 Arnett Cobb at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA 1979. Photo: Brian McMillen Image by Brianmcmillen, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Arnett CobbArnett Cobb Arnett Cobb American jazz tenor saxophonist (1918–1989) Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989)[1] was an American 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. Quick facts Background information, Born ... Arnett Cobb Cobb at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California 1979 Background information Born Arnette Cleophus Cobbs (1918-08-10)August 10, 1918 Houston, Texas, U.S. Died March 24, 1989(1989-03-24) (aged 70) Houston, Texas Genres Jazz swing blues Occupation Musician Instrument Tenor saxophone Close Biography Cobb (right) and… (Source: Wikipedia)
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