I wrote a review-essay for Saturday's Wall Street Journal book section occasioned by the publication of Straighten Up and Fly Right, Will Friedwald's important new biography of Nat King Cole. Here's an excerpt. *  *  * Walk into any Starbucks in America and listen to the canned music. If the first thing you hear is a standard from the '30s or '40s, it's likely that the vocalist will be Frank Sinatra…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03AM on August 17, 2020