Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, a groundbreaking jazz album that transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife,… Entertainment News Summaries.
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Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, a groundbreaking jazz album that transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that her husband died at his New York City home of lung cancer, the AP reports. He was 91. Born in Washington, D. C., Cobb said in 2019 that 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.
