Arnett Cobb

Arnett Cobb
Cobb at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California 1979
Background information
Birth name	Arnette Cleophus Cobbs
Born	(1918-08-10)August 10, 1918 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 24, 1989(1989-03-24) (aged 70) Houston, Texas
Genres	Jazz swing blues
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Tenor saxophone

Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989)^[1] 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.