Jimmy Cobb

Jimmy Cobb

Jimmy Cobb (Washington, 20 gennaio 1929 – New York, 24 maggio 2020) è stato un batterista jazz statunitense. Vanta collaborazioni con Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Stan Getz e Miles Davis.

Il suo nome è legato soprattutto alla sua militanza nel gruppo di Miles Davis con il quale ha partecipato ad alcuni storiche registrazioni: Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, Someday My Prince Will Come, Live at Carnegie Hall, Live at the Blackhawk, Porgy and Bess e Sorcerer.

Jimmy Cobb è stato attivo a New York con il suo gruppo Jimmy Cobb's Mob. Ha insegnato nel 2006 e 2007 ai seminari del Tuscia in Jazz Festival. Nel 2008 ha insegnato al seminario We Love Jazz tenutosi presso Castagnole Piemonte, Torino.

Discografia

Come band-leader

• So Nobody Else Can Hear (Contempo Vibrato, 1983)
• Encounter (Philology, 1994)
• Only for the Pure of Heart (Fable/Lightyear, 1998)
• Four Generations of Miles: A Live Tribute to Miles (Chesky, 2002)
• Cobb's Groove (Milestone, 2003)
• Yesterdays (RteesanCobb Music, 2003)
• Tribute to Wynton Kelly & Paul Chambers (Sound Hills, 2004)
• Cobb Is Back in Italy! (Azzurra, 2005)
• Marsalis Music Honors Series: Jimmy Cobb (Marsalis/Rounder, 2006))
• Taking a Chance on Love (Azzurra, 2006)
• New York Time (Chesky, 2006)
• Cobb's Corner (Chesky, 2007)
• Jazz in the Key of Blue (Chesky, 2009)
• Live at Smalls (Smallslive, 2010)
• Remembering Miles `Tribute to Miles Davis` (Sony Music, 2011)
• The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions, 2014)
• You'll See (SteepleChase, 2016)

Come ospite

con Pepper Adams-Donald Byrd Quintet

• Out of this World (Warwick, 1961)

con 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)

con Nat Adderley

• That's Right! (Riverside, 1960)
• On the Move (Theresa, 1983)
• Blue Autumn (Theresa, 1983)
• We Remember Cannon (In + Out, 1989)
• Autumn Leaves (Sweet Basil, 1990)
• Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil (Sweet Basil, 1990 [1993])
• Talkin' About You (Landmark, 1990 [1991])

con Toshiko Akiyoshi

• Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band (Vee-Jay, 1964)

con Lorez Alexandria

• Alexandria the Great (Impulse!, 1964)
• More of the Great Lorez Alexandria (Impulse!, 1964)

con Geri Allen

• Timeless Portraits and Dreams (Telarc, 2006)

con Dorothy Ashby

• Soft Winds (Jazzland, 1961)

con Kenny Barron and John Hicks

• Rhythm-a-Ning (Candid, 1989)

con Walter Benton

• Out of This World (Jazzland, 1960)

con Walter Bishop, Jr.

• The Walter Bishop Jr. Trio / 1965 (Prestige, 1963 [1965])

con Nick Brignola

• Burn Brigade (Bee Hive, 1979)

con Paul Chambers

• Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)

con Al Cohn

• Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1960)

con 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)

con 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)
• Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia Legacy, 2015)

con Joey DeFrancesco

• Wonderful! Wonderful! (HighNote, 2012)

con Kenny Dorham

• Blue Spring (Riverside, 1959)

con Kenny Drew

• Lite Flite (SteepleChase, 1977)

con Ricky Ford

• Flying Colors (Muse, 1980)
• Tenor for the Times (Muse, 1981)
• Interpretations (Muse, 1982)
• Future's Gold (Muse, 1983)
• Shorter Ideas (Muse, 1984)
• Saxotic Stomp (Muse, 1987)

con Curtis Fuller

• Soul Trombone (Impulse!, 1961)

con Benny Golson

• Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961) – also released as Just Jazz!
• Turning Point (Mercury, 1962)

con Paul Gonsalves

• Gettin' Together (Jazzland, 1960)

con Bunky Green

• My Babe (Vee-Jay, 1960 [1965])

con Bill Hardman

• Saying Something (Savoy 1961)

con Joe Henderson

• Four (Verve, 1968)
• Straight, No Chaser (Verve, 1968)

con John Hendricks

• Freddie Freeloader (Denon, 1990)

con John Hicks and Elise Wood

• Luminous (Nilva, 1985)

con 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)

con Hubert Laws

• The Laws of Jazz (Atlantic, 1964)

con Johnny Lytle

• New and Groovy (Tuba, 1966)

con Harold Mabern

• To Love and Be Loved (Smoke Sessions, 2017)

con Pat Martino

• Desperado (Prestige, 1970)

con Ronnie Mathews

• Legacy (Bee Hive, 1979)

con Billy Mitchell

• De Lawd's Blues (Xanadu, 1980)

con 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)

con Frank Morgan

• Quiet Fire (Contemporary, 1987 [1991] con Bud Shank

con David "Fathead" Newman

• Still Hard Times (Muse, 1982)
• Song for the New Man (HighNote, 2004)

con Art Pepper

• Gettin' Together (Contemporary, 1960)

con Jimmy Raney

• Here's That Raney Day (Ahead, 1980)

con Sonny Red

• Out of the Blue (Blue Note, 1960)
• The Mode (Jazzland (1961)
• Images (Jazzland, 1961)

con Shirley Scott

• For Members Only (Impulse!, 1963)
• On a Clear Day (Impulse!, 1966)

con Wayne Shorter

• Introducing Wayne Shorter (Vee-Jay, 1959)

con Don Sleet

• All Members (Jazzland, 1961)

con Sonny Stitt

• In Style (Muse, 1982)

con Teri Thornton

• Devil May Care (Riverside, 1961)

con 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)

con Norris Turney

• Big, Sweet 'n Blue con Larry Willis and Walter Booker (Mapleshade, 1993)

con Phil Upchurch

• Feeling Blue (Milestone, 1967)

con Sarah Vaughan

• Live in Japan (Mainstream, 1975)
• Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live (Pye, 1977)

con Cedar Walton

• Midnight Waltz (Venus, 2005)

con Dinah Washington

• For Those in Love (EmArcy, 1955)

con C. I. Williams

• When Alto Was King (Mapleshade, 1997)

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