Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Drum legend Jimmy Cobb to speak, perform at SIU-E this Thursday

Legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, the only surviving member of the ensemble that recorded Miles Davis' historic album Kind of Blue, will be in the St. Louis area this Thursday, March 15 to speak and perform in a free concert on the campus of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

Cobb will take part in a open forum/discussion starting at 12:30 p.m. in the Dunham Hall Theater at SIU-E, and then that night, he'll perform at 7:00 p.m. in the same place with an ensemble drawn from the university's music faculty, including Reggie Thomas (piano), Rick Haydon (guitar), Tom Kennedy (bass), Jason Swagler (alto sax), Brett Stamps (trombone) and Zeb Briskovich (bass). Both events are free and open to the public.

Thanks to Phil Dunlap for the news tip.
(Edited after posting to correct the time of the evening concert.)

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