Billy Cobham

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

The drummer Billy Cobham was born in Panama and grew up in New York. He played with Horace Silver and on albums by Miles Davis, such as Jack Johnson. In 1971 he became the drummer of John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. Cobham played a large drum kit with two bass drums and many tom-toms, with enormous power and speed in odd time signatures. His first solo album Spectrum (1973), with the guitarist Tommy Bolin and the keyboard player Jan Hammer, became a model for fusion and rock drummers. The piece Stratus was later sampled a great deal. Cobham has long lived in Switzerland.

Listening

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  Stratus · Billy Cobham, 1973
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  Quadrant 4 · Billy Cobham, 1973
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  Red Baron · Billy Cobham, 1973

Discography

Studio albums

• 1973Spectrum
• 1974Crosswinds
• 1974Total Eclipse
• 1975A Funky Thide of Sings
• 1976Life & Times
• 1977Magic
• 1978Inner Conflicts
• 1978Simplicity Of Expression - Depth Of Thought
• 1979Tender Variations - Original Soundtrack aus dem Film "Der Windhund" (soundtrack)
• 1985Johannes Faber's Consortium
• 1985Warning
• 1986Powerplay
• 1987Picture This
• 1989Incoming
• 1992By Design
• 1994The Traveler
• 1996Nordic
• 1998Focused
• 1998Paradox, The First Second
• 1999Hope Street
• 1999Off Color
• 2001Billy Cobham Presents North by Northwest
• 2002Culture Mix
• 2002Drum'n'voice: All That Groove
• 2003The Art Of Five
• 2004Colours
• 2006Art of Four
• 2006Drum 'n' Voice 2
• 2007Fruit From the Loom
• 2008De Cuba y de Panamá
• 2009Drum 'n' Voice 3
• 2010Palindrome
• 2011Drum 'n' Voices, Volumes I + II
• 2013Compass Point by Billy Cobham
• 2014Tales From the Skeleton Coast
• 2015B.C.
• 2015Mirror's Image
• 2016Broad Horizon
• 2016Drum ’n’ Voice, Vol. 4
• 2017Red Baron
• 2019Time Lapse Photos
• 2020Tierra Del Fuego
• 2022Drum 'n' voice, Vol. 5
• 2024DRUM 'N VOICE VOL. 1,2,3,4,5
• 2024FUSION
• 2026Times of My Life
• ?Paradox

Other work

• 1971Jack Johnson · Miles Davis
• 1971The Inner Mounting Flame · Mahavishnu Orchestra

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 3^NL Reader

See also

• Crosswinds
• Total Eclipse
• A Funky Thide of Sings
• Fusion and jazz rock