Jimmy Cobb

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.'

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…

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…