Arnett Cobb




































Arnett Cobb

Lionel Hampton and Arnett Cobb, Aquarioum, NYC, ca. June 1946 (Gottlieb).jpg
Cobb (right) and Lionel Hampton, c. June 1946
Photo: William P. Gottlieb

Background information
Birth name Arnette Cleophus Cobbs
Born
(1918-08-10)August 10, 1918
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died March 24, 1989(1989-03-24) (aged 70)
Houston, Texas
Genres
Jazz, soul jazz, swing, blues
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Tenor saxophone
Associated acts
Illinois Jacquet, Lionel Hampton

Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989)[1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, sometimes known as the "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax" because of his uninhibited stomping style. Cobb wrote the words and music for the jazz standard "Smooth Sailing" (1951), which Ella Fitzgerald recorded for Decca on her album Lullabies of Birdland.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Discography


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Biography




Cobb at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California 1979


Born in Houston, Texas,[1] he was taught to play piano by his grandmother, and he went on to study violin before taking up tenor saxophone in the high school band. At the age of 15 he joined Louisiana bandleader Frank Davis's band, doing shows in Houston and throughout Louisiana during the summer.[2] Cobb continued his musical career with the local bands of trumpeter Chester Boone, from 1934 to 1936, and Milt Larkin, from 1936 to 1942 (which included a period on the West Coast with Floyd Ray). Among his bandmates in the Larkin band were Illinois Jacquet, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Tom Archia, Cedric Haywood, and Wild Bill Davis.[3] Having turned down an offer from Count Basie in 1939,[2] Cobb replaced Jacquet in Lionel Hampton's band in 1942, staying with Hampton until 1947. Cobb's featured solo on Hampton's theme song "Flying Home No. 2" generated much excitement, his blasting style earning him the label "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax".[2]


Cobb then started his own seven-piece band, but suffered a serious illness in 1950, which necessitated spinal surgery. Although he re-formed the band on his recovery, in 1956 its success was again interrupted, this time by a car crash. This had long-term effects on his health, involving periods in the hospital, and making him permanently reliant on crutches.[4] Nevertheless, Cobb worked as a soloist through the 1970s and 1980s in the U.S. and abroad. As late as 1988 he played with Jimmy Heath and Joe Henderson in Europe.[4]


He died in his hometown, at the age of 70 in 1989.[1]



Discography



  • 1943–47: The Wild Man of the Tenor Sax, 1943–1947 (EPM Musique)

  • 1946–47: The Chronological Arnett Cobb, 1946–1947 (Classics)

  • 1947: Arnett Blows for 1300 (Delmark)

  • 1959: Blow Arnett, Blow [also released as Go Power!!!] (Prestige)

  • 1959: Smooth Sailing (Prestige)

  • 1959: Party Time (Prestige)

  • 1959: Very Saxy; with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Coleman Hawkins and Buddy Tate) (Prestige)

  • 1960: More Party Time (Prestige)

  • 1960: Movin' Right Along (Prestige)

  • 1960: Sizzlin' (Prestige)

  • 1960: Ballads by Cobb (Moodsville)

  • 1973: Again with Milt Buckner, with Milt Buckner, Clarence Brown and Michael Silva (Black & Blue)

  • 1974–76: The Wild Man from Texas (Black & Blue)

  • 1978: Arnett Cobb Is Back (Progressive)

  • 1978: Live at Sandy's! (Muse)

  • 1980: Tenor Abrupt, at (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions) with Guy Lafitte (Black & Blue)

  • 1981: Funky Butt (Progressive)

  • 1982: Arnett Cobb Live (in Holland) (Timeless)

  • 1984: Keep on Pushin' (Bee Hive)

  • 1987: Show Time, with Dizzy Gillespie and Jewel Brown (Fantasy)

  • 1988: Tenor Tribute (in Germany), with Jimmy Heath and Joe Henderson (Soul Note)

  • 1988: Tenor Tribute, Volume 2 (in Germany), with Jimmy Heath and Joe Henderson (Soul Note)


With Ruth Brown




  • Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1957)


  • Miss Rhythm (Atlantic, 1959)


With Buddy Tate



  • Live at Sandy's (Muse, 1978 [1980])

With Roseanna Vitro



  • Listen Here (Texas Rose, 1984)


References





  1. ^ abc Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed July 2010


  2. ^ abc "Houston's Own, Saxophonist Arnett Cobb", African American Registry.


  3. ^ Stephen G. Williams and Kharen Monsho, "Cobb, Arnett Cleophus", Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 3 July 2013.


  4. ^ ab Biography at AllMusic.




External links




  • "Houston's Own, Saxophonist Arnett Cobb", African American Registry.

  • Arnett Cobbs Last Recorded Performance in Osnabrueck, Germany

  • Ingrid Montgomery-Swinton, Go Red Go, Blow Arnett Blow: The life of Arnett Cobb. Ingrid Montgomery-Swinton, Lizette Cobb








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