Word: percussionists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Sonny Greer, 78, flashy, exuberant percussionist who was the drummer in Duke Ellington's original band, and played with him for 30 years; in New York City. "I gave him a line of jive that set him back on his heels," Greer said about his first meeting with Ellington. "From that time on we were tight...
DIED. William ("Cozy") Cole, 71, versatile and spellbinding jazz percussionist whose 1958 recording of Topsy became the only drum solo ever to sell a million copies; of cancer; in Columbus. Born in East Orange, N.J., Cole made his first records with the legendary Jelly Roll Morton in 1930 and later played with such jazz greats as Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong...