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Cozy Cole was born, William Randolph Cole, in October 1909 around East Orange, New Jersey. He began playing drums at a young age landing his first job with Wilber Sweatman in 1928. After leaving Wilber he played for Jelly Roll Morton’s Red hot Poppers in 1930, recording a very early drum solo on the song “Load of Coal.”
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