Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 'Kind of Blue' groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.
In this 2019 photo provided by Smoke Sessions Records, musician Jimmy Cobb poses for the release of his album"This I Dig of You" in New York City. Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 "Kind of Blue" groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.
Born in Washington, D.C., Cobb told The Associated Press in 2019 he listened to jazz albums and stayed up late to hear disc jockey Symphony Sid playing jazz in New York City before launching his professional career. He said it was saxophonist Cannonball Adderley who recommended him to Davis, and he ended up playing on several Davis recordings.
The album, released on Aug. 17, 1959, captured a moment when jazz was transforming from bebop to something newer, cooler and less structured. Davis, who died in 1991, had some notes jotted down, but there weren't pages of sheet music. It was up to the improvisers to fill the pages. "He'd say this is a ballad. I want it to sound like it's floating. And I'd say, `OK,' and that's what it was," Cobb recalled.
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