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Jimmy Cobb: it’s hard to imagine jazz being better than this

Jimmy Cobb

One of the world's best jazz drummers, the legendary 87-year-old Jimmy Cobb, will perform with his quartet at the Koktebel Jazz Party festival on its third and concluding day.

At a news conference, Cobb said that he doesn't expect jazz music to get any better than it already is. "It's hard to imagine someone playing any better than Duke Ellington or Charlie Parker. Rather, everyone tries to catch up with them and looks up to them," he said.

Cobb feels strongly that jazz music needs to be promoted. "There used to be a lot of jazz schools in the United States, where young people could master this music genre. That really helped. Today, there aren't that many schools. I believe if we had more jazz schools, young people could learn this music. That would be good," Cobb said.

He also said that the Koktebel Jazz Party festival has been organized very professionally. "If we have the same quality sound at our gig tonight that we had at the soundcheck, everything will go great," the drummer concluded.

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The KoktebelJazzParty festival is a COVID-free zone. Given the difficult epidemiological situation, the terms of access to the festival may be changed, depending on the epidemiological situation in the region and the recommendations issued by the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).
All festival participants, guests and spectators must present at least one of the three documents listed below:

  • A negative PCR test performed not earlier than August 18, 2021
  • A certificate showing the presence of antibodies to the S-protein of COVID-19, issued not earlier than May 25, 2021
  • A COVID-19 vaccination certificate

All guests, members of the audience and media representatives must wear masks and gloves at the festival venues.