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Also known as Jimmy Cob, Wilbur James Cobb

American jazz drummer (1929–2020)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • You Look for Someone to Run It With,
  • Track Is a Lonely Sport,

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1929-01-20
Active to
2020-05-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10,096
Total plays
51,508

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Jimmy Wilbur Cobb (born January 20, 1929, in Washington, D.C., died May 24, 2020 in New York) was an American jazz drummer. Probably his best remembered work is on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue (1959), considered by many to be the quintessential jazz record. He also played on other famous Davis albums, including Sketches of Spain, 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 and Sorcerer. <a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jimmy
Family name
Cobb
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Place of death
Manhattan
Occupation
percussionist
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
jazz
Genre
jazz
Instrument
drum kit
Official website
www.jimmycobb.com
Image
Jimmy Cobb.jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Jimmy Cobb
date of birth
1929-01-20
start of work period
1949-00-00
date of death
2020-05-24
name in native language
Jimmy Cobb
birth name
James Wilbur Cobb
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
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