USA Today Music — Singer's first album in Spanish honors Nat King Cole, and another family dear to her. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray stunned U.S. TV viewers on Tuesday night by calling into Anderson Cooper's talk show from jail and singing Nat King Cole's The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot. more info

Topix — Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray stunned U.S. TV viewers on Tuesday night by calling into Anderson Cooper's talk show from jail and singing Nat King Cole's The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot. more info

USA Today Music — A tribute to Nat 'King' Cole is the jazz guitarist's next project. more info

Guardian Music — 'It's hard to read Heidegger, especially if you spent the night before sitting in with Chicago's jazz musicians'When did you discover jazz?By hearing people like Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee and Andy Williams. My folks liked to drive across the country t... more info

Guardian Music — Unassuming master of post-bop jazz who refused to leave his native ChicagoTo get the real point of Von Freeman, the American tenor saxophonist who has died aged 88, you had to hear him in one of the Chicago jazz lounges that he inhabited throughout h... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Even from 3,000 miles away, the beauty and elegance of Maria Hawkins Cole was impossible to miss when we spoke on the phone last year. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Maria Hawkins Cole, a singer who performed with Duke Ellington and Count Basie before marrying Nat “King” Cole, has died. She was 89. more info

CNN Showbiz — Maria Cole, the widow of legendary singer Nat "King" Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, died Tuesday after a short battle with cancer, her family said. She was 89. more info

Perez Hilton — Sad. Legendary jazz singer, Maria Cole, widow of Nat "King" Cole, passed away Tuesday after a short battle with cancer. Her children, Natalie, Timolin and Casey Cole, released a statement, saying: "Our mom was in a class all by herself. She epitomi... more info