# Jimmy Cobb

Jimmy Cobb (Washington, 20 gennaio 1929 – New York, 24 maggio 2020) è stato un batterista jazz statunitense. Vantava 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 alcune 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)