When we think of the most far-out musicians in the universe, primarily we think of guitarists and keyboardists, of sound-controllers so attuned to their vast collections of instruments and gadgets ...

Billy Cobham was one of the pivotal figures in the creation of the jazz-rock strain that came to be called fusion, holding down the drum chair in bands led by Miles Davis and John McLaughlin. Over the ...

The legendary Billy Cobham, with his matchless, dazzling, ambidextrous skills as a drummer, has applied the same insistent fervor to his long list of monumental achievements. Hes an accomplished ...

Undeniably one of the greatest drummers of all time, Billy Cobham elevated the art of jazz- fusion drumming to new heights leaving a legacy that has inspired his peers and contemporaries for decades.

"Age ain't nothin' but a number." That's a common mantra chanted by the militantly aging. "Everything wears out." That's a quote from a wise auto mechanic. When those two concepts meet: After all ...

"When you have to find a way to get food on the table, you become very imaginative." Credit: Courtesy of Billy Cobham John McLaughlin’s fusion ensemble epitomized the genre’s superhuman virtuosity ...

It started, as most things do for musicians, with Billy Cobham trying to make sure he could get another job. The year was 1973, and Cobham knew the world-shaking jazz fusion band he had co-founded ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Billy Cobham was the first drummer to combine jazz, funk and rock into a style that never abandoned itself to ...

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Much to the excitement of drummers and jazz aficionados worldwide, drum legend Billy Cobham will be releasing two live albums on Cleopatra Records. The first is 'Mirror's Image' on February 17 (CD & ...

If you’re going to take advice about hiring a new musician, you could do much worse than getting the lowdown from Future Man. Drum icon Billy Cobham had been on the lookout for a fabled bassoon player ...

Billy Cobham 5tet Live at Nancy Jazz Pulsation 2011 Billy Cobham drums Jean Marie Ecay guitare Cristophe Cravero keyboards violin Michael Mondesir bass Camelia Ben Naceur keyboards Tracklist 1 Mirage ...