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Over two spring days in 1959, trumpeter Miles Davis convened five other musicians at a Manhattan studio for a new recording project. Released 50 years ago this week, the resulting album - Kind of Blue - became one of the best-selling and most influential jazz recordings of all time. Drummer Jimmy Cobb is the last surviving performer from the celebrated album, which also featured jazz legends John Coltrane, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Bill Evans. Now 80, Cobb continues recording and is currently touring the world through January with his band to mark the anniversary. He spoke with TIME about Kind...
...Blakey help persuade you to take up the drums? Yes, that and a friend of mine who lived in the neighborhood. He used to come to my house; I had a few jazz records we would play and drum on the table with our knuckles. (Read a TIME review of the Miles Davis Sextet from...
...played with many of the biggest names in jazz history. It must be hard to choose, but does anyone particularly stand out in your memory? Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan - I have to mention them. They gave me a certain feeling I hadn't had, being raised in the Catholic church. Dinah Washington - she was a totally different thing that I wasn't used to hearing. And Sarah Vaughan, I used to get goosebumps every night playing with...
What about the future of jazz? Are there promising musicians coming through the ranks? There's a lot of good players. Schools are pumping them out faster than I think they can get jobs, but they seem to be very interested in the music. If they have a love for it, I think we can keep it going...
Over the years there's been a surge in girl drummers - killer drummers who are really entertaining. The first one I was really associated with was Terri Lynn Carrington, I knew her when she was a little girl. (Read: "The Best Jazz Club in Beijing...