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| Jimmy Cobb Trio CD Release Performance Dizzy's Club Nov. 25 Legendary Drummer Jimmy Cobb Still Swinging After All These Years Remembering U features guest appearance by the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove A consummate accompanist, unerring timekeeper, outstanding soloist and dynamic leader in his own right, revered drummer Jimmy Cobb showcases his inimitable touch on ballads and his irrepressibly swinging ride cymbal pulse on Remembering U. Accompanied by his working trio of Japanese pianist Tadataka Unno and Italian bassist Paolo Benedettini, Cobb's latest stands as a tribute to those people who have been a part of his long journey in jazz and are no longer with us. Special guests include tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson and the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove in one of his last studio sessions. The recording also marks the final session of legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder, who presided over classic sessions for the Blue Note, Prestige and Impulse! labels. (Cobb remembers playing on a Van Gelder session in the mid 1950s when the fledgling engineer was operating out of his parents home in Hackensack, New Jersey.) On Remembering U, 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Award winner Cobb proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that, at age 90, he is indeed still swinging after all these years. Cobb's expansive list of recording credits over seven decades reads like a Who's Who in Jazz. Among the countless sessions he participated in since the mid '50s are such landmark recordings as Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, Porgy & Bess and Sorcerer, John Coltrane's Giant Steps and Coltrane Jazz, Wes Montgomery's Full House, Boss Guitar and Smokin' at the Half Note as well as potent sessions with Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderley, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Stitt and a string of acclaimed trio recordings with pianist Wynton Kelly and bassist Paul Chambers. On Remembering U, his 12th as a leader and first for his own Jimmy Cobb World label, Cobb and his versatile crew display remarkable chemistry on 12 tracks. Track Listing Writer(s) Eleanor Jimmy Cobb Pistachio Alfred "PeeWee" Ellis / Eleana Tee Man In The Mirror Glenn Ballard / Siedah Garrett Remembering U Jimmy Cobb JC's AC Tadataka Unno / Paolo Benedettini Composition 101 Jimmy Cobb I Just Can't Stop Loving You Michael Jackson Willow Weep For Me Ann Ronell W.K. Jimmy Cobb Cedar's Rainbow Tadataka Unno I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) Jack Elliott / Harold Spina Cobb's Belle Jimmy Cobb / Dave Mathews Recorded 20, 21 and 28 June 2016 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Personnel: Trio: Jimmy Cobb - drums (on all songs) Paolo Benedettini - bass (on all songs) Tadataka Unno - piano (on all songs) Special Guests: Roy Hargrove - trumpet/flugelhorn (on "Eleanor", "JC's AC", "Willow Weep For Me") Javon Jackson - tenor saxophone (on "Eleanor") Executive Producers- Jimmy Cobb / Eleana Tee Producer- Serena Cobb Associate Producer(s)- Paolo Benedettini / Tadataka Unno Recording Engineer- Rudy Van Gelder Mixing Engineer(s)- Maureen Sickler / Don Sickler Mastering Engineer- Katsu Naito write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |