Jimmy Cobb

Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane at the "Kind of Blue" recording session

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‘In it for the love of this great American art form’: Author James Kaplan on his new book about Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans

Lee Mergner

WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with author James Kaplan about his new book '3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool.'

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A Take Five Salute to Jimmy Cobb, the Consummate Hard-Bop Drummer

Nate Chinen

Jimmy Cobb, the incomparable hard-bop drummer, died on Sunday at 91.In his honor, here is the first installment of Take Five, compiled in celebration of…

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Jimmy Cobb: Live at the Village Vanguard

The drummer Jimmy Cobb is 84 — which, even if you didn't know his name, would signal that he's been around the jazz scene for a while. But he's been more…