After stops in Spain, Portugal and Italy, Natalie Cole will be bringing her soulful sounds to French lick Resort on Friday, September 24. The special one-night-only performance at 8 p.m. is just one of two Midwest tour dates for Cole.

The daughter of jazz and pop legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole has forged her own prolific career.

Before she captured 1975’s Best New Artist Grammy, Cole appealed to fans and critics alike with her versatility as an R&B, pop and jazz singer of the first order. Her repertoire includes such number one hits as “This will be (An Everlasting Love),” “Inseparable,” “Our Love,” “I’ve Got Love On My Mind,” “Pink Cadillac” and “Miss You Like Crazy.”

The eight-time Grammy winner continues to astonish with her vocal dexterity and her intimate, knowing way with lyrics and melodies.

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Never before has an all original female vocal CD hit the Jazz Week Chart, until recently, when Cynthia Scott‘s new album, “Dream For One Bright World” achieved this status. Scott says she is “thrilled that the album reached this level of success so quickly and that audiences gravitated to it as she hoped they would.”

Jazz singer songwriter Scott’s new CD features a range of material with Scott as the principal composer. She believes that the album resonated with audiences due to the universal themes on the CD, and her ability to tap into the heart of the world’s concerns.

DREAM FOR ONE BRIGHT WORLD features a range of material written by Scott, who credits co-writers Norman Simmons and Nicholas Morrison for their creative input on some of the songs she performs on the CD, reflecting Scott’s thought that” jazz is just life.”

Accompanied by such great musicians as Lonnie Plaxico on acoustic bass, John di Martino on piano and keyboard, Bill Easley on tenor/alto/soprano saxophones and flute, Yoron Israel on drums, Jeff Haynes on percussion, Wayne Escoffrey on tenor, Andrae Murchison on trombone and Etienne Charles on trumpet, Scott’s extraordinary vocals get the attention they deserve with tasteful colors and distinct nuance.

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