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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 is indisputably one of jazz-fusion’s greatest drummers. Releasing dozens of solo and collaborative albums and having worked with everyone from George Benson to Miles Davis, Cobham has ...

Billy Cobham’s debut CD, 1973’s “Spectrum,” is one of the truly essential albums in the jazz-rock fusion catalog. It’s to fusion what “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band” or “Dark Side of the Moon” ...

35 years after Billy Cobham first formed the Spectrum Band, he returns to the United States for a brief tour beginning at the Opera House in Jim Thorpe, PA on Monday, September 1st. Long known for his ...

Fusion, that “prog” 1970s blending of rock and jazz, means either next-level artistry or next-level self-indulgence, depending on whom you ask. The kit set up on Thursday night for drummer Billy ...

It started, as most things do for musicians, with Billy Cobham trying to make sure he could get another job. The year was 1973, and Cobham knew the world-shaking jazz fusion band he had co-founded ...