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Musiker: Cole, William "Cozy"
Nationalität: US
Geburtsjahr: 1906
Todesjahr: 1981
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Bilder mit " Cole, William "Cozy"":
     
Louis Armstrong All Stars — 1949
Zürich 17.10.1949
© Nachrichtenhaus Zürich
 Louis Armstrong Esquire All Stars
Star Edition
Cozy Cole
Bill Gottlieb
 Cozy Cole
H. Liners
Cozy Cole

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 Album-Bezeichnung: Interpret  —  Titel
LabelLabel-NummerAufnahme-Jahr 
 "Little Jazz" and his Trumpet Ensemble  —  Don't Be That Way / St. Louis BluesKeynote RecordingsKeynote K607-B/A1944SH
 "Little Jazz" and his Trumpet Ensemble  —  I Want To Be Happy / Fiesta In BrassKeynote RecordingsKeynote K6081944SH
 Al Sears / Henry "Red"Allen / Mainstream Sextet  —  THE GREATEST OF THE SMALL BANDSRCA VictorRCA FPM1 70141952-59LP
 Al Sears / Henry "Red"Allen / Mainstream Sextet  —  THE GREATEST OF THE SMALL BANDS VOLUME 5RCA VictorFPM1 70141952-59LP
 Barney Bigard  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsClassics 9301944-45CD
 Ben Webster  —  "Ben" A Tribute To A Great JazzmanJazz ArchivesJA-151936-45LP
 Ben Webster  —  Ben WebsterMusica Jazz2 MJP 10681934-1968LP
 Ben Webster  —  Ben WebsterPlanet Jazz74321 65368 21932-58CD
 Ben Webster  —  Cadillac SlimHistory20.1964-HI1934-49CD
 Ben Webster  —  CottontailBMG Records07863-66790-21934-44CD
 Benny Carter  —  Benny Carter (1928-1952)RCAPM 424061928-52LP
 Benny Goodman  —  Sextet 1945-1946CBSCBS 463337 21945-1946CD
 Benny Goodman & his Orchestra  —  Masters of Swing Vol.6Capitol RecordsC 054-81 7131944-55LP
 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra / Septet (Side 1) - Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra (Side 2)  —  BEBOP SPOKEN HERECapitol Records5C 052-80854 / OU 20081944-49LP
 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra / Septet (Side 1) - Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra (Side 2)  —  BEBOP SPOKEN HERECapitol RecordsM-110611944-49LP
 Benny Goodman Trio / Quartet  —  Benny Goodman Trio / QuartetSwaggie RecordsS13801947 - 1954LP
XBenny Goodmann  —  The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings Of Benny Goodman 1944-1955Mosaic Records148-Disc I bis IV1944-1955CD
 Bill Coleman Buster Bailey  —  The Cradle of Jazz Cuttin' outHistory20.3017-HI1924-42CD
 Billie Holiday  —  "The Golden Years" Volume IIColumbiaC3L 401935-42LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Guess Who ?Two Flats DiscTFD 5.0061935-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady DayColumbia6371935 - 1937LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady DayColumbiaCL 637*1935-37LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Lady DayColumbiaCL 6371935-37LP
 Billie Holiday  —  LADY DAY - me, myself and iRaretoneRTR 240111935-1939LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Rare and unissued recordings from the golden years VOLUME 2Queen Disc0651937-42LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Rare recordings from the golden years VOLUME 3Queen DiscQ 0671939-42LP
 Billie Holiday  —  rare recordings from the golden years VOLUME 4Queen DiscQ-0681935-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Stay With MeVerveMG V-83021955LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Stormy BluesVerveVE-2-25151954-55LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Stormy BluesVerve2632 0661954-55LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Swing,Brother,SwingEncoreP 143881935-39LP
XBillie Holiday  —  THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOLUME 1CBS682281933-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume ICBS68228*1933-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume IICBS682291935-41LP
XBillie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume IIColumbiaPG 321241935-41LP
XBillie Holiday  —  THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY, VOL. 3CBS682301937-42LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Golden YearsColumbia1758-601933 - 1941LP
 Billie Holiday  —  THE GOLDEN YEARS Record 1CBS / Columbia62037 / C3L 21 (CL 1758)1933-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  THE GOLDEN YEARS VOLUME 2CBS62814 / 62815 / 628161935-42LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Golden Years Volume 2CBS / Columbia62038 / C3L 21 (CL 1759)1937-39LP
 Billie Holiday  —  the golden years of "Lady Day"Giants of Jazz11936-41LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Golden Years Of Lady DayGiants Of JazzLP JT 101936 - 1941LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Original RecordingsCBSS 654071935 - 1958LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #1CBSCBS 450987 21933-35CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #2CBSCBS 460060 21936CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #3CBSCBS 460820 21936/37CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #3CBSCBS 460820 11936-37LP
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #4CBSCDCBS-463333 12 A31937CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #5CBSCBS 465190 21937/38CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #7CBSCBS 466966 21937/38CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 3 (1936-1937)CBSCBS 460820 2*1936/37CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 7 (1938-1939)CBSCBS 466966 2*1938-39CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 9 (1940-1942)ColumbiaCOL 46791521940-42CD
 Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential Volume 4CBSCBS 463333 21937CD
 Billie Holiday  —  THIS IS MY LAST AFFAIRPHILIPSBBL 75101935-38LP
 Billie Holiday  —  Volume 14 - 1944-1945 - Complete EditionMédia 7MJCD 1411944-45CD
 Billie Holiday  —  What Shall I SayTwo Flats DiscTFD 5.0071939-1942LP
XBillie Holiday Vol.2  —  Billie Holiday Story 1949 -1950MCA Records510.0211949-50LP
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  BILLIE HOLIDAY'S GREATEST HITSCBSCL 26661935-41LP
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOL.IIIColumbiaPG 321271937-42LP
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 5 (1937-1938)ColumbiaCK 444231937-38CD
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)CBSCBS 466313 11938LP
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)CBSCBS 466313 21938CD
 Billie Holiday acc. by Orchestras  —  THE QUINTESSENTIAL VOLUME 6 (1938)ColumbiaCK 454491938CD
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  A Fine Romance / I Can't PretendVocalionVoc 33331936SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  Did I Remember? / No RegretsBlue AceBA 213 B/A1936SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  Havin' Myself A Time / Says My HeartVocalionVoc 42081938SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  I Wish I Had You / I'm Gonna Lock My HeartVocalionVoc 42381938SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  If I Were You / Forget If You CanVocalionVoc 41511938SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  If My Heart Could Only Talk / Please Keep Me In Your DreamsVocalionVoc 34401937SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  On The Sentimental Side / You Go To My HeadParlophonePar R25661938SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  One Never Knows? / I've Got My Love To Keep Me WarmBiltmore Record11051937SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  One, Two, Button Your Shoe / Let's Call A Heart A HeartVocalionVoc 33341936SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  Summertime / Billie's BluesColumbiaCol 374961936SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  That's All I Ask Of You / Dream Of LifeVocalionVoc 46311939SH
 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  —  You Go To My Head / The Moon Looks Down And LaughsVocalionVoc 41261938SH
 Billie Holiday and Orchestras  —  Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits !MCA RecordsMCA-2751944-49LP
 Billie Holiday With Lester Young  —  Lady Day & Prez 1937-1941Giants Of JazzCD 02181937-1941CD
 Billie Holiday with Sy Oliver and his Orchestra  —  Keeps On Rainin' / Them There EyesDeccaDe 271451949SH
 Billie Holiday, Lester Young  —  Lady Day & Pres New York 1937-1941Frémeaux & AssociésFA0031937-1941CD
 Billie Holiday, Lester Young  —  Lady Day & Pres New York 1937-1941Frémeaux & AssociésFA0131935-1939CD
 Billy Holiday  —  This is JazzColumbiaCK 646221935-58CD
 Billy Holiday  —  Volume 2 1936-1937Média 7MJCD 111936-37CD
 Blanche Calloway & Her Joy Boys  —  Black and White SeriesRCA VictorRCA PM 423921931LP
 Blanche Calloway acc. by Orchestra  —  1931Harlequin RecordsHQ 20571931LP
 Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys  —  BLANCHE CALLOWAY 1931RCAPM 423921931LP
 Blanche Calloway And Her Orchestra 1931 / Dave Nelson And His Orchestra 1931  —  Jazz Star Serie No. 19RCA VictorLPM 101241931LP
 Bob Howard and his Orchestra  —  On The Night of June the Third? / Breakin' the IceBrunswickBr (E) RL229-A/B1935SH
 Bob Howard and his Orchestra  —  The Ghost of Dinah / Stay Out of LoveBrunswickBr (E) RL244 A/B1935SH
 Bob Howard and his Orchestra  —  Whisper Sweet / Throwin' Stones at the SunBrunswickBr (E) RL221 A/B1935SH
XBob Howard's All American Swing Groups  —  A Chronological Study - Vol. 5Rarities Records611935+38LP
XBob Howard's All American Swing Groups  —  A Chronological Study Vol.1 1932 -1938Rarities Records481935LP
XBob Howard's All American Swing Groups  —  A Chronological Study Vol.2Rarities Records491935-36LP
 Bobby Hackett and his Orchestra  —  If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You / What Is There To Say?Brunswick80101 A/B1946SH
 Bobby Hackett and his Orchestra  —  Soft Lights and Sweet Music / SoonBrunswick80099 A/B1946SH
 Bobby Hackett and his Orchestra  —  With A Song In My Heart / Easy To LoveBrunswick80100 A/B1946SH
 Buck Clayton  —  The Classic Swing of Buck ClaytonRiversideOJC-17091946LP
 Buck Clayton  —  The Classic Swing of BUCK CLAYTONRiversideRLP 1421946LP
 Buck Clayton  —  The Classic Swing of BUCK CLAYTONRiverside / Original Jazz ClassicsOJC-17091946LP
 Bud Freeman  —  Great Original Performances 1927-1940Jazz ClassicsRPCD 6041927-40CD
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 Album
Label 
 Lester Young  —  The Lester Young Story Vol.1CBSLP
 Lester Young  —  The Lester Young Story Vol.1CBSLP
"Bean" at the Met 1 Various  —  The Complete Keynote Collection Record 2KeynoteLP
"Bean" at the Met 2 Various  —  The Complete Keynote Collection Record 2KeynoteLP
"Bean" at the Met 3 Various  —  The Complete Keynote Collection Record 2KeynoteLP
"D" natural rock Cozy Cole  —  THE DRUMMER MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT - DANCE MUSIC FOR THE WHOLE CROWDKingLP
'Cause My Baby Says It's So Frankie Newton  —  Frankie's JumpAffinityCD
'Cause my baby says it's so Various  —  FRANKIE NEWTON SWINGING ON 52nd STREET 1937 -1939 "EMPEROR JONES"Jazz ArchivesLP
'Long about midnight Mildred Bailey acc.by Orchestras  —  HER GREATEST PERFORMANCES 1929 -1946, VOLUME 1CBSLP
'Long about midnight Mildred Bailey  —  HER GREATEST PERFORMANCES 1929 - 1946, VOLUME 1ColumbiaLP
'Long About Midnight Willie Bryant & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
'Long About Midnight Willie Bryant & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
'Long about midnight Willie Bryant ( Record 1) and Jimmie Lunceford (Record 2, side D) and their Orchestras  —  WILLIE BRYANT and JIMMIE LUNCEFORDBluebirdLP
'long About Midnight Willie Bryant And His Orchestra  —  1935RCA VictorLP
'Long about midnight Willie Bryant and his Orchestra  —  WILLIE BRYANT 1935 -1936RCALP
's Wonderful Coleman Hawkins  —  Coleman Hawkins The MasterCharly RecordsCD
's wonderfulXColeman Hawkins  —  SWING!Fontana RecordsLP
'S wonderful Coleman Hawkins  —  COLEMAN HAWKINS and THE TRUMPET KINGSEmArcyLP
'S wonderful Coleman Hawkins  —  COLEMAN HAWKINS & THE TRUMPET KINGSTRIPLP
'S wonderful Coleman Hawkins  —  Coleman hawkins and the trumpet kingsMercuryLP
'S wonderful Henry "Red" Allen  —  THE VERY GREAT VOL.2RaritiesLP
'S wonderful 1 Various  —  The Complete Keynote Collection Record 2KeynoteLP
'S wonderful 2 Various  —  The Complete Keynote Collection Record 2KeynoteLP
'tain't No Good Cab Calloway And His Orchestra  —  Boog-itJazz & JazzLP
'Tain't no useXStuff Smith  —  STUFF SMITH AND HIS ONYX CLUB ORCHESTRACollector'sLP
'Tain't no use Stuff Smith Orchestra  —  STUFF SMITH AND HIS ONYX CLUB ORCHESTRACollector's 12-12LP
'Way down yonder in New Orleans Louis Armstrong and the All Stars  —  SATCHMO AT PASADENAAce of HeartsLP
'Way down yonder in New Orleans Louis Armstrong and the All Stars  —  SATCHMO AT PASADENADeccaLP
(Back home again in) Indiana Louis Armstrong and the All Stars  —  SATCHMO AT PASADENA / SATCHMO ON STAGEMCA CoralLP
(Back home again in) Indiana Louis Armstrong and the All Stars  —  SATCHMO AT PASADENA / SATCHMO ON STAGECoral RecordsLP
(Back home again in) Indiana Louis Armstrong and the All Stars  —  SATCHMO AT PASADENADeccaLP
(I don't stand) A ghost of a chance (with you) Various  —  "CHU"EpicLP
(I don't stand) A ghost of a chance (with you) Various  —  "CHU"EpicLP
(Trouble Ends) Out Where The Blues Begins Henry "Red" Allen & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
(Trouble ends) Where the blues begins Henry "Red" Allen and his Orchestra  —  HENRY ALLEN 1936 VOL.3Collector's ClassicsLP
(What did I do to be so) Black and blue Louis Armstrong and his All Stars  —  LOUIS ARMSTRONG IN PHILADELPHIA 1949Jazz AnthologyLP
12th Street Rag Jack Teagarden  —  I Gotta Right To Sing The BluesSilver LineCD
12th street rag Louis Armstrong  —  REMINISCIN' WICH LOUISQueen DiscLP
15 minute intermission Cab Calloway  —  CRUISIN' WITH CABAlamac Record CompanyLP
15 minutes intermission Various  —  Erskine Hawkins / Cab Calloway 1940Panorama RecordsLP
15 Minutes Intermission Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra Calloway Cab & His Orchestra  —  Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra Cab Calloway & His OrchestraJazz PanoramaLP
2,19 Blues Louis Armstrong  —  Les Dossier Du Jazz Vol.2Music for PleasureLP
20th Century Closet Charlie Shavers . Buck Clayton  —  It Feels GoodHistoryCD
9:20 special Cab Calloway  —  CRUISIN' WITH CABAlamac Record CompanyLP
A beautiful lady in blue Putney Dandridge  —  PUTNEY DANDRIDGE, Volume 2Rarities RecordsLP
A chicken ain't nothing but a bird Cab Calloway  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaLP
A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird Cab Calloway  —  Hi De Ho ManColumbiaLP
A chicken ain't nothing but a birdXCab Calloway  —  JUMPIN JIVECBSLP
A chicken ain't nothing but a bird Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM Volume 3, 1939 -1940Two Flats DiscLP
A chicken ain't nothing but a bird Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaLP
A fine romanceXBillie Holiday  —  THE BILLIE HOLIDAY STORY VOLUME 1CBSLP
A fine romance Billie Holiday  —  THE GOLDEN YEARS Record 1CBS / ColumbiaLP
A fine romance Billie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume ICBSLP
A Fine Romance Billy Holiday  —  This is JazzColumbiaCD
A Fine Romance Billy Holiday  —  Volume 2 1936-1937Média 7CD
A ghost of a chanceXCab Calloway  —  16 cab calloway classicsCBSLP
A Ghost of a Chance Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  A Ghost of a Chance / Willow Weep for MeParlophoneSH
A high hat, a piccolo and a cane Putney Dandridge  —  PUTNEY DANDRIDGE Volume 3Rarities RecordsLP
A little bit independent Putney Dandridge  —  PUTNEY DANDRIDGE, Volume 2Rarities RecordsLP
A melody from the skyXBunny Berigan  —  BUNNY BERIGAN AND HIS BOYSEpicLP
A melody from the sky Bunny Berigan and his Boys  —  BUNNY BERIGANColumbiaLP
A melody from the sky Bunny Berigan and his Boys  —  Take it, Bunny!EpicLP
A melody from the sky Bunny Berigan and his Boys  —  BUNNY BERIGAN AND HIS BOYSColumbiaLP
A melody from the sky Bunny Berigan and his Boys  —  Take it, Bunny!EpicLP
A melody from the sky Bunny Berigan  —  The Great Soloists: BUNNY BERIGANBiograph RecordsLP
A new moon and an old serenade Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM Volume 3, 1939 -1940Two Flats DiscLP
A place in the sun Jonah Jones Quintet  —  ALONG CAME JONAHMOTOWNLP
A porter's love songXBob Howard's All American Swing Groups  —  A Chronological Study Vol.1 1932 -1938Rarities RecordsLP
A Sailboat In The Moonlight Lester Young  —  The Lester Young Story Vol.1CBSLP
A Shanty In Old Shanty Town Coleman Hawkins  —  Coleman Hawkins The MasterCharly RecordsCD
A Smo-o-o-oth One Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
A Smo-o-Oth One Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  A Smo-o-Oth One / Let's Go JoeOkehSH
A smooth oneXCab Calloway  —  16 cab calloway classicsCBSLP
A star fell out of heaven Putney Dandridge  —  PUTNEY DANDRIDGE Volume 3Rarities RecordsLP
A Sunbonnet Blue Billie Holiday  —  The Quintessential #1CBSCD
A sunbonnet blue Billie Holiday  —  THE GOLDEN YEARS VOLUME 2CBSLP
A sunbonnet blue Billie Holiday  —  "The Golden Years" Volume IIColumbiaLP
A Sunbonnet Blue Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
A sunbonnet blue Billie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume IICBSLP
A sunbonnet blueXBillie Holiday  —  The Billie Holiday Story Volume IIColumbiaLP
A Tisket, A Tasket Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
A very slow Blues Earl Hines - Jonah Jones - Buddy Tate - Cozy Cole  —  BACK ON THE STREETChiaroscuroLP
A viper's moan Willie Bryant  —  WILLIE BRYANT AND HIS ORCHESTRAHis Masters VoiceSH
A Viper's Moan Willie Bryant & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
A Viper's Moan Willie Bryant & His Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
A Viper's Moan Willie Bryant And His Orchestra  —  1935RCA VictorLP
A viper's moan Willie Bryant ( Record 1) and Jimmie Lunceford (Record 2, side D) and their Orchestras  —  WILLIE BRYANT and JIMMIE LUNCEFORDBluebirdLP
A viper's moan Willie Bryant and his Orchestra  —  WILLIE BRYANT 1935 -1936RCALP
A-Tisket, A-Tasket Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra  —  Moments Like ThisHep RecordsCD
A-tisket, a-tasket Teddy Wilson  —  His Piano, His Orchestra 1938-1941TaxLP
Abi gezunt Cab Calloway  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaLP
Abi Gezunt Cab Calloway  —  Hi De Ho ManColumbiaLP
Abi gezunt Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  HI DE HO MANColumbiaLP
Accentuate the positive Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra  —  La storia del jazz 1944 - 1945JokerLP
Accentuate the positive Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra  —  TWO SIDE OF LOUIS ARMSTRONGBYG RecordsLP
Ad-De-Dey Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
Ad-de-dey Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and his Orchestra  —  DENTISTRY IN RHYTHM Volume 3, 1939 -1940Two Flats DiscLP
Afraid Of Love Cab Calloway & his Orchestra  —  ClassicsClassics RecordsCD
After hours Various  —  Slows apres minuitEpicLP
After you're gone Roy Eldridge  —  LITTLE JAZZ - BIG BANDSounds of SwingLP
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Er gilt neben Gene Krupa als führender Swing-Drummer, war aber sehr vielseitig und nach Joachim Ernst Berendt ein Meister des „unbeirrbaren Beats“. Seine ersten Auftritte hatte er 1928 bei Wilbur Sweatman. 1930 spielte er in Jelly Roll Mortons Red Hot Peppers (davon ist auch eine Drum-Solo-Aufnahme erhalten: Load of Cole). Von 1931 bis 1933 spielte er mit Blanche Calloway, 1933 bis 1934 mit Benny Carter, 1935 bis 1936 mit Willie Bryant und 1936 bis 1938 mit dem Geiger Stuff Smith. Von 1938 bis 1942 war er bei Cab Calloway und 1942 bis 1945 bei Raymond Scott. Daneben studierte er an der Julliard School in New York City Piano, Klarinette, Vibraphon und Paukenspiel (bei Saul Goodman von den New Yorker Philharmonikern). 1945 begleitete er u. a. Carmen Jones am Broadway, spielte aber auch mit Benny Goodman und von 1949 bis 1954 mit Louis Armstrong, den er auch auf dessen Europa-Touren 1949 und 1952 begleitete. 1954 gründete er mit Gene Krupa eine Schlagzeug-Schule in New York City. Neben seiner Lehrertätigkeit trat er aber in den 1950er Jahren auch im „Metropole Cafe“ auf und spielte 1957 mit Jack Teagarden und Earl Hines auf ihrer Europatour. In den 1960er Jahren tourte er mit einer eigenen Combo, in den 1970er Jahren mit Cab Calloway und Benny Carter.
Mit Topsy II (auf dem er ein langes Solo hat) hatte er einen Hit, der es 1958 in die Billboard 100 Charts für Popmusik bis Platz 3 brachte und sich über eine Million mal verkaufte. Topsy war ursprünglich ein Nummer-1-R&B-Hit von Benny Goodman aus dem Jahr 1938 gewesen. Mit dem ersten Teil von Topsy sowie mit dem Nachfolger Turvy (der englische Ausdruck topsyturvy steht für heilloses Durcheinander) landete er ebenfalls noch in den Top 40 (Platz 27 bzw. 36).
Sein noch heute spürbarer Einfluss selbst auf zeitgenössische Rock-Drummer zeigt sich beispielsweise daran, dass Cozy Powell sich nach seinem Vorbild benannte.
Cole ist auch in einigen Filmen bis in die 1950er Jahre zu sehen und zu hören. Zu hören ist er in dem Film The Strip von 1951 (Regie Laszlo Kardos), in dem Mickey Rooney den Drummer der Louis-Armstrong-Band spielt. In der Glenn Miller Story (Regie Anthony Mann) von 1953 lieferte er sich ein Duell mit Gene Krupa.
Er erscheint auch im Dokumentarfilm After Hours von 1961 von Shephard Traube (zusammen mit Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins u. a.) (Wikipedia).