Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989) 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.
Arnett Cobb | |
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Cobb at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California 1979 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Arnette Cleophus Cobbs |
| Born | August 10, 1918 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 24, 1989 (aged 70) Houston, Texas |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Tenor saxophone |
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