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Billy Cobham
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Panamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Ultimate Play-Along Drum Trax
- The Billy Cobham real book
- Billy Cobham
- Ultimate Play-Along Bass Trax Billy Cobham Conundrum (Ultimate Play-Along)
- Ultimate Play-Along Guitar Trax Billy Cobham Conundrum (Ultimate Play-Along)
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Film & TV
Acting · Colón, Panama
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. According to AllMusic, Cobham is generally acclaimed as fusion's greatest drummer. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.…
Known for
- Phil Collins: Drummer First — Self2024
- Billy Cobham: Spectrum 40 - Live at Lotos Jazz Festival — Self - drums2014
- Billy Cobham - Live At Nancy Jazz Pulsation 2011 — Self - drums2011
- John McLaughlin & Billy Cobham: Live at Montreux 2010 — Self - drums2010
- Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux — Self2008
- Jazz Legends: Billy Cobham Live At The Palais Des Festivals Hall Cannes 1989 — Self2006
- Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie: Live in Riazzino, Switzerland — Self2005
- Common Ground Inspiration Drum DVD — Self2005
- Billy Cobham's: New Morning The Paris Concert — Self2005
- World of Rhythm - Live in Lugano — Self2002
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Switzerland
- Active from
- 1944
Discography
- Spectrum1973
- Crosswinds1974
- Total Eclipse1974
- A Funky Thide of Sings1975
- Shabazz1975
- Life & Times1976
- Magic1977
- Alivemutherforya1978
- Inner Conflicts1978
- Simplicity Of Expression - Depth Of Thought1978
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 325,497
- Total plays
- 2,994,801
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On May 16, 1944, in Panama, one of the world’s most influential drummers, best known for his jazz fusion in the 1970s, Mahavishnu Orchestra, where he pioneered a powerful style of drumming with jazz, rock and funk influences, was born, named Billy Cobham. He is the first drummer to unseat Buddy Rich in the Down Beat music polls. Cobham has played and recorded with hundreds of top musicians, including Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Larry Coryell, and Horace Silver; and is famous for his explosiv
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 7
- Cited by
- 1
Research areas
Most cited works
- A tribute to Jack Johnson2009 · 1 cit
- ビリー・コブハム--インタヴュー--久々の来日を果たしたスーパー・ドラマー2003 · 0 cit
- Fly with the wind1989 · 0 cit
- Get up with it2009 · 0 cit
- Live from Bahia1992 · 0 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key facts
- Born
- William Emanuel Cobham Jr. , ( 1944-05-16 ) May 16, 1944 (age 82) , Colón, Panama
- Genres
- Jazz jazz fusion jazz funk progressive rock
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter bandleader educator
- Instruments
- Drums, percussion
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Labels
- Atlantic Columbia CTI Elektra GRP
- Formerly of
- Mahavishnu Orchestra New York Jazz Quartet Jazz Is Dead Bobby and the Midnites
- Website
- billycobham .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.billycobham.com/html
- Image
- Billy Cobham Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2024 (140927).jpg
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- Billy Cobham
- date of birth
- 1944-05-16
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- Billy Cobham
- name in native language
- William Emanuel Cobham Jr.
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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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.
Cobham was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. AllMusic biographer Steve Huey said: "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. At his best, Cobham harnessed his amazing dexterity into thundering, high-octane hybrids of jazz complexity and rock & roll aggression."