Hall—CONCERT REVIEW". Chicago Stage Review. http://www.chicagostagereview.com/?tag=lionel-cole. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ Jazz Standard at Blue Smoke
- ^ Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored IMDB
- ^ Linc's IMDB
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