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William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Jun 13, 2024 · Billy Cobham opens up to Stuart Nicholson in an exclusive interview, covering his early life in military bands, tours with Horace Silver, getting fired from the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and his classic jazz-rock album Spectrum.
A technically accomplished soloist whose combination of bombastic power and rhythmic clarity made him the quintessential fusion drummer. Read Full Biography.
Apr 4, 2024 · A powerhouse drummer who fueled many legendary fusion jazz recordings of the 1960s and '70s, Billy Cobham came to prominence when he worked on early fusion recordings with Miles Davis and John McLaughlin in the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
PAS Hall of Fame: Billy Cobham. (b. May 16, 1944 ) by Mark Griffith. Billy Cobham’s supremely influential career cannot be easily encapsulated. He has influenced drums, drumming, and drummers, not to mention music in general. His influence has crossed all genres and is as strong today as ever.
Generally acclaimed as fusion’s greatest drummer, Billy Cobham’s explosive technique powered some of the genre’s most important early recordings — including groundbreaking efforts by Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra — before he became an accomplished bandleader in his own right.
Mar 10, 2024 · Long known for his work with Miles Davis and as the locomotive force behind the jazz fusion supergroup, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham's other stops will be New York City, Washington DC, and Detroit. He is widely considered one of the greatest drummers in the world. He ...
Apr 25, 2014 · Billy Cobham was the first drummer to combine jazz, funk and rock into a style that never abandoned itself to blandness. To this day no drummer matches his ability to blend rock power...
Mar 8, 2018 · Born in Colón, Panama in 1944, Billy Cobham has contributed phenomenal rhythmic power and inventiveness to some of the greatest jazz-fusion groups, funk troupes, and rock acts, as well as...
May 16, 2023 · Billy Cobham is to the drums what Jimi Hendrix was to the guitar. Not just one of its greatest exponents, but someone who rewrote the entire rulebook. Billy didn’t play drums with his teeth, or set them on fire with lighter fuel.
