The concerts will be presented in the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City on Thursday, 10 December, at 8 p.m. and Friday, 11 December, and Saturday, 12 December, both at 7:30 p.m. The weekly half-hour CBS radio broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word on Sunday, 13 December, at 9:30 a.m. in the Conference Center will also feature both guest performers. This will be followed by additional music from the previous performances in a mini-concert.
Vocalist Natalie Cole first sang on her father Nat “King” Cole’s Christmas album at the age of 6 and began performing at age 11. This was the start of a tremendous singing career, which reached full bloom with the best- selling 1991 album Unforgettable: With Love, a tribute to her father. Following successful kidney transplant surgery in May, Ms. Cole returned to the stage this fall beginning at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This eight-time Grammy Award winner has built a strong repertoire on a variety of songs mainly in the jazz and blues style. She has worked hard to make her own songs legendary, not only those sung originally by her father but also songs by other artists such as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and Sammy Davis Jr.