Billy Cobham

drums, percussion · 1944 · Colón (Panama)

Born in Colón, Panama, and raised in Brooklyn, Billy Cobham played with Miles Davis (A Tribute to Jack Johnson), then co-founded the Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin in 1971. His first album, Spectrum (1973), reached No. 1 on Billboard's jazz chart.

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Styles

• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Stratus (1973)

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