chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 14, 2007 Report Posted September 14, 2007 LABEL-CMC CATALOG NUMBER-8122 DATE-19?? just got this for 1/2 a big one @ the record store---- it looks like its a jazz interp. of CARMEN....no? cozy cole, cozy cole-- heard of him, drummer, right? its in real good shape should play well...... anyone know of this album? Quote
Stereojack Posted September 14, 2007 Report Posted September 14, 2007 LABEL-CMC CATALOG NUMBER-8122 DATE-19?? just got this for 1/2 a big one @ the record store---- it looks like its a jazz interp. of CARMEN....no? cozy cole, cozy cole-- heard of him, drummer, right? its in real good shape should play well...... anyone know of this album? It was originally issued on the Charlie Parker label. "A Cozy Conception of Carmen" (Charlie Parker 403) Rec. 1961 or 62 George Holt (tp), Bernie Privin (tp/flgn), Jerome Richardson (cl/bars/bcl), Dick Hafer (ts), Al Klink (ts/bcl), Bob Hammer (p/org), Dick Hyman (p/arr), Milt Hinton, Jack Lesberg (b), Cozy Cole (d), Phil Kraus, Douglas Allen (perc) Prelude Chorus of Street Boys Habanera Squidville Entr'acte I & II Gypsy Song Castanet Dance Flower Song Sextet Entr'acte III & IV Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Posted September 14, 2007 wow--! thanks..... im going to write that down on the back of the 8track box! Quote
mjzee Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Does anyone know of a Cozy Cole discography? He seems to have had an interesting and varied career, and it would be nice to follow it through the years. TIA. Quote
Stonewall15 Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Try the Lord Discography. It lists many, many sessions with Cozy Cole. Quote
medjuck Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 When I was a kid Cozy had a song on the hit parade: Topsy Part 2. Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 When I was a kid Cozy had a song on the hit parade: Topsy Part 2. I remember that, too. And wondered "where is Part 1?", which of course there was, but...Also from the same session (as it turned out) was Turvey, Parts 1&2. No doubt put together as The Complete Topsy-Turvey by someone.... Quote
mjzee Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 When I was a kid Cozy had a song on the hit parade: Topsy Part 2. I remember that, too. And wondered "where is Part 1?", which of course there was, but...Also from the same session (as it turned out) was Turvey, Parts 1&2. No doubt put together as The Complete Topsy-Turvey by someone.... This is interesting; from Wikipedia:William Randolph "Cozy" Cole (October 17, 1909 – January 9, 1981)[1] was an American jazz drummer who scored a #1 Cashbox magazine hit with the record "Topsy Part 2". "Topsy" peaked at number three on Billboard Hot 100, and at number one on the R&B chart.[2] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[3] The track peaked at No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart in 1958.[1] The recording contained a lengthy drum solo, and was one of the few drum solo recordings that ever made the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single was issued on the tiny Brooklyn-based Love Records label. Quote
medjuck Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 "Topsy" was, of course, a Basie number c-written by Eddie Durham. Quote
paul secor Posted October 26, 2015 Report Posted October 26, 2015 I remember seeing Cozy Cole on television when "Topsy Part 2" was a hit. He played along with the record by himself - no band. Drum sync? Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted October 26, 2015 Report Posted October 26, 2015 No idea why Pt. 2 became the hit. To the best of my recollections (saw a review of the 45 the other day in a period copy of Orkester Journalen) the actual single of course had "Topsy Pt. 1" b/w "Topsy Pt. 2". So Pt. 1 very much was there but somehow fell by the wayside as far as the charts were concerned. Quote
JSngry Posted October 26, 2015 Report Posted October 26, 2015 Part 2 had cowbell, that great Dick Hyman AM-friendly organ sound, got right to the drum solo, and had that whole HALLELUJAH vibe. Part I kinda rambled a little bit and had no hit appeal. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 26, 2015 Report Posted October 26, 2015 Cozy made a wonderful series of recordings in the mid '40s with the likes of Hawk, Byas, Ben, Budd on tenor and a bunch of other stars like Hines, Shavers and Trummy Young. These dates were recorded for Continental, Keynote, Savoy and Guild. Classics issued 2 discs of this material 20 years ago. Quote
mjzee Posted October 27, 2015 Report Posted October 27, 2015 Cozy made a wonderful series of recordings in the mid '40s with the likes of Hawk, Byas, Ben, Budd on tenor and a bunch of other stars like Hines, Shavers and Trummy Young. These dates were recorded for Continental, Keynote, Savoy and Guild. Classics issued 2 discs of this material 20 years ago.That's what started me on asking about his discography: I was listening to the Cozy Cole-led date on the Mosaic Hawkins box. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 27, 2015 Report Posted October 27, 2015 if he'd made all the sessions for Victor, there would be a Mosaic set. Quote
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