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  • Cobb, Jimmy

Cobb, Jimmy (Personal Name)

Preferred form: Cobb, Jimmy
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  • Cobb, J. (Jimmy)
  • Cobb, Jimmy, 1929-2020
  • Cobb, Wilbur James

Stitt, S. The last Stitt sessions [SR] p1984: v. 1, container (Jimmy Cobb, drums)

New Grove dict. of jazz (Cobb, Jimmy (Wilbur James); b. Jan. 20, 1929, Washington; drummer)

Washington, D. For those in love [SR] p1992: label (J. Cobb, drums) container (Jimmy Cobb)

African American National Biography, accessed June 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cobb, Jimmy; jazz musician, percussionist; born 20 January, 1929 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; self-taught as a teenager; toured and recorded with Earl Bostic's popular rhythm-and-blues band (1950, 1951); musical director, drummer and singer for Dinah Washington, New York (1952-1956); member of Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1957-1958) and Miles Davis Sextet (1958-1963); played and recorded albums with Wynton Kelly Trio (1963-1971); toured and recorded with Sarah Vaughan (1971-1980); freelance drummer at straight-ahead jazz sessions, New York (1980s); was considered one of the finest hard-bop drummers, recorded with several artists for several labels, recording debut as a leader (1994); led Cobb's Mob (1990s); taught at Stanford University, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, University of Greensboro, San Francisco State University, St. Francis Xavier University, and Boston's Berklee College of Music)

Inside EKO, viewed May 25, 2020 (Jimmy Cobb Death - Drummer Jimmy Cobb Passed Away) https://insideeko.com/jimmy-cobb-death-drummer-jimmy-cobb-passed-away/

Wikipedia, June 4, 2020 (Jimmy Cobb; born Wilbur James Cobb, January 20, 1929, Washington, D.C., died May 24, 2020, Manhattan, New York; American jazz drummer)


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