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Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' Drummer for Miles Davis, Dies at 91

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Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving musician on Mile Davis’ 1959 groundbreaking jazz album Kind of Blue, which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.

His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that her husband died at his New York City home from lung cancer. He was 91.

Born in Washington, D.C.,Cobb told the Associated Pressin 2019 he listened to jazz albums and stayed up late to hear disc jockey Symphony Sid playing jazz in New York City before.

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