In the ’70s, jazz, rock and funk came together in an electrified mix called fusion that alienated traditionalists but brought new audiences to this new style of improvisation. A lot of fusion has been ...

Jazz great Billy Cobham s headed to Santa Cruz and Oakland. Drummer Billy Cobham had just broken into jazz stardom as a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra when he released Spectrum, his debut album as ...

Billy Cobham was one of the pivotal figures in the creation of the jazz-rock strain that came to be called fusion, holding down the drum chair in bands led by Miles Davis and John McLaughlin. Over the ...

Sometimes, being a contemporary jazz fan in Tampa Bay area can feel like wandering in the desert like a nomad. Appearances by ace, big-name players are rare; a sign of how much the genre struggles ...

World-class jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham announces his Spring 2015 USA Spectrum 40 Tour, in conjunction with the release of the double CD recording, Spectrum 40 Live. Celebrating the 40th ...

Sheer enthusiastic drive made this 40th anniversary run through Cobham's Spectrum album much more than a routine trawl Billy Cobham, the pioneering jazz-rock fusion drummer who left all his rivals and ...

Back in the late '60s and early '70s, Billy Cobham established himself as one of the prime architects of the jazz-rock fusion sound as the drummer with such bands as Dreams (featuring the Brecker ...