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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...