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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZCOBB, Jimmy(b Wilbur James Cobb, 20 January 1929, Washington DC; d 24 May 2020, Manhattan, of lung cancer) Drummer. Gigged locally with Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, others; toured with Earl Bostic '51; with Dinah Washington; gigged in NYC; joined Cannonball Adderley '57, Miles Davis '58-63; then with Paul Chambers in Wynton Kelly Trio, touring Japan with J.J. Johnson '64, became quartet with Wes Montgomery '65-6; trio again until Chambers died. Cobb joined Sara Vaughan '71 and through that decade. He played on the film soundtrack Seven Days In May with David Amram '64; PBS TV film with Vaughan at Wolf Trap Jazz Festival '70s. With Joe Albany trio NYC April '80; Wolf Trap again same year. LPs with Davis, Chambers, Kelly, Vaughan. A drummer in the classic, urgent style of Philly Joe Jones and Art Blakey, he made his mark on modern jazz without recording as a leader, probably most famous for Davis's Kind Of Blue. |