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)
