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Lionel Frederick "Freddy" Cole (1931) is an American jazz singer and pianist, whose recording career has spanned over fifty years. He is leader of the Freddy Cole Quartet, which regularly tours the United States, Europe, the Far East and South America.

He is the brother of musicians Nat King Cole and Ike Cole, father of Lionel Cole and uncle of the late Natalie Cole, Timolin Cole and Casey Cole. 

Cole was born to Edward and Paulina Cole, and grew up in Chicago. He began playing piano at the age of six, and continued his musical education at the Roosevelt Institute in Chicago. He moved to New York in 1951, where he studied at the Juilliard School of Music, before completing a master's degree at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Following the moderate success of Whispering Grass in 1953 Cole spent several months on the road with Johnny Coles and Benny Golson as the Earl Bostic band. He went on to work with Grover Washington, Jr. and to record jingles for various companies, including Turner Classic Movies.

During the 1970s, Cole recorded several albums for European and English based labels. He was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Cole Nobody Knows. In June of that year, Cole was added to the Steinway Artist roster.

Cole was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2007. In July 2009, he released a recording featuring his own quartet (guitarist Randy Napoleon, drummer Curtis Boyd, and bassist Elias Bailey), along with alto saxophonist Jerry Weldon and pianist John DiMartino, playing live at Dizzy's jazz club in Lincoln Center. His 2010 album, Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B, was nominated for the Grammy in the category Best Vocal Jazz Album. The album features tenor Houston Person, pianist John DiMartino, guitarist/arranger Randy Napoleon, drummer Curtis Boyd, and bassist Elias Bailey.

Cole's influences included John Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Teddy Wilson and Billy Eckstine. 

Guitarist Randy Napoleon, who has been playing and recording with Cole since 2007, said, "One of the things that makes Freddy really great is his elegance and careful, judicious editing. He doesn't play a lot of notes on piano, but the ones he plays really do make the band feel great. They’re melodic, it swings, and that's it. He doesn't feel you need a lot of extra, fancy stuff."

Freddy Cole - 1998 - Love Makes The Changes
Freddy Cole - 1999 - Le Grande Freddy
Freddy Cole - 2000 - Merry-Go-Round
Freddy Cole - 2001 - Rio de Janeiro Blue
Freddy Cole - 2003 - This Is The Life
Freddy Cole - 2004 - Im Not My Brother Im Me
Freddy Cole - 2005 - This Love Of Mine
Freddy Cole - 2006 - Because Of You
Freddy Cole - 2007 - Music Maestro Please
Freddy Cole - 2009 - The Dreamer in Me (Live at Dizzy's Club)
Freddy Cole - 2014 - Singing The Blues
Freddy Cole - 2016 - He Was The King