Arnett Cobb

Swing music, Composer

1918 – 1989

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Who was Arnett Cobb?

Arnett Cleophus Cobb was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, sometimes known as the "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax" because of his uninhibited stomping style. Cobb is credited with writing the words and music for the jazz standard "Smooth Sailing", which Ella Fitzgerald recorded for Decca on her album Lullabies of Birdland.

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Born
Aug 10, 1918
Houston
Also known as
  • Cobb, Arnett
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Mar 24, 1989
Houston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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