Jimmy Cobb

Jimmy Wilbur Cobb Born January 20 1929 In Washington D.C. Died May 24 2020 In New York Was An American Jazz Drummer. Probably His Best Remembered Work Is On Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue 1959 Considered By Many To Be The Quintessential Jazz Record. He Also Played On Other Famous Davis Albums Including Sketches Of Spain Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk Complete And Briefly On Porgy And Bess And Sorcerer. Cobb Worked Extensively With A Wide Range Of Artists Including Dinah Washington Pearl Bailey Clark Terry Cannonball Adderley Dizzy Gillespie John Coltrane Sarah Vaughan Billie Holiday Wynton Kelly Stan Getz Wes Montgomery Gil Evans Miles Davis Paul Chambers Kenny Burrell J. J. Johnson Sonny Stitt Nat Adderley Hank Jones Ron Carter George Coleman Fathead Newman Geri Allen Earl Bostic Leo Parker Charlie Rouse Ernie Royal Philly Joe Jones Bobby Timmons Walter Booker Jerome Richardson Keter Betts Jimmy Cleveland Sam Jones Red Garland Joe Henderson Eddie Gomez Bill Evans Stefan Karlsson Jeremy Steig Richard Wyands Peter Bernstein Richie Cole Nancy Wilson Ricky Ford David Amram And Many More. In 2011 Cobb Still Led The Jimmy Cobb "So What" Band A Tribute To 50 Years Of Kind Of Blue And The Music Of Miles Davis. In June 2008 Jimmy Cobb Was The Recipient Of The Don Redman Heritage Award. On October 17 2008 Cobb Was One Of Six Artists To Receive The 2009 National Endowment For The Arts NEA Jazz Masters Award. Discography As Leader Marsalis Music Honors Series Jimmy Cobb Marsalis/Rounder 2006 As Sideman With The Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet
Out Of This World Warwick 1961 With Cannonball Adderley
Sophisticated Swing EmArcy 1956 Cannonball Enroute EmArcy 1957 Cannonball's Sharpshooters EmArcy 1958 Jump For Joy EmArcy 1958 Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago Mercury 1959 Cannonball Takes Charge Riverside 1959 With Nat Adderley
That's Right! Riverside 1960 With Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Mariano And Her Big Band Vee-Jay 1964 With Lorez Alexandria
Alexandria The Great Impulse! 1964 More Of The Great Lorez Alexandria Impulse! 1964 With Dorothy Ashby
Soft Winds Jazzland 1961 With Walter Benton Out Of This World Jazzland 1960 With John Coltrane Standard Coltrane Prestige 1958 Stardust Prestige 1958 Kenny Burrell And John Coltrane Prestige 1958 Bahia Prestige 1958 Giant Steps On "Naima" Only Atlantic 1959 Coltrane Jazz Atlantic 1959 With Miles Davis
Porgy And Bess Columbia 1958 1958 Miles Columbia 1958 Jazz At The Plaza Columbia 1958 Kind Of Blue Columbia 1959 Sketches Of Spain Columbia 1960 Someday My Prince Will Come Columbia 1961 In Person Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk Complete Columbia 1961 Miles & Monk At Newport Columbia 1963 With Kenny Dorham
Blue Spring Riverside 1959 With Kenny Drew
Lite Flite SteepleChase 1977 With Curtis Fuller
Soul Trombone Impulse! 1961 With Benny Golson
Pop Jazz Swing Audio Fidelity 1961 - Also Released As Just Jazz!
Turning Point Mercury 1962 With Paul Gonsalves
Gettin' Together Jazzland 1960 With Joe Henderson
Four Verve 1968 Straight No Chaser Verve 1968 With John Hendricks
Freddie Freeloader Denon 1990 With Wynton Kelly
Kelly Blue Riverside 1959 Wynton Kelly! Vee-Jay 1961 Someday My Prince Will Come Vee-Jay 1961 Comin' In The Back Door Verve 1963 It's All Right! Verve 1964 Undiluted Verve 1965 Blues On Purpose Xanadu 1965 Full View Riverside 1967 Last Trio Session Delmark 1968 With Hubert Laws
The Laws Of Jazz Atlantic 1964 With Johnny Lytle
New And Groovy Tuba 1966 With Pat Martino
Desperado Prestige 1970 With Wes Montgomery
Full House Riverside 1962 Boss Guitar Riverside 1963 Guitar On The Go Riverside 1963 The Alternative Wes Montgomery Riverside 1963 Smokin' At The Half Note Verve 1965 Smokin' Guitar Verve 1965 Willow Weep For Me Verve 1969 With Art Pepper
Gettin' Together Contemporary 1960 With Sonny Red
Out Of The Blue Blue Note 1960 The Mode Jazzland 1961 Images Jazzland 1961 With Shirley Scott
For Members Only Impulse! 1963 On A Clear Day Impulse! 1966 With Wayne Shorter
Introducing Wayne Shorter Vee-Jay 1959 With Teri Thornton
Devil May Care Riverside 1961 With Bobby Timmons
This Here Is Bobby Timmons Riveside 1960 Easy Does It Riverside 1961 From The Bottom Riverside 1964 The Soul Man! Prestige 1966 Got To Get It! Milestone 1967 With Norris Turney
Big Sweet 'n Blue - With Larry Willis And Walter Booker Mapleshade Records 1993 With Sarah Vaughan
Live In Japan Mainstream 1975 Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live Pye 1977 In A Career Spanning Nearly Six Decades Drummer Cobb Proved To Be A Master Of Every Musical Situation. One Of Jazz’s Definitive Accompanists Cobb Made His Name In Support Of Such Giants As Dinah Washington Cannonball Adderley Miles Davis Wes Montgomery And Sarah Vaughan And On Literally Hundreds Of Studio Sessions. As The Drummer On Davis’ Legendary Album Kind Of Blue Cobb May Be The Most Frequently Heard If Not The Best Known Drummer In Jazz History And As Part Of The Legendary Davis Rhythm Section With Pianist Wynton Kelly And Bassist Paul Chambers He Created A Manner Of Swinging In The Modern Idiom That Remains The Gold Standard For Rhythmic Inspiration. For All His Achievements However Jimmy Cobb’s Contribution Has Too Often Been Taken For Granted Which Is Why He Is The Perfect Subject To Help Launch The New Honors Series From Marsalis Music. “There Was A Lot Of Music Coming Through Washington D.C. When I Was Growing Up ” Cobb Notes In Explaining The Development Of His Style “and As A Working Musician You Had To Play In A Whole Lot Of Situations. By Working Clubs Dances Concerts And The Shows That Were Featured In Movie Theaters Your Growth Was Shaped. The Way I Play The Cymbal For Instance Is Something I Heard From A Guy Who Came Through Washington. It’s Not Exactly How He Played It Of Course It’s How I Heard It.” What Cobb Heard – A Lean Assertive Beat That Drives A Band Without Calling Attention To Itself – Shaped Some Of The Most Influential Music Of The ‘50s And ‘60s. His Stints With Cannonball Adderley 1956-7 Miles Davis 1958-63 And The Cooperative Trio With Wynton Kelly And Paul Chambers That Worked Both On Its Own And In Support Of Wes Montgomery 1963-8 As Well As Countless Recordings By A Who’s-Who Of Jazz Greats Confirmed His Mastery In The Small-Group Format. read less