The Nat King Cole Trio

In 1937, Nat King Cole arrived in Los Angeles where he formed the original lineup of the Nat King Cole Trio. The trio consisted of Nat on piano, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Wesley Prince on double bass - the absence of a drummer making the combo unique among the swing/jazz outifts of that time (legend has it that Cole was to form a quartet with on drums, but prior to his first engagement, Young no-showed and the drum…