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| birth_place = Colón, Panama| instrument = Drums, percussion {edih}Musicianbandleader|educator}}| years_active = 1968–presentAtlantic Records>Columbia Records>CTI Records>Elektra Records>GRP}}Mahavishnu OrchestraNew York Jazz Quartet>Jazz Is Dead (band)>Bobby and the Midnites}}Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jack Bruce, New York Jazz Quartet, Jazz Is Dead (band)>Jazz Is Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, Mark-Almond, George Dukebillycobham.com}}}}William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987WEB, Modern Drummer’s Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2017,www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummers-readers-poll-archive/, Modern Drummer Magazine, 4 September 2018, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.WEB, The Classic Drummer Hall of Fame,www.classicdrummerhalloffame.com/billy-cobham, The Classic Drummer Hall of Fame, 4 September 2018, AllMusic biographer Steve Huey said, “Generally acclaimed as fusion’s greatest drummer, Billy Cobham’s explosive technique powered some of the genre’s most important early recordings – including groundbreaking efforts by Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra – before he became an accomplished bandleader in his own right. At his best, Cobham harnessed his amazing dexterity into thundering, high-octane hybrids of jazz complexity and rock & roll aggression.“WEB, Huey, Steve, Billy Cobham,www.allmusic.com/artist/billy-cobham-mn0000767741/biography, AllMusic, 17 August 2017, Cobham’s influence stretched far beyond jazz; he influenced progressive rock contemporaries like Bill Bruford of King Crimson, and later ones like Danny Carey of Tool. Prince and Jeff Beck both played a version of Cobham’s “Stratus” in concert. Phil Collins, who named the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s The Inner Mounting Flame as a key influence on his early style, said: “Billy Cobham played some of the finest drumming I’ve ever heard on that record.”

Biography

Born in Colón, Panama, Cobham moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, when he was three. His father, Manuel, worked as a hospital statistician during the week and played piano on weekends. Cobham started playing drums at the age of four, and joined his father four years later. When he was fourteen, he got his first drum kit as a gift after being accepted to The High School of Music & Art in New York City.WEB, Hobart, Mike, Interview: Drummer Billy Cobham and His Fusion Jazz Career,www.ft.com/content/eb09778e-ca3c-11e3-bb92-00144feabdc0?mhq5j=e3, Financial Times, 25 April 2014, 9 June 2017, He was drafted in 1965, and for the next three years he played with a U.S. Army band.After his discharge, he became a member of Horace Silver’s quintet. He played an early model electric drum kit given to him by Tama Drums. He was a house drummer for Atlantic Records and a session musician for CTI and Kudu, appearing on the albums White Rabbit by George Benson, Sunflower by Milt Jackson, and Soul Box by Grover Washington Jr.Cobham started the jazz rock group Dreams with Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Barry Rogers, and John Abercrombie. He moved further into jazz fusion when he recorded with Miles Davis, appearing on Davis’s albums A Tribute to Jack Johnson, and Big Fun. In 1971, he and guitarist John McLaughlin started the Mahavishnu Orchestra, another group that fused rock, funk, and jazz. Cobham toured extensively from 1971 to 1973 with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, which released two studio albums, The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) and Birds of Fire (1973), and one live album, Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973). The studio versions of songs on the live album were released on The Lost Trident Sessions (1999).Cobham’s debut album, Spectrum (1973), surprised him and his record company when it reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Jazz Albums chart and No. 26 on the Top 200 Albums chart. Cobham started experimenting with different drum equipment. In 1974 for Crosswinds he used a fiberglass-shell snare built for him by Al Duffy, and used Duffy’s custom chain-drive bass drum pedal.BOOK, Nicholls, Geoff, The Drum Book,books.google.com/books?id=rWq1_qnZ0mAC&pg=PT19, Hal Leonard, 1997, 19, 9780879304768, WEB,www.chipstern.com/chip_artisans_jeff.htm, GEAR HEAR, Chipstern.com, Cobham’s massive drum kit in the mid-1970s, based on a clear acrylic set by Fibes Drums, contained two Fibes bass drums, a custom Duffy snare, two flared-shell rack toms by North Drums, four Fibes rack toms, two Fibes floor toms, two gong drums by Duffy customized by Cobham’s drum roadie Jeff Ocheltree, a hi-hat, five Zildjian cymbals, and one hanging 36-inch gong.BOOK, Cohan, Jon, Star Sets: Drum Kits of the Great Drummers,books.google.com/books?id=Gn_xWt8rxuIC&pg=RA1-PT31, Hal Leonard, 1994, 31, 9780793534890, This expansive kit and Cobham’s dynamic style influenced later drummers.BOOK, Dean, Matt, The Drum: A History,books.google.com/books?id=4CdzdFgfV8YC&pg=PA286, Scarecrow Press, 2012, 286, 9780810881709, File:BillyCobham BakuJazz2007.jpg|thumbnail|left|Baku Jazz FestivalBaku Jazz FestivalIn 1980, he worked with Jack Bruce in Jack Bruce & Friends. For this group, Cobham used a very large custom drum kit designed for him by Tama Drums, featuring three bass drums with linked pedals, and three snares including a piccolo snare and a Hinger Space Tone expanding snare.MAGAZINE, Ketteler, Don, Modern Recording & Music, 46, A Session with Jack Bruce & Friends, December 1980, 6, 3,www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Modern-Recording/80s/Modern-Recording-1980-12.pdf, WEB,www.maxwelldrums.com/archived-articles-classic-drummer-article-about-c-192_556_88.html, Steve Maxwell Vintage and Custom Drums Classic Drummer Article about us, Maxwelldrums.com, WEB,www.moderndrummer.com/article/july-1986-billy-cobham/, Billy Cobham, Moderndrummer.com, August 20, 2021, Cobham said this kit adapted to fit the music, and the music adapted to fit the kit â€“ “a continual chicken–egg–chicken scenario.” On October 30, 1980, he joined the Grateful Dead during the band’s concert at Radio City Music Hall. He performed a long drum solo session with the band’s two percussionists, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, also known as the Rhythm Devils. In 1981, Billy Cobham’s Glass Menagerie was formed with MichaÅ‚ Urbaniak on violin and EWI, Gil Goldstein on piano, Tim Landers on bass, and Mike Stern on guitar. Dean Brown replaced Stern when he left to play with Miles Davis. Glass Menagerie released two albums for Elektra Musician.In 1984, he played in the band Bobby and the Midnites, a side project for Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, with Bobby Cochran and Kenny Gradney, and recorded the album Where the Beat Meets the Street.WEB, Interview: Billy Cobham,www.hit-channel.com/interviewbilly-cobham-solomahavishnu-orchestramiles-davis/56775, Hit Channel, 17 August 2017, el-GR, 4 January 2014, Cobham moved to Switzerland in 1985.In 1994, he joined an all-star cast Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and the results appeared on the album Stanley Clarke, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Najee and Deron Johnson Live at the Greek. The concert was predominantly Clarke’s music, but all the musicians contributed material.(File:Billy Cobham - Leverkusener Jazztage 2016-AL2270.jpg|thumb|right|Billy Cobham live at Leverkusener Jazztage (Germany) on November 8, 2016)In 2006, Cobham released Drum ‘n’ Voice 2, a return to the 1970s jazz-funk sound, with guests including Brian Auger, Guy Barker, Jeff Berlin, Frank Gambale, Jan Hammer, Mike Lindup, Buddy Miles, Dominic Miller, Airto Moreira, John Patitucci, and the band Novecento. The album was produced and arranged by Pino and Lino Nicolosi for Nicolosi Productions. In 2009, he released Drum’n’ Voice 3. Guests included Alex Acuña, Brian Auger, George Duke, Chaka Khan, Bob Mintzer, Novecento, John Scofield, and Gino Vannelli.Cobham plays his drums using the open-handed technique, which allows the player to play without crossing their right hand over the snare drum.In December 2011, Cobham began teaching drums online at the Billy Cobham School of Drums, a school in the ArtistWorks Drum Academy.WEB, Reesman, Bryan, 10 Questions for Billy Cobham,www.drumminfool.com/article13.htm, Drummin Fool, 17 August 2017, 31 October 2003,

Praise from other musicians

Many musicians have cited Cobham as an influence, including Kenny Aronoff,WEB, 25 April 2017,www.moderndrummer.com/article/march-2017-cover-kenny-aronoff/, On The Cover Kenny Aronoff, Billy, Amendola, March 2017, When I first started playing with John Mellencamp, Mellencamp, I was trying to be Billy Cobham. [...], live,web.archive.org/web/20170426063707/https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/march-2017-cover-kenny-aronoff/, 26 April 2017, JOURNAL, Mattingly, Rick, Kenny Aronoff: Rock Drumset Goes to College, Percussive Notes, April 1993, 31, I had no respect whatsoever for simple rock and roll drumming, I only liked heavy fusion and technical drumming like Billy Cobham [...], Steve Arrington,WEB, J-Zone, J-Zone, 19 April 2017,daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/07/steve-arrington-drummer-interview, 29 July 2016, Give the Drummer Some: Slave’s Steve Arrington, Red Bull Music Academy, live,daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/07/steve-arrington-drummer-interview," title="archive.today/20170819190030daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/07/steve-arrington-drummer-interview,">archive.today/20170819190030daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/07/steve-arrington-drummer-interview, August 19, 2017, mdy-all, Ranjit Barot,WEB, 19 August 2017,www.abstractlogix.com/interview_view.php?idno=105, Drummer Ranjit Barot Interview, Rod, Sibley, Abstractlogix.com, [...] When I heard Cobham play, and I tell you this in retrospect: I’m a fan of every drummer on this planet. I think there are so many, so many great drummers out there that it’s hard to create a list. But Cobham is a pioneer, for sure. Cobham is the closest I’ve heard a drummer playing with an Indian soul. He had the whole speech thing down. [...] Cobham, when he played, I could hear him talk. His snare drum, that’s the heart of his language. He really had this speech happening on the kit. That’s what stopped me in my tracks. Because I’d been listening to tabla players, and I said, Hold on. This guy, he understands. He understands where this whole thing is coming from. So he was probably the first big influence. And I just love everything he’s done, man., dead,www.abstractlogix.com/interview_view.php?idno=105," title="web.archive.org/web/20080525224449www.abstractlogix.com/interview_view.php?idno=105,">web.archive.org/web/20080525224449www.abstractlogix.com/interview_view.php?idno=105, May 25, 2008, Danny Carey,WEB, Oriel, Jane, Handyman: Danny Carey, Tool’s drummer, talks to DiS,drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis, Drowned In Sound, November 21, 2006, 14 March 2017, 21 November 2006, [...] I drew my influences from some of the more jazzier guys like Billy Cobham (John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis) [...], live,drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis," title="web.archive.org/web/20091211074448drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis,">web.archive.org/web/20091211074448drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis, 11 December 2009, Jimmy Chamberlin,WEB, 24 March 2017, May 1996, The Smashing Pumpkins’ Jimmy Chamberlin,moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/md198.pdf, Matt, Peiken, Modern Drummer, 33, dead,web.archive.org/web/20170325025211/https://moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/md198.pdf, 25 March 2017, Dennis Chambers,AV MEDIA, Chambers, Dennis, October 1, 1999, Common Ground: Inspiration, audio and video, Alfred Music, 978-0769291963, Dennis Chambers: I keep my ideas fresh when I listen to people like Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Husband, Lenny White and Billy Cobham, Brann Dailor,WEB,www.moderndrummer.com/2004/05/brann-dailor/, Modern Drummer, You must have a big list of drummer influences.Brann Dailor: [...] for jazz, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, and Billy Cobham [...], 12 May 2004, Brann Dailor of Mastodon, Kevin, Kearns, May 12, 2004, 24 March 2017, live,web.archive.org/web/20170306035457/https://www.moderndrummer.com/2004/05/brann-dailor, 6 March 2017, Matt Garstka,WEB, 28 April 2017,drummagazine.com/matt-garstka-lets-get-technical/, Matt Garstka: Let’s Get Technical, 16 June 2014, Andrew, Lentz, Drum!, June 16, 2014, live,drummagazine.com/matt-garstka-lets-get-technical/," title="web.archive.org/web/20161111125727drummagazine.com/matt-garstka-lets-get-technical/,">web.archive.org/web/20161111125727drummagazine.com/matt-garstka-lets-get-technical/, November 11, 2016, mdy-all, Chris Hornbrook,WEB, 27 March 2017,concertblogger.com/2017/03/chris-hornbrook-never-lets-his-senses-fail/, Interview: Chris Hornbrook Never Lets His Senses Fail, Danny, Coleman, concertblogger.com, 21 March 2017, dead,concertblogger.com/2017/03/chris-hornbrook-never-lets-his-senses-fail," title="web.archive.org/web/20170327171836concertblogger.com/2017/03/chris-hornbrook-never-lets-his-senses-fail,">web.archive.org/web/20170327171836concertblogger.com/2017/03/chris-hornbrook-never-lets-his-senses-fail, March 27, 2017, WEB, 14 March 2017,killthemusic.net/blog/interview-chris-hornbrook-senses-fail-poison-the-well, Interview: Chris Hornbrook (Senses Fail, Poison The Well), 9 March 2015, Jordan, Mohler, killthemusic.net, March 9, 2015, live,web.archive.org/web/20170315085119/https://killthemusic.net/blog/interview-chris-hornbrook-senses-fail-poison-the-well, 15 March 2017, Thomas Lang,WEB, 28 April 2017,www.theblackpage.net/interviews/thomas-lang, Thomas Lang, 22 May 2015, Sean, Mitchell, video and text, www.theblackpage.net, 11:34, live,web.archive.org/web/20150808060007/https://www.theblackpage.net/interviews/thomas-lang, 8 August 2015, Mac McNeilly,WEB, 14 March 2017,www.magnetmagazine.com/2014/06/08/from-the-desk-of-the-jesus-lizard-rock-drummers/, 8 June 2014, From The Desk Of The Jesus Lizard: Rock Drummers, Magnet (magazine), Magnet, June 8, 2014, live,www.magnetmagazine.com/2014/06/08/from-the-desk-of-the-jesus-lizard-rock-drummers," title="web.archive.org/web/20141229041750www.magnetmagazine.com/2014/06/08/from-the-desk-of-the-jesus-lizard-rock-drummers,">web.archive.org/web/20141229041750www.magnetmagazine.com/2014/06/08/from-the-desk-of-the-jesus-lizard-rock-drummers, 29 December 2014, OM,WEB, 19 April 2017,www.brooklynvegan.com/an-interview-w-2/, An Interview with Al Cisneros & Emil Amos of Om, 25 September 2008, Emil Amos: [...] Musically, when we first met, the three things that we immediately in conversation bonded on was dub, Pink Floyd, and Billy Cobham, the great drummer., New York, BrooklynVegan, September 25, 2008, live,www.brooklynvegan.com/an-interview-w-2/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170420052701www.brooklynvegan.com/an-interview-w-2/,">web.archive.org/web/20170420052701www.brooklynvegan.com/an-interview-w-2/, 20 April 2017, WEB, 19 April 2017,arthurmag.com/2007/02/05/interview-with-om-from-the-pages-of-arthur-magazine/, “Most High”: How and why Om builds its minimalist, contemplative metal, Jay, Babcock, 5 February 2007, Arthur (magazine), Arthur, February 5, 2007, Al Cisneros: [...] I think I was 17. I was at a friend’s house and he was saying, ‘I can’t believe you haven’t heard this.’ Put it on, put it on. It was “Inner Mounting Flame,” and on the song, “Awakening” the break with Billy Cobham on the kit...He throws down this one break after McLaughlin subsides these chords. It was so decisive that we just got up and left the room. There was no point in continuing conversation. It was done. That evening had been closed by that drumbeat. And to this day I think that in terms of drumming, “Inner Mounting Flame” with Cobham is Mount Olympus. There’s nothing more. It’s all. Saying Billy Cobham is a great drummer is like saying the sun’s bright, but...I don’t even know what to say about Mahavishnu. It was so humbling. It was an epiphany to hear the potential of these musicians and their conviction. Hearing something like that can make you feel like you’ve just been messing around in a sandbox your whole life., live,web.archive.org/web/20090414034953/https://arthurmag.com/2007/02/05/interview-with-om-from-the-pages-of-arthur-magazine, 14 April 2009, Opeth,WEB, 14 March 2017,iheartguitarblog.com/2011/09/interview-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt.html#sthash.1X24RQum.gWTQ5PJp.dpbs, Interview: Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt, 16 September 2011, Peter, Hodgson, There’s an obvious fusion feel to a lot of the material on Heritage. Where did that come from?Mikael Akerfeldt: [...] the fusion aspect comes from Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham... [...], iheartguitarblog.com, live,iheartguitarblog.com/2011/09/interview-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111015124028iheartguitarblog.com/2011/09/interview-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111015124028iheartguitarblog.com/2011/09/interview-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt.html, 15 October 2011, Chris PennieWEB, 16 March 2017,ink19.com/2009/04/magazine/interviews/coheed-cambrias-chris-pennie, Coheed & Cambria’s Chris Pennie, 10 April 2009, ink19.com, Gail, Worley, April 10, 2009, Q: Which players have most influenced that aspect of your style, especially with respect to the polyrhythms?Chris Pennie: [...] Billy Cobham from the Mahavishnu Orchestra are important influences., live,ink19.com/2009/04/magazine/interviews/coheed-cambrias-chris-pennie," title="web.archive.org/web/20160502143347ink19.com/2009/04/magazine/interviews/coheed-cambrias-chris-pennie,">web.archive.org/web/20160502143347ink19.com/2009/04/magazine/interviews/coheed-cambrias-chris-pennie, 2 May 2016, Mike Portnoy,WEB, 14 March 2017,www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/20.aspx, FAQ home - Drum Playing (Techniques), www.mikeportnoy.com, live,www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/20.aspx," title="web.archive.org/web/20090717181412www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/20.aspx,">web.archive.org/web/20090717181412www.mikeportnoy.com/aboutmike/faq/answers/20.aspx, 17 July 2009, Thomas Pridgen,WEB, 14 March 2017,sightsoundrhythm.tumblr.com/post/55631921155/thomaspridgen, Thomas Pridgen, sightsoundrhythm.tumblr.com, [...] when I was growing up played with so many different types of people, and did so many different styles. Everyone from Billy Cobham to Art Blakey [...], Dave, Jones, 20 July 2013, Manchester, United Kingdom, live,sightsoundrhythm.tumblr.com/post/55631921155/thomaspridgen," title="web.archive.org/web/20160327222314sightsoundrhythm.tumblr.com/post/55631921155/thomaspridgen,">web.archive.org/web/20160327222314sightsoundrhythm.tumblr.com/post/55631921155/thomaspridgen, 27 March 2016, Sivamani,NEWS, Drumming is his heart beat,www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/Drumming-is-his-heart-beat/article14587011.ece, 24 August 2016, Saravanan, T., The Hindu, August 24, 2016, 19 August 2017, live,www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/Drumming-is-his-heart-beat/article14587011.ece," title="archive.today/20170819194615www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/Drumming-is-his-heart-beat/article14587011.ece,">archive.today/20170819194615www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/Drumming-is-his-heart-beat/article14587011.ece, August 19, 2017, mdy-all, Bill Stevenson,WEB, 24 March 2017,www.moderndrummer.com/2014/09/influences-bill-stevenson/, Influences: Bill Stevenson, 29 September 2014, Stephen, Bidwell, Modern Drummer, September 29, 2014, live,web.archive.org/web/20170325201529/https://www.moderndrummer.com/2014/09/influences-bill-stevenson, 25 March 2017, WEB,darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2011/09/bill-stevenson-on-jazz.html, Bill Stevenson on jazz, Shteamer, Hank, darkforcesswing.blogspot.com, September 21, 2011,darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2011/09/bill-stevenson-on-jazz.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111001051524darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2011/09/bill-stevenson-on-jazz.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111001051524darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2011/09/bill-stevenson-on-jazz.html, 1 October 2011, live, 24 March 2017, I play drums as well, and I sometimes feel like it’s almost impossible for a drummer to be truly great at playing both rock and jazz. Do you think you have to pick one of the two and focus on that?Bill Stevenson: I think so. What I was trying to do was to be both. I reckon Billy Cobham is maybe the closest: He’s the everyman’s drummer, like he can playing everything better than everyone. And I felt like I was heading that directionmaybe I wanted to be Billy. [...], 21 September 2011, Jon Theodore,WEB, 14 March 2017, I have to say that my all-time favorite guy ever is Billy Cobham. I even listen to The Traveler and Power Play, his ‘80s records. [...] I’m totally infatuated with him. I love the way he plays and I think it’s so natural, powerful and dynamic at the same time. I pattern a lot of stuff after him.,ink19.com/2004/06/magazine/interviews/the-mars-volta-4, My Favorite Martian: An Interview with Jon Theodore of The Mars Volta, Gail, Worley, Ink19.com, June 23, 2004, 23 June 2004, live,ink19.com/2004/06/magazine/interviews/the-mars-volta-4," title="web.archive.org/web/20170315174155ink19.com/2004/06/magazine/interviews/the-mars-volta-4,">web.archive.org/web/20170315174155ink19.com/2004/06/magazine/interviews/the-mars-volta-4, 15 March 2017, and Tony Thompson.WEB, 19 April 2017,www.moderndrummer.com/2005/07/tony-thompson/, Tony Thompson, Billy, Amendola, Modern Drummer, July 20, 2005, [...] I would go down to 7th Ave. South. That was a club in New York City that The Brecker Brothers used to own. [...] I saw Billy Cobham for the first time and saw God. When they broke into “The Inner Mounting Flame,” it was the most awesome performance I’ve ever seen in my life. My God, it’s still embedded in my soul seeing him play like that. To have that command and power plus his chops were just super-human. Before that, I’d never seen anyone like Billy Cobham., 19 July 2005, live,web.archive.org/web/20170420050021/https://www.moderndrummer.com/2005/07/tony-thompson/, 20 April 2017, In addition, other musicians have been quoted expressing admiration for his work, including Steven Wilson,WEB, 14 March 2017, [...] Listen to Billy Cobham on a Mahavishnu Orchestra album. It’s like a juggernaut heading towards a cliff edge. It has a feeling of momentum and rushing towards something., Innerviews, Anil, Prasad, Anil Prasad, Steven Wilson - Past presence,www.innerviews.org/inner/wilson2.html, 2013, live,www.innerviews.org/inner/wilson2.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130510214329www.innerviews.org/inner/wilson2.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130510214329www.innerviews.org/inner/wilson2.html, 10 May 2013, and Dave Bainbridge.WEB, 14 March 2017, Interview Dave Bainbridge - “With this album I was aiming to recapture some of the emotions that first motivated me to devote my life to music”,www.backgroundmagazine.nl/Specials/InterviewDaveBainbridge.html, January 2015, Henri, Strik, www.backgroundmagazine.nl, live,www.backgroundmagazine.nl/Specials/InterviewDaveBainbridge.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170214102620www.backgroundmagazine.nl/Specials/InterviewDaveBainbridge.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170214102620www.backgroundmagazine.nl/Specials/InterviewDaveBainbridge.html, 14 February 2017,

Discography

As leader

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  • 1973 – Spectrum
  • 1974 – Crosswinds
  • 1974 – Total Eclipse
  • 1975 – Shabazz
  • 1975 – A Funky Thide of Sings
  • 1976 – Life & Times
  • 1976 – Billy Cobham / George Duke: Live on Tour in Europe
  • 1977 – Magic
  • 1978 – Inner Conflicts
  • 1978 – Alivemutherforya
  • 1978 – Simplicity of Expression: Depth of Thought
  • 1979 – BC
  • 1980 – Flight Time
  • 1981 – Stratus
  • 1982 – Observations & Reflections
  • 1983 – Smokin’
  • 1985 – Warning
  • 1986 – Powerplay
  • 1987 – Picture This
  • 1989 – Incoming
  • 1992 – By Design
  • 1994 – The Traveler
  • 1996 – Nordic
  • 1998 – Focused
  • 1999 – Off Color
  • 2000 – North by Northwest
  • 2001 – ‘’Drum & Voice 1 (All That Groove)
  • 2002 – Culture Mix
  • 2003 – The Art of Three
  • 2006 – Art of Four
  • 2006 – Drum & Voice – Vol.2
  • 2007 – Fruit from the Loom
  • 2008 – De Cuba y Panama
  • 2009 – Drum & Voice – Vol.3
  • 2010 – Palindrome
  • 2014 – Tales From The Skeleton Coast
  • 2015 – Spectrum 40 Live
  • 2016 – Drum & Voice – Vol.4
  • 2017 – Red Baron
  • 2019 - Jon Anderson 1000 Hands Chapter One
  • 2020 - Tierra Del Fuego
  • 2021 - Robby Steinhardt Not in Kansas Anymore
  • 2022 – Drum & Voice – Vol.5
  • 2023 - Michael and Tim Franklin, Anahata
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As sideman

With Stanley Turrentine With Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson With Mose Allison
  • Western Man (Atlantic, 1971)
  • Lessons in Living (1982)
With Gene Ammons With Ray Barretto
  • The Other Road (1973)
With Roberto Tola
  • Kon Tiki (EBM, 2021)
With George Benson With Bobby and the Midnites With The Brothers Johnson With James Brown
  • Make It Funky: The Big Payback 1971-1975 (1996)
With Kenny Burrell With Cargo
  • Cargo (1982)
With Ron Carter With Stanley Clarke With Larry Coryell
  • Spaces (1974)
  • The Essential Larry Coryell (1975)
  • Spaces Revisited (1997)
With Miles Davis With Richard Davis With Eumir Deodato With Dreams
  • Dreams (1970)
  • Imagine My Surprise (1971)
With Charles Earland With Gil Evans With Fania All Stars With Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway With Peter Gabriel
  • (Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ) (1989)
With Johnny Hammond With Billy Harper With Donald Harrison
  • Heroes (Nagel Heyer, 2004)
  • New York Cool: Live at The Blue Note (Half Note, 2005)
  • This Is Jazz: Live at The Blue Note (Half Note, 2011)
With Freddie Hubbard With Jackie and Roy With Milt Jackson With Jazz Is Dead With Quincy Jones
  • The Anderson Tapes (1971)
  • I Heard That!! (1976)
With Robin Kenyatta With Hubert Laws With Mahavishnu Orchestra With Junior Mance With Arif Mardin With Les McCann With John McLaughlin With Mark-Almond Band
  • Rising (1972)
  • To the Heart (1976)
With Jimmy Owens With Sonny Rollins With Michel Sardaby
  • Michel Sardaby in New York (Sound Hills, 2002)
With Don Sebesky With Horace Silver With Carly Simon With Lonnie Smith With Gábor Szabó With Leon Thomas With McCoy Tyner With Miroslav Vitous
  • Purple (1970)
With Grover Washington, Jr. With Randy Weston With Jon Anderson With Robby Steinhardt With Michael and Tim Franklin

References

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