Jazz in the Key of Blue

Product Description Financial Times, (Mike Hobart), November 14, 2009 There's an attractive, late-night chamber-jazz feel...trumpeter Hargrove provides the wake-up call, staying smoky-toned and focused...guitarist Malone delivers ultra-tasteful support. The Guardian, (John Fordham), January 1, 2010 Dazzling inventiveness from Hargrove, and from Malone who sounds like the best of guitarists - Charlie Christian, Jim Hall and himself - combined. CD Description The eighty year old veteran drummer Jimmy Cobb is partnered by trumpeter Roy Hargrove, guitarist Russell Malone and bassist John Webber for this collection of warm, laidback standards. A superb, mostly self-taught musician, Jimmy Cobb is the elder statesman of all the incredible Miles David bands. Cobb's inspirational work with Miles, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley and co. spanned 1957 until 1963 and included the masterpiece Kind Of Blue, the most popular jazz recording in history. This new studio recording features the famous drummer with a mellow group that features mesmerizing interplay between Hargrove's spaciously-blown lines, and Malone's slow-burning and chromatic sounds. The programme is mostly ballads including classics such as "Emily", "Stairway To The Stars", "I Had The Craziest Dream", "Remembering U", "If Ever I Would Leave You", and "With You I'm Born Again". This year Cobb has been touring with his So What Band to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kind Of Blue, including a date at the Tower of London Festival. Personnel: Jimmy Cobb (drums), Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn), Russell Malone (guitar), John Webber (bass)