Bubba Kolb | |
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 Red Holloway, Bubba Kolb, and Sonny Stitt at the World Village Lounge, Walt Disney World 1970s; photo by Laura Kolb | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Franklin Dial Kolb |
| Born | September 13, 1940 Durant, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Genres | jazz, big band |
| Occupation(s) | leader, jazz pianist, trombonist |
| Instrument(s) | piano, trombone |
| Years active | 1960s-present |
Franklin Dial "Bubba" Kolb (born September 13, 1940 in Durant, Oklahoma) is an American jazz pianist and trombonist who, from 1975 to 1981, led a jazz trio, "The Bubba Kolb Trio," in residence at the World Village Lounge at the Lake Buena Vista Village, Florida. The trio backed major jazz artists appearing nightly as guests, two-weeks each, year-round. The artists included Carl Fontana, Rich Matteson, Benny Carter, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Hank Jones, Red Norvo, Charlie Byrd, Barbara Carroll, Clark Terry, Barney Kessell, Buddy Tate, Buddy DeFranco, Louis Bellson, Marian McPartland, Art Farmer, Kai Winding, Kenny Burrell, Flip Phillips, Al Grey, Bobby Hacket, Pee Wee Erwin, Vic Dickenson, Milt Jackson, James Moody, Ira Sullivan, Billy Taylor, Teddy Wilson, Laurindo Almeida, Art Pepper, Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Rosolino and Jimmy Forrest.