Drummer Cozy Cole (1909 – 1981). In 1942, he leaves the Cab Calloway band, and starts playing as freelancer in New York. in 1944, he starts recording under his own name. He assembles an-all star band, and releases the music on minor labels. Today his 1944 start on Keystone and Savoy.
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Cozy Cole 1944 (CD Classics 819)