Cozy Cole

William Randolph Cole, called Cozy Cole ( born October 17, 1906 in East Orange, New Jersey; † January 29, 1981 in Columbus, Ohio), was a leading swing drummers.

Life

He is next to Gene Krupa as the leading swing drummers, but was very versatile and after Joachim Ernst Berendt is a master of " unswerving beats ". He had in 1928 when Wilbur Sweatman His first appearances. In 1930 he played in Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers ( this is also get a drum solo recording: Load of Cole ). From 1931 to 1933 he played with Blanche Calloway, 1933-1934 with Benny Carter from 1935 to 1936 with Willie Bryant and 1936 to 1938 with violinist Stuff Smith. From 1938 to 1942 he was with Cab Calloway and from 1942 to 1945 at Raymond Scott. He also studied at the Julliard School in New York City piano, clarinet, vibraphone and drums game ( with Saul Goodman of the New York Philharmonic ). In 1945, he oversaw included Carmen Jones on Broadway, but also played with Benny Goodman and 1949-1954 with Louis Armstrong, whom he accompanied on his European tours in 1949 and 1952. In 1954 he founded with a Gene Krupa drum school in New York City. But In addition to his teaching career, he entered the 1950s in the " Cafe Metropole " and played in 1957 with Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines on their European tour. In the 1960s he toured with their own combo in the 1970s with Cab Calloway and Benny Carter. In 1981, he died of cancer.

With Topsy II (on whom he has a long solo ), he had a hit, the 100 chart for pop music in 1958 brought it into the Billboard at No. 3 and sold over a million times. Topsy had originally been a No. 1 R & B hit by Benny Goodman in 1938. In the first part of Topsy Turvy and with the successor ( the English term topsyturvy is in shambles ), he landed also still in the top 40 (ranked 27 and 36 respectively ).

Its still measurable impact even on contemporary rock drummer shows, for example, the fact that Cozy Powell is named after his example.

Cole is also seen in some movies until the 1950s, and listen. He can be heard in the film The Strip 1951 (directed by Laszlo Kardos ) in which Mickey Rooney plays the drummer of the Louis Armstrong band. The Glenn Miller Story ( Directed by Anthony Mann ) of 1953 he fought a duel with Gene Krupa.

He also appears in the documentary After Hours by 1961 by Shephard grapes (along with Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins and others)