Description
Gomez, E. Dedication, p1998. (drums)
Wikipedia, 2022-08-26: Wilbur James Cobb (January 20, 1929–May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer.
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)
Performed Titles
| 1. Dedication / Eddie Gomez. — Consohocken, PA : Evidence, p1998. |