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BIOGRAPHY

Although Cobbs was a veteran musician, Cobbs' recorded output is fairly small.

He worked most notably with the ''. Accessed July 2 , 2007 .

In his youth, Cobbs served as companion and guide to the pianist Art Tatum and later accompanied Billie Holiday and replaced Hamp Hawes in the band of Wardell Gray . Cobbs also worked and recorded with the Alto Saxophonist Johnny Hodges in 1954 , when Hodges' band included John Coltrane . He studied the Schillinger System of Musical Composition .

Cobbs was killed by a Hit And Run driver on September 21, 1971. He died at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx , New York. He was 60 years old.


DISCOGRAPHY

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  • Ayler, Albert (1967). ''Love Cry''. Impulse!

  • Ayler, Albert (1968). ''New Grass''. Impulse!

  • Ayler, Albert (1970). ''Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vol. 1''. Water

  • Ayler, Albert (2004). ''Holy Ghost: Rare and Unissued Recordings (1962-70)''. Revenant

  • Coltrane, John. ''First Giant Steps''. Rare Live Recordings

  • Hodges, Johnny (1954). ''The Jeep is Jumpin''.

  • Hodges, Johnny (1995). ''Passion Flower: 1940-1946''. Bluebird/RCA

  • Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1954). ''Used to Be Duke''. Verve

  • McVea, Jack . ''Two Timin' Baby''. Juke Box Lil

  • Rushing, Jimmy . ''1946-1953''. Jazz Classics



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