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Something Else! Interview: Jazz Legend Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb, the lone survivor of legendary jazz dates featuring Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Wes Montgomery and others, continues to furiously drum—even while carrying the torch. The 82-year-old's newest album is called Remembering Miles. Cobb will also begin a tour celebrating the music of Coltrane on Thursday, continuing through Nov. 5 with Javon Jackson, ...
2011 Cape Bank Jazz in Somers Point (NJ) Set for March 8-11
The Somers Point Jazz Society is proud to announce the partial line-up for Cape Bank Jazz @ the Point 2012, a 4-day jazz festival with 10 great groups performing March 8-11, at various venues in Somers Point, New Jersey. Once again, organizers are touting the annual March event as the 'greatest jazz festival value in the ...
Tanglewood Jazz Festival Presents NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb in Master Class for Drummers
LENOX, Mass.—NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb will present a Master Class for Drummers on Sunday, September 4, at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. The master class —which is free to drum students of all ages— will begin at 12:30pm in the Jazz Café Tent, on September 4, closing day of the 3-day festival. Jimmy Cobb is the ...
Miles Davis Tribute Band: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 10, 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles Davis Tribute BandNorth Sea Jazz FestivalRotterdam, the NetherlandsJuly 10, 2011 As bassist Marcus Miller noted during the Miles David Tribute Band set at the North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam, it hardly seems like Davis has been gone for 20 years. Maybe, he surmised, it's because the spirit of Miles ...
Jimmy Cobb's So What Band: Albany, February 10, 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
Jimmy Cobb's So What BandThe Egg, Albany, USAFebruary 10, 2011 It's well documented that the music of Miles Davis' seminal Kind of Blue (Columbia) has captivated music fans and musicians since it was born in 1959. The lone surviving member of that legendary band, drummer Jimmy Cobb, has been bringing the music ...
Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya: Sotho Blue
by Ian Patterson
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim's Ekaya is more an expression of the South African's musical philosophy than a fixed combo; musicians have come and gone and his collaborators have changed completely since its inception in 1983. Ekaya is not about personalities, but about music born of South Africa and the Afro-American experience. Speaking of Ekaya, Ibrahim states, “Its ...
Remembering The Miles Davis Classic "Kind Of Blue" Jimmy Cobb’s So What Band Featuring Jeremy Pelt, Vincent Herring Javon Jackson, Larry Willis & Buster Williams
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8:00PM in the Science Center Theater on the Campus of Montgomery County Community College (Blue Bell, PA) Blue Bell, PA—A highlight of the Lively Arts Series Transitions will be a performance of “Kind of Blue: Remembering the Miles Davis classic featuring Jimmy Cobb's So What Band. They will be presented in ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Cobb
All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Cobb's birthday today! Jimmy CobbLegendary jazz drummer, Jimmy Cobb, was born in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1929. A superb, mostly self-taught musician, Jimmy is the elder statesman of all of the incredible Miles Davis bands. Jimmy\'s inspirational work with Miles... more Website ...
