Billy Cobham
Sign in to savePanamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944-05-16
- 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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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 325,497
- Total plays
- 2,994,801
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jazzFusionjazz fusiondrumsfunk
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key dates
- Born
- 16 May 1944
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