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. He’s an accomplished composer and record producer.
It is a rarely known fact that he was at the forefront of the electronic music industry and it’s development through Jazz. He was one of the first percussionists, along with Max Roach and Tony
Williams to utilize the Electronic Drum Controller made in 1968 by the Meazzi Drum Company in Milano, Italy while on concert tour with Horace Silver in Europe. He is one of the few Percussionists, specializing in the Jazz drum set to lead his own band. The award winning Cobham has custom designed trend setting acoustic and electronic drum sets and has endorsed products that he created and refined.
He has performed on hundreds of records with his own groups and with some of the music’s most luminary artists, and his trademark - biggest, fastest, explosive drumming - has energized the international stages of concerts, symphonies, big bands, Broadway, festivals, television and video. He has been a teacher of his artistry, giving drum clinics, conducting workshops and symposiums throughout the world. His stylistic influence, which has literally created a category of music, is an outstanding part of the history of modern music.
Since 1980 Billy Cobham has been dividing his time between his home in Zurich and the United States where he lived in New York City and northern California until that time, underscoring his unique internationally influenced origins as a musician. Born 5/16/44 in Panama, surrounded by talented parents and a brother, Wayne (producer, horn player, midi specialist, writer), Billy’s love for drums was kindled by his cousins who played and constructed steel drums and congas in Panama. Some of his earliest memories are of himself playing Timbales.
The Cobhams moved to New York City in 1947, when Billy was 3 years old. He had his stage debut in performance with his father at the age of 8. Cobham developed his seriously voracious appetite for drumming in the highly competitive Drum and Bugle Corps. arena with St. Catherine’s Queensmen, prompting him to attend New York’s famed High School of Music and Art to study music theory and drum technique with seminars by such renowned talents as Thelonious Monk and Stan Getz. Cobham remembers “In those days, Jazz was a bit off-limits to students while classical music was preferred by the education establishment. So, of course students craved to meet jazz artists.
Miles Davis was the most talked about personality of the time and had the best musicians working with him. “We’d listen to him and analyze, as we did with other professionals. But in those days, all roads did lead to Miles.” He was the goal to shoot for because he had a knack for putting the right components together (musicians and music) to convey the ultimate message through Jazz.
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El legendario Billy Cobham, con sus inigualables, deslumbrantes y ambidiestras habilidades como baterista, ha aplicado el mismo insistente fervor a su larga lista de monumentales logros. Es un compositor y productor discográfico consumado.
Es un hecho poco conocido que estuvo a la vanguardia de la industria de la música electrónica y su desarrollo a través del jazz. Fue uno de los primeros percusionistas, junto con Max Roach y Tony
Williams, en utilizar el controlador electrónico de tambores fabricado en 1968 por la Meazzi Drum Company de Milán, Italia, durante una gira de conciertos con Horace Silver en Europa. Es uno de los pocos percusionistas especializados en la batería de jazz que dirige su propia banda. El galardonado Cobham ha diseñado a medida baterías acústicas y electrónicas que marcan tendencia y ha respaldado productos que él mismo ha creado y perfeccionado.
Ha participado en cientos de discos con sus propios grupos y con algunos de los artistas más destacados de la música, y su marca registrada -la batería más grande, rápida y explosiva- ha llenado de energía los escenarios internacionales de conciertos, sinfonías, grandes bandas, Broadway, festivales, televisión y vídeo. Ha sido un maestro de su arte, dando clínicas de batería, dirigiendo talleres y simposios en todo el mundo. Su influencia estilística, que ha creado literalmente una categoría de música, es una parte destacada de la historia de la música moderna.
Desde 1980, Billy Cobham divide su tiempo entre su casa de Zúrich y los Estados Unidos, donde hasta entonces vivía en Nueva York y en el norte de California, lo que pone de manifiesto sus singulares orígenes como músico de influencia internacional. Nacido el 16/5/44 en Panamá, rodeado de padres con talento y un hermano, Wayne (productor, trompetista, especialista en midi, escritor), el amor de Billy por la batería se encendió gracias a sus primos que tocaban y construían tambores de acero y congas en Panamá. Algunos de sus primeros recuerdos son de él mismo tocando timbales.
Los Cobham se trasladaron a Nueva York en 1947, cuando Billy tenía 3 años. Debutó en el escenario con su padre a la edad de 8 años. Cobham desarrolló su voraz apetito por la batería en el altamente competitivo Drum and Bugle Corps. arena con los St. Catherine's Queensmen, lo que le llevó a asistir a la famosa High School of Music and Art de Nueva York para estudiar teoría musical y técnica de batería con seminarios de talentos tan renombrados como Thelonious Monk y Stan Getz. Cobham recuerda: "En aquella época, el jazz estaba un poco vedado a los estudiantes, mientras que la música clásica era la preferida por el sistema educativo. Así que, por supuesto, los estudiantes ansiaban conocer a los artistas de jazz.
Miles Davis era la personalidad más comentada de la época y tenía a los mejores músicos trabajando con él. "Le escuchábamos y analizábamos, como hacíamos con otros profesionales. Pero en aquella época, todos los caminos llevaban a Miles". Era la meta a la que había que aspirar porque tenía el don de juntar los componentes adecuados (músicos y música) para transmitir el mensaje definitivo a través del jazz.
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Tim Landers (Bass); Paul Hanson (Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone); Billy Cobham (Drums); Fareed Haque (Guitar); Scott Tibbs (Keyboards); Randy Brecker (Trumpet # 8, 9).
2019
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