Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 725 (Q11521)

Cozy Cole could read good. Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa weren't too good at reading. They could read some simple things, but I don't think Buddy Rich could read at all. In talking to Buddy Rich throughout the years, I used to try to get him to - because he used to go by a piano and do two-fingered piano, just playing. I said, "You ever think of writing music? " He said, "Yeah, but I don't know wh ...