Search results for "Billy Cobham"

Billy Cobham: Cosmic Strut (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

What a weird and wonderful world we live in. Here is Billy Cobham, an original member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, pl...

Billy Cobham: Total Eclipse (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music June 21, 08

After the original Mahavishnu Orchestra disbanded, Billy Cobham seemed undecided as to which direction his music was ...

Billy Cobham: Flight Time (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 08, 08

Beginning in the late '70s and lasting a decade or so, Billy Cobham seemed somewhat adrift looking for the magic he h...

Billy Cobham: Stratus (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

Back in 1973, while still in the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham made a really wise business decision. He had some...

Billy Cobham: To the Women in My Life / Le Lis (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 09, 08

Spectrum was filled with much more than just the power drumming of Billy Cobham and screaming assaults from Tommy Bol...

Billy Cobham: On the Inside Track (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music July 09, 08

After a rather formless 1980s, Billy Cobham began the long process of returning to form in the '90s. This was a welco...

Billy Cobham: Snoopy's Search/Red Baron (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 02, 07

Fusion music has often been accused of being overly serious, of being more concerned with athletic displays of chops ...

Billy Cobham: The Pleasant Pheasant (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

Billy Cobham made a 90ยบ turn after his highly successful Spectrum fusion album. When the follow-up Crosswinds was rel...

Billy Cobham: La Guernica (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

"La Guernica" appears to have much to offer. In terms of live components, it features fine musicians Billy Cobham, Ma...

Billy Cobham: On a Magic Carpet Ride (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

"On a Magic Carpet Ride" shares one quality with another cut on the album, "'Anteres' the Star." The opening moments ...

Billy Cobham: 'Anteres' the Star (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Billy Cobham didn't leave all of his composing skills behind him on his two all-time best albums Spectrum and Crosswi...

Billy Cobham-George Duke Band: Almustafa the Beloved (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music June 17, 08

In other jazz-rock reviews, I have suggested that it is rare for a vocal performance to succeed in the realm of the f...

Billy Cobham: Spanish Moss - A Sound Portrait: Spanish Moss (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

"Spanish Moss" appeared as Part 1 of a suite on Crosswinds and is extracted from that arrangement for singular review...

Billy Cobham: Red & Yellow Cabriolet (Rating: 78/100) posted in Music July 09, 08

The opening statement of "Red & Yellow Cabriolet" sounds dangerously close to a 1980s theme song for some Robin Leach...

Billy Cobham: Leaward Winds (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music October 07, 08

Guitarist Pete Maunu turns in an impressive performance on this semi-fusion anthem. His notes are long, sustained for...

Billy Cobham: Quadrant 4 (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 12, 08

"Quadrant 4" is the opening cut to Cobham's landmark fusion debut Spectrum. Cobham and Hammer were both still in the ...

Billy Cobham: Taurian Matador (revised) (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 17, 08

"Taurian Matador" famously first appeared on Cobham's legendary release Spectrum. This performance, recorded live at ...

Billy Cobham: Life & Times (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 18, 08

Life & Times is generally considered to be an uneven album. But the title track is one of Cobham's stronger post-Spec...

Paradox: Shoes in Seven (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 09, 08

Paradox was one fine power fusion trio. Bassist Schmid is a known quantity in Germany. His first marks were made in K...

Mahavishnu: Clarendon Hills (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music February 26, 08

In 1984, John McLaughlin put together a new band and called it Mahavishnu. He said he named it that because it had th...

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