What is Jimmy Cobb?
[[File:Jimmy Cobb (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Wilbur James Cobb''' (January 20, 1929 – May 24, 2020) was an American [[jazz]] drummer. He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Some of Cobb's most famous work was on [[Miles Davis]]'s ''[[Kind of Blue]]'' (1959). Cobb was the last surviving player from the session. He also played on other Davis albums, including ''[[Sketches of Spain]]'', ''[[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|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 (Miles Davis album)|Porgy and Bess]]'' and ''[[Sorcerer (Miles Davis album)|Sorcerer]]''. Cobb died on May 24, 2020 in [[New York City]] of [[lung cancer]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Cobb Passed Away |url=https://insideeko.com/jimmy-cobb-death-drummer-jimmy-cobb-passed-away/ |access-date=2020-05-25 |archive-date=2020-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618052645/https://insideeko.com/jimmy-cobb-death-drummer-jimmy-cobb-passed-away/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180613005135/http://www.jimmycobb.net/discography.html Jimmy Cobb - Legendary Jazz Drummer] – includes full discography * [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Jimmy_Cobb.html Drummerworld.com Page] * [http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=149427 Jazz Icon Jimmy Cobb] * [http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=79097 Jimmy Cobb interview at allaboutjazz.com] {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobb, Jimmy}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:American drummers]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Washington, D.C.]] {{US-bio-stub}}