Holly Cole Tickets - One Hot Jazz Singer on Stage

You want to be shocked some? Here we go -- we're talking about a jazz sensation from Canada -- yes, Canada! Vocalist Holly Cole wasn't born on American soil, no, no. She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1963, with an inner desire to achieve musical greatness. After developing her talent and working on gigs all over the Queen Street music scene, one label earned her favor -- and that label was Alert Music, specifically the great Tom Berry himself. The year was 1989, and Holly Cole just got a one-way ticket to fame and fortune in the jazz music industry.

Holly Cole Tickets - The Music of Cole

The debut Girl Talk was released in 1990 for Holly Cole's band by the name of the Holly Cole Trio -- featuring bass guitarist David Piltch and piano player Aaron Davis -- with some major reviews leading to a big-time contract with Blue Note's Manhattan imprint. Enter this phenomenal album in 1990: Blame It on My Youth. Holly Cole and her Holly Cole Trio became so good at what they do that in 1993 the band came out with the pop-experimental Don't Smoke in Bed, featuring a great rendition of Johnny Nash's 'I Can See Clearly Now.'

Holly Cole Tickets - The Sound and Style of Cole

Forget the fact that Canada has some pride over the fact of a great singer like Holly Cole. You're looking at invention in the jazz industry, doing covers of the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, and Mary Margaret O'Hara. The band truthfully took jazz to another level.