Jimmy Cobb

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis · 1959

Jimmy CobbJimmy Cobbジミー・コブ is the sole drummer on Kind of BlueKind of BlueMiles Davis · 1959 (1959), playing all five tracks. Replacing Philly Joe JonesPhilly Joe Jonesフィリー・ジョー・ジョーンズ in the transitional period between Miles's first and second great quintets, he brought a lighter, more swinging approach.

— Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn, 2000

From 1958 to 1962, Jimmy CobbJimmy Cobbジミー・コブ was Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's regular drummer. After the quintet dissolved, he formed the Wynton Kelly Trio with Wynton KellyWynton Kellyウィントン・ケリー and Paul ChambersPaul Chambersポール・チェンバース, carrying on the standard for hard-bop rhythm sections.

— So What: The Life of Miles Davis, John Szwed, 2002

After Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's quintet dissolved, Wynton KellyWynton Kellyウィントン・ケリー formed the Wynton Kelly Trio with Paul ChambersPaul Chambersポール・チェンバース and Jimmy CobbJimmy Cobbジミー・コブ. As the rhythm section on Wes Montgomery's 1965 Smokin' at the Half Note, they left a defining model of the hard-bop trio.

— Smokin' at the Half Note, Wikipedia, 1965

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis · 1959

Kelly Blue

Wynton Kelly · 1959

Giant Steps

John Coltrane · 1960

Blue Spring

Kenny Dorham Septet Featuring Cannonball Adderley · 1959

Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb played as one of the great piano trios. But the bond ran deeper than the bandstand: when Chambers died in 1969, Cobb recalled, Kelly sank into heavy drinking — he had loved Paul — and Kelly himself was gone by 1971.

— Statement stmt-jimmy-cobb-on-paul-chambers-2

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis · 1959

Giant Steps

John Coltrane · 1960

Jazz in the Key of Blue

Jimmy Cobb · 2009

Kelly Blue

Wynton Kelly · 1959

Jimmy Cobb was the newcomer who had just replaced the previous drummer in Miles Davis's sextet. The Kind of Blue (1959) sessions were cut almost live off the sketches, with barely any rehearsal, and the result became the best-selling jazz album of all time.

Then you get to Paul [Chambers], which is another genius, when you get to Paul.

Recalling the trio he formed with Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers after leaving Miles Davis.

I think he claimed that happened maybe after Paul died, that he was - he liked Paul so much, he started - he used to drink a lot.

Asked when Wynton Kelly's health declined, Cobb traces it to the period after Chambers's death.