Wilbur James Cobb was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death,he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was awarded an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship in 2009.
Wynton Charles Kelly was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively,blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of 12 and was pianist on a No. 1 R&B hit at the age of 16. His recording debut as a leader occurred three years later,around the time he started to become better known as an accompanist to singer Dinah Washington,and as a member of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's band. This progress was interrupted by two years in the United States Army,after which Kelly worked again with Washington and Gillespie,and played with other leaders. Over the next few years,these included instrumentalists Cannonball Adderley,John Coltrane,Hank Mobley,Wes Montgomery,and Sonny Rollins,and vocalists Betty Carter,Billie Holiday,and Abbey Lincoln.
Milestones is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter,bandleader,and composer Miles Davis. It was recorded with his "first great quintet" augmented as a sextet and released in 1958 by Columbia Records.
Someday My Prince Will Come is the seventh studio album by Miles Davis for Columbia Records,catalogue CL 1656 and CS 8456 in stereo,released in 1961. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in Manhattan,New York City,it marked the only Miles Davis Quintet studio recording session to feature saxophonist Hank Mobley.
"Freddie Freeloader" is a composition by Miles Davis and is the second track on his 1959 album Kind of Blue. The piece takes the form of a twelve-bar blues in B♭,but the chord over the final two bars of each chorus is an A♭7,not the traditional B♭7 followed by either F7 for a turnaround or some variation of B♭7 for an ending.
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane is a box set featuring jazz musicians Miles Davis and John Coltrane. It is the first box set in a series of eight from Columbia/Legacy compiling Davis's work for Columbia Records,and includes never-before-released alternate takes,omissions of other musicians,musician comments,false starts and a first version of compositions,some of which have made it to the 50th Anniversary 2-disc CD version of Kind of Blue. Originally issued on April 11,2000 in a limited-edition metal slipcase,it was reissued in 2004 in an oversized book format. In conjunction with Sony,Mosaic Records released the 9 LP set.
Circle in the Round is a 1979 compilation album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It compiled outtakes from sessions across fifteen years of Davis's career that,with one exception,had been previously unreleased. All of its tracks have since been made available on album reissues and posthumous box sets.
The Miles Davis Quintet was an American jazz band from 1955 to early 1969 led by Miles Davis. The quintet underwent frequent personnel changes toward its metamorphosis into a different ensemble in 1969. Most references pertain to two distinct and relatively stable bands:the First Great Quintet from 1955 to 1959,and the Second Great Quintet from late 1964 to early 1969,Davis being the only constant throughout.
Introducing Wayne Shorter is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was recorded on November 9th &10th,1959 at Bell Sound Studios in New York City. It features five Shorter compositions,plus Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife”,performed by a quintet featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan,pianist Wynton Kelly,bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Shorter played with Morgan in the front line of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers at this time while Kelly,Chambers and Cobb were the widely celebrated rhythm section with Miles Davis.
Miles Davis &Gil Evans:The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings is a box set of music by jazz musicians Miles Davis and Gil Evans originally released on CD in 1996 and remastered and re-released in 2004. It collects work from 1957 through 1968 at Columbia Records recording studios.
Gettin' Together is a 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with Conte Candoli,Wynton Kelly,Paul Chambers,and Jimmy Cobb.
Kelly Blue is an album by American jazz pianist Wynton Kelly,released in 1959.
Blue Spring is a 1959 album by jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham and saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label,featuring performances by Dorham and Adderley with Dave Amram,Cecil Payne,Cedar Walton,Paul Chambers,and Philly Joe Jones or Jimmy Cobb.
Cannonball Takes Charge is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Wynton Kelly,Paul Chambers,and Jimmy Cobb with Percy and Albert Heath replacing Chambers and Cobb on two selections.
African Waltz is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley,released on the Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins. The title track had been a UK hit single for Johnny Dankworth.
That's Right! is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley and the Big Sax Section released on the Riverside label featuring Adderley with his brother Cannonball Adderley,Jimmy Heath,Charlie Rouse,Yusef Lateef,Tate Houston,Wynton Kelly,Jim Hall/Les Spann,Sam Jones,and Jimmy Cobb.
Super Hits is a greatest hits album from Miles Davis. Released in 2001,it reached #22 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.
Miles &Coltrane is a live album by American jazz musician Miles Davis,released in 1988 by Columbia Records. The music was recorded at two different shows—one on July 4,1958,at the Newport Jazz Festival,and one from October 27,1955,in New York. The tracks have been digitally remastered directly from the original analog tapes.
"Nardis" is a composition by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It was written in 1958,during Davis's modal period,to be played by Cannonball Adderley for the album Portrait of Cannonball. The piece has come to be associated with pianist Bill Evans,who performed and recorded it many times.
Go is an album by jazz bassist Paul Chambers recorded in Chicago in 1959 and released by the Vee-Jay label. Featured musicians include trumpeter Freddie Hubbard,alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley,pianist Wynton Kelly and drummer Philly Joe Jones. The album was re-released in 1997 as a double CD featuring additional recordings and alternate takes from the sessions and included as part of the Mosaic Box Set The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers/Wynton Kelly Sessions 1959-61 in 2000.
