Cozy Cole and Gene Krupa had that SOUND that STYLE many many many drummers idolized both Cozy and Gene. I was one of them. thanks for posting greatness
My Dad knew Cozy. He was a drummer also. They met at another drummers house . I don’t remember him but my dad never said much over the years. I know my mum said they always sent a Christmas card and vice versa . One day Cozy called him and asked if he was coming to the show that night .(we lived in Vancouver, canada) My dad said he didn’t have a ticket. Cozy said no problem go to the box office. So my dad went and Cozy had put him in the front row 😆. It was a big band revival . Cozy dedicated a solo to my dad and played the whole thing with his hands and just smiled at my Dad the whole time. It’s one story out of just a few that he told us. Obviously it affected my dad considerably as like I said he never told us much .
