Cozy Cole
BIG NOISE FROM WINETKA (Pt 1) - Cozy Cole
Born 17th October 1909 - East Orange, NJ
Died 31st January 1981 - Columbus, Ohio
Died 31st January 1981 - Columbus, Ohio
Roger Eagle the Twisted Wheel DJ had a wide taste in music. He introduced jazz, blues and soul tracks into his play list. Cozy Cole's Big Noise From Winetka was a big drum sound that he would feature around 19645 at the Brazennose Street club.
Cozy Cole - Courtesy Drummerworld.com
Cozy Cole had a long and successful career with many of the greats in jazz - Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Cab Calloway and Lionel Hampton. In 1943, he joined Raymond Scott's CBS radio orchestra. Scott called him, 'The most professional musician I've ever worked with.'
In 1953, he formed a school for drummers with Gene Krupa in New York. In the 1950s, The Cozy Cole Combo appeared at the Metropole in New York, they recorded an instrumental - Topsy which became a million seller.
He continued to tour with Jonah Jones, Cab Calloway, and others until he retired in the mid-1970s.
