Blue is gone
May 26, 2020

Jimmy Cobb, drummer for Miles Davis, dies at 91

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 'Kind of Blue' groundbreaking jazz album died Sunday at age 91. The album, released on Aug. 17, 1959, captured a moment when jazz was transforming from bebop to something newer, cooler and less structured, with NPR saying Cobb gave it its "pulse". It has sold more than 4 million copies and remains the best selling jazz album of all time. Cobb would also work with such artists as Dinah Washington, Pearl Bailey, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Wynton Kelly and Stan Getz. He’d also release a number of albums on his own.