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You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

A Jimmy Cobb Retrospective (Part 2)

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin

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4.9770 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Today, Peter and Adam continue their tribute to the legendary Jimmy Cobb.Links From This Episode:Listen to every song from this episode (and part 1) with our Spotify playlistToday's Open Studio Live Events (All times in EDT):1:00 PM - Adam's Daily Guided Practice Session (for Members Only)3:00 PM - Adam hosts a Guided Practice Session for non-members on YouTube8:00 PM - Peter continues his weekly solo piano Shelter in Place concert series, also on YouTubeFor the rest of this week's calendar, follow this linkInterested in more music advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase. And be sure to check out our All Access Pass - every course from Open Studio on every instrument.Let us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0

So, man, the next up we have Porgy and Bess, another Miles record, a way different Miles

0:19.8

record than Kind of Blue or anything else we'll listen to. Yeah, and I wanted to do this because this is one of those records that we always associate with, from a drumming standpoint, I think, of that great Philly Joe's solo on Go or go-go-go-go, whatever that is. Bab-dap, bop-bap, bap, da-tah, that iconic solo. But half of the record or a third of it or something is Jimmy Cabba and on this this is it ain't necessarily so right that's right I mean I love like the texture that he'd like I mean to me and going back to listen to this record I was like you know kind of blue like these Miles records they are so well Obviously, you know, this music and these arrangements and the sound of it.

0:57.3

But I mean, what Jimmy Cobb did.

0:59.1

I mean, it's like he's like the producer and the engineer, like the amount that he's just doing to the sound.

1:04.7

Of course, the beat and the groove and playing the tunes great.

1:07.1

Yeah.

1:07.4

But what he does to contribute to just the sound of this record, like he should have got a Grammy for being producer of it.

1:14.3

Agreed, man.

1:15.4

Drummers can affect everything

1:17.0

and good or bad.

1:18.4

Exactly. They can build or

1:20.2

they can be builders or destroyers.

1:22.6

And so just listen to how this drummer,

1:24.6

Jimmy Cobb, affects this classic

1:26.5

track from Miles Davis.

1:27.7

It's from Porgy and Best.

1:28.6

It ain't necessarily so.

1:42.6

It's like a sound scape. He's, putting in there. Wow. I'm I'm I'm

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I'm

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