COLE, WILLIAM RANDOLPH (COZY
). Jazz drummer ( in East Orange, New Jersey; in New York, New York). He came from a musical family: three brothers, Theodore, Herbert, and Reuben Jay, became professional jazz musicians. His family moved to Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, when he was a child, after the death of his mother. He was inspired to play drums by
William (Sonny
) Greer
, who played in jazz groups in nearby Long Branch. He played drums in...