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William C. Cobham was born on May 16, 1944, in Panama where he grew fond of percussion from watching his cousin play. At age three, his family moved to New York City and at age eight Billy made his percussion performance debut with his father. Growing up Billy played in the St. Catherine's Queensmen at the High School of Music and Art. After graduating Billy served as a percussionist in the U.S. Army National band. He then played as a drummer in pianist Horace Silver's band and toured the U.S. with him throughout the late 1960s.
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BILLY COBHAM
Discography
As
leader
Spectrum (1973)
Crosswinds (1974)
Total Eclipse (1974)
Shabazz [live]
(1974)
A Funky Thide of Sings (1975)
Life & Times (1976)
The Billy
Cobham–George Duke Band: "Live" on Tour in
Europe (1976)
Magic (1977)
Alivemutherforya [live]
with Steve Khan, Alphonso Johnson and Tom Scott (1978)
Inner
Conflicts (1978)
Simplicity of
Expression: Depth of Thought (1978)
B.C. (1979)
Live: Flight
Time [live] (1980)
Stratus (1981)
Observations & Reflections (1982)
Billy Cobham's
Glass Menagerie: Smokin’ [live] (Electra, 1982)
Warning (1985)
Consortium with
Johannes Faber (1985)
Power
Play (1986)
Best
Of (1987)
Picture This (1987)
Incoming (1989)
No Filters
w/Wolfgang Schmid (1990)
By
Design (1992)
The
Traveler (1994)
Nordic (1996)
Paradox (1996)
Paradox, The
First Second [live] (1998)
Mississippi
Nights Live [live] (1998)
Focused (1998)
Ensemble New
Hope Street (1999)
Nordic: Off
Color (1999)
North by
NorthWest (2001)
Drum 'n'
Voice (2002)
The Art of Three [live] (2002)
Many Years
B.C. [compilation] (2002)
Culture
Mix (2002)
The Art of
Five (2004)
Caravaggio
w/Massimo Colombo (2005)
Art of
Four [live] (2006)
Drum 'n' Voice
2 (2006)
Fruit from the
Loom (2007)
De Cuba y de
Panama with Asere (2008)
Palindrome (2010)
Drum 'n' Voice
3 (Spring 2010)
Tales From The
Skeleton Coast (2014)
Spectrum 40
Live (2015)
Compass
Point (2013)
Drum 'n' Voice
4 (2016)
Broad
Horizon with Frankfurt Radio Big Band (2016)
Time Lapse
Photos (2019)
Tierra Del
Fuego (2020)
BILLY COBHAM
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