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Billy Cobham
dr, perc, *1944 CH, Colón Province
Musician / Composer of Jazz and Latin
A.k.a. William Emanuel Cobham
William Emanuel "Billy" Cobham (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who permanently relocated to Switzerland during the late 1970s.Cobham came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, and on countless CTI releases. According to AllMusic's reviewer, Cobham is "generally acclaimed as fusion's greatest drummer". He has an influential style that combines explosive power and exacting precision. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Forget To Go Home | Emanuel Satie, Billy Cobham | 2018 | Single |
| Drum 'N' Voice Vol.1-2-3-4 The Complete Series | Billy Cobham | 2017 | Compil. |
| Broad Horizon | Billy Cobham & Frankfurt Radio Big Band | 2016 | Album |
| Drum 'N' Voice Vol. 4 | Billy Cobham Featuring Eumir Deodato, Frank Gambale, Brian Auger, Stanley Jordan, Novecento, Gregg Brown | 2016 | Album |
| Live 1976 From New York Hofstra Playhouse | Billy Cobham | 2016 | Album |
| Live 1978 From Montreux Jazz Festival | Billy Cobham | 2016 | Album |
| Ayajala Live | Billy Cobham | 2015 | Album |
| Mirror's Image | Billy Cobham | 2015 | Album |
| Juice (Know The Ledge) / The Pleasant Pheasant | Eric B. & Rakim / Billy Cobham | 2015 | Single |
| Spectrum 40 Live | Billy Cobham | 2015 | Album |
| Reflected Journey | Billy Cobham | 2015 | Album |
| Live 1975 From Dallas Electric Ballroom | Billy Cobham | 2015 | Album |
| The Atlantic Years 1973-1978 | Billy Cobham | 2015 | Album |
| Tales From The Skeleton Coast | Billy Cobham | 2014 | Album |
| Palindrome | Billy Cobham | 2013 | Album |
| Compass Point | Billy Cobham | 2013 | Album |
| Original Album Series | Billy Cobham | 2012 | Album |
| Drum 'N' Voice Vol.1-2-3 The Collection | Billy Cobham | 2011 | Compil. |
| Rock The Tabla | Hossam Ramzy Featuring A.R. Rahman, Billy Cobham, Manu Katché, Omar Faruk Tekbilek | 2011 | Album |
| Drum N Voice Vol. 3 | Billy Cobham | 2010 | Album |
| Make My Day | Orrenmaa Band With Billy Cobham & Tower Of Power Horn Section | 2009 | Album |
| Billy Cobham & Espoo Big Band | Billy Cobham & Espoo Big Band | 2009 | Album |
| De Cuba Y De Panamá | Billy Cobham And Asere | 2008 | Album |
| Alexander Shulgin's Songbook. Triptych, Part 3 | Billy Cobham, Bob James, John Patitucci, Richard Cottle, Snake Davis, Richard Niles, Garry Husband, Janek Gwizdala | 2008 | Album |
| Live At 60 | Billy Cobham | 2007 | Album |
| A Latin Soul | Billy Cobham & Asere | 2007 | Album |
| Drums For The Soul - Live At Drums'n'Percussion Paderborn 2005 | Billy Cobham | 2007 | Single |
| Cobham Meets Bellson | Billy Cobham Meets Louis Bellson | 2007 | Album |
| The Art Of Four | Billy Cobham | 2006 | Album |
| Meeting Of The Spirits (A Celebration Of The Mahavishnu Orchestra) | Billy Cobham, Colin Towns, hr Bigband | 2006 | Album |
| Drum 'N' Voice 2 (due) | Billy Cobham | 2006 | Album |
| Drum 'N' Voice Vol. 1 + 2 All That Groove | Billy Cobham | 2006 | Compil. |
| Introducing Billy Cobham | Billy Cobham | 2006 | Compil. |
| Radioactive | Billy Cobham | 2005 | Compil. |
| New York Cool - Live At Blue Note | Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham | 2005 | Album |
| The Art Of Five | Billy Cobham | 2004 | Album |
| Live In Japan 2003 Vol. 2 | The Art Of Three / Billy Cobham Feat. Ron Carter, Kenny Barron | 2004 | Album |
| Live In Japan 2003 | The Art Of Three / Billy Cobham Feat. Kenny Barron, Ron Carter | 2003 | Album |
| Shadow / I Want You Back | Billy Cobham | 2003 | Album |
| Culture Mix | Billy Cobham | 2002 | Album |
| World Of Rhythm Live | Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham | 2002 | Album |
| Drum 'n' Voice - All That Groove | Billy Cobham | 2001 | Album |
| The Art Of Three | Billy Cobham featuring Ron Carter / Kenny Barron | 2001 | Album |
| Rudiments - The Billy Cobham Anthology | Billy Cobham | 2001 | Compil. |
| Many Years BC | Billy Cobham | 2000 | Compil. |
| Technics DVD Edition II Technics Jazzport Festival 2000 | Billy Cobham, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Andreas Vollenweider, Sandy Dillon, Nils Petter Molvær, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Diana Krall | 2000 | Album |
| Live In Rome | Billy Cobham | 2000 | Album |
| Billy Cobham Presents North By Northwest | Billy Cobham Presents North By Northwest | 2000 | Album |
| Hope Street | Billy Cobham presents Ensemble New | 1999 | Album |
| Off Color | Billy Cobham Presents Nordic | 1999 | Album |
| Magic / Simplicity Of Expression, Depth Of Thought | Billy Cobham | 1998 | Compil. |
| Focused | Billy Cobham | 1998 | Album |
| The First Second | Paradox Featuring Billy Cobham, Wolfgang Schmid, Bill Bickford | 1998 | Album |
| Mississippi Knights Live | Billy Cobham | 1998 | Album |
| Crosswinds / Shabazz | Billy Cobham | 1998 | Compil. |
| Nordic | Billy Cobham | 1998 | Album |
| Un Batteur Explosif | Billy Cobham | 1997 | Compil. |
| Paradox | Paradox Featuring Wolfgang Schmid, Bill Bickford, Billy Cobham | 1996 | Album |
| Oscar Plays The Giants | Oscar Peterson With Guests Billy Cobham • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | 1995 | Album |
| Live At The Greek | Stanley Clarke, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Deron Johnson & Najee | 1994 | Album |
| The Traveler | Billy Cobham | 1994 | Album |
| Gathering Of Minds / Montreaux 23/07/83 | Allan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Didier Lockwood, David Sancious, Billy Cobham | 1993 | Album |
| Hurricane! | Herbie Hancock Trio : Herbie Hancock With Ron Carter & Billy Cobham | 1992 | Album |
| By Design | Billy Cobham | 1992 | Album |
| Magamusica | Mario Rosini Feat. Billy Cobham | 1991 | Album |
| Herbie Mann - Billy Cobham | Herbie Mann / Billy Cobham | 1991 | Compil. |
| Frank Nimsgern Featuring Chaka Khan & Billy Cobham | Frank Nimsgern Featuring Chaka Khan & Billy Cobham | 1991 | Album |
| Live | Mahavishnu Orchestra − John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman, Rick Laird | 1990 | Album |
| Incoming | Billy Cobham | 1989 | Album |
| Cannes Jazz - Live At Midem | Billy Cobham | 1989 | Album |
| Billy's Best Hits | Billy Cobham | 1988 | Compil. |
| Tekno Mode | Leonard Washington With Gato Barbieri And Billy Cobham | 1987 | Album |
| Picture This | Billy Cobham | 1987 | Album |
| Same Ole Love | Billy Cobham | 1987 | Album |
| Powerplay | Billy Cobham | 1986 | Album |
| Zanzibar Breeze | Billy Cobham | 1986 | Album |
| I Love Contemporary Jazz | Billy Cobham | 1986 | Compil. |
| Warning | Billy Cobham | 1985 | Album |
| Johannes Faber's Consortium | Consortium Feat. Billy Cobham, Dave King, Christof Lauer, Joerg Reiter | 1985 | Album |
| I'm Alive | Infra Steff with Billy Cobham and Craig Steward | 1984 | Album |
| When Sun Lights Up The Future | Billy Cobham & George Adams Featured By The Johannes Faber Quintet | 1984 | Album |
| Smokin' | Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie, Billy Cobham · Dean Brown · Gil Goldstein · Tim Landers | 1983 | Album |
| Cargo | Juraj Galan, Norbert Dömling, Billy Cobham | 1982 | Album |
| Est-Ce Bien Raisonnable ! | Philippe Sarde Interprété Par Stan Getz, Billy Cobham, Eddy Louiss | 1981 | Single |
| Live: Flight Time | Billy Cobham | 1981 | Album |
| The Best Of Billy Cobham | Billy Cobham | 1980 | Compil. |
| Interview | David Bendeth, Billy Cobham | 1979 | Album |
| B.C. | Billy Cobham | 1979 | Album |
| What Is Your Fantasy / Bring Up The House Lights | Billy Cobham | 1979 | Single |
| The Best Of Billy Cobham | Billy Cobham | 1979 | Compil. |
| Inner Conflicts | Billy Cobham | 1978 | Album |
| Alivemutherforya | Billy Cobham · Steve Khan · Alphonso Johnson · Tom Scott | 1978 | Album |
| Simplicity Of Expression - Depth Of Thought | Billy Cobham | 1978 | Album |
| Bolinas | Billy Cobham | 1978 | Single |
| On A Magic Carpet Ride | Billy Cobham | 1977 | Single |
| Magic | Billy Cobham | 1977 | Album |
| Puffnstuff / AC/DC | Billy Cobham | 1977 | Album |
| Life & Times | Billy Cobham | 1976 | Album |
| Shabazz | Billy Cobham | 1975 | Album |
| A Funky Thide Of Sings | Billy Cobham | 1975 | Album |
| Total Eclipse | Billy Cobham | 1974 | Album |
| Crosswinds | Billy Cobham | 1974 | Album |
| Spectrum/Crosswinds | Billy Cobham | 1974 | Compil. |
| Crosswind / Le Lis | Billy Cobham | 1974 | Single |
| Moon Germs | Billy Cobham | 1974 | Single |
| Stratus (Part I) | Billy Cobham | 1973 | Single |
| Spectrum | Billy Cobham | 1973 | Album |
| Hotter Than July | Billy Cobham | Album |
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