Cozy Cole
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William Randolph "Cozy" Cole was an American jazz drummer who worked with Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong among others and led his own groups.
Photo by Ralph F. Seghers
From left: Jack Teagarden, Sandy DeSantis, Velma Middleton, Fraser MacPherson, Cozy Cole, Arvell Shaw, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard at Palomar Supper Club, Vancouver, B.C. (March 17, 1951)
Cab Calloway
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Cabell Calloway III was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years.
Calloway by William Gottlieb, 1947
Calloway by Carl Van Vechten, 1933
One of Cab Calloway's zoot suits on display in Baltimore's City Hall, October 2007
Calloway's boyhood home in Baltimore, before its demolition in September 2020