Billy Cobham's albums
Billy Cobham
Drums / Percussion / Synthesizer
Billy Cobham
(1944–)
United States
Billy Cobham (b. 1944) — Drums, Percussion. Led Spectrum, Birds of Fire, A Funky Thide Of Sings. Worked with Ron Carter, Airto Moreira, John McLaughlin.
Cobham participated in the Bitches Brew sessions, then detonated with John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. His power and speed are simply beyond category, and he physically demolished the boundary between jazz and rock. His solo album Spectrum is the landmark of fusion drumming.
Michael BreckerWith the John McLaughlin
In 1973, Billy Cobham
In 1971, John McLaughlin
Billy Cobham's albums
Billy Cobham's 1973 solo debut Spectrum was built to showcase fusion virtuosity, but the drum break from its track 'Stratus' went on to become one of the most sampled beats in hip-hop production. A record made for musicians' musicians quietly became load-bearing infrastructure for an entirely different genre.