Billy Cobham
Autore di Crosswinds [Sound Recording]
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Fonte dell'immagine: Credit: Gisle Hannemyr, 1974
Opere di Billy Cobham
Life and Times 1 copia
Compass Point 1 copia
Crosswinds 1 copia
Art of Three 1 copia
Best of 1 copia
Total eclipse 1 copia
Spectrum 40 Live by Billy Cobham 1 copia
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* Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
* Format: Live
* Label: Wounded Bird Records
* Catalog Number: 8139
* ASIN: B00004SWDM
* Average Customer Review: based on 2 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #143,918 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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First time on CD for this classic jazz album originally released in 1975 on Atlantic. Musicians include John Abercrombie, the Brecker Brothers & Milcho Leviev. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
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Sold Cobham, April 27, 2001
Reviewer: ecewing (richmond) - See all my reviews
If you didn't catch Billy, Brecker Bro. and company live during the 70's, this is a must have. After a few earlier releases and prior tours the group peaks during this tour. The group is seasoned and tight everyone gets a chance to solo, more then just the standard bars. Billy also lays down a sweet run of his own, pure Billy Cobham. My favorite *****
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Excellent Performance, February 14, 2001
Reviewer: Glenn Verde (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This is an excellent live album in the jazz-fusion days of the 70's. Billy is at his best with his incredible, furious, drumming ability. Benny Maupin is also great on sax. The horn section is truly fabulous and tight. There is alot of soloing, and each track is very upbeat and moving. I have the "Total Eclipse" CD, and this is just as good! A must have for jazz-fusion fans.… (altro)
* Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
* Format: Live
* Label: Wounded Bird Records
* Catalog Number: 8139
* ASIN: B00004SWDM
* Average Customer Review: based on 2 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #143,918 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #139,381 in Music
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Sold Cobham, April 27, 2001
Reviewer: ecewing (richmond) - See all my reviews
If you didn't catch Billy, Brecker Bro. and company live during the 70's, this is a must have. After a few earlier releases and prior tours the group peaks during this tour. The group is seasoned and tight everyone gets a chance to solo, more then just the standard bars. Billy also lays down a sweet run of his own, pure Billy Cobham. My favorite *****
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Excellent Performance, February 14, 2001
Reviewer: Glenn Verde (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This is an excellent live album in the jazz-fusion days of the 70's. Billy is at his best with his incredible, furious, drumming ability. Benny Maupin is also great on sax. The horn section is truly fabulous and tight. There is alot of soloing, and each track is very upbeat and moving. I have the "Total Eclipse" CD, and this is just as good! A must have for jazz-fusion fans.… (altro)
Product Details
* Audio CD (February 25, 1992)
* Original Release Date: 1973
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Atlantic / Wea
* Catalog Number: 7268
* ASIN: B000002I77
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 23 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,071 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #7,287 in Music
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Cobham's first album as a leader, in 1973--a jazz-rock classic. As on his slightly earlier outings with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham dazzles with rapid-fire pyrotechnics. But, listening carefully, he also does his job of rhythmic support--for this, he calls on his roots in drum-corps and Latin timbale drumming. His compositions here set fire to a stunningly tight band. The scowling, scurrying, skirmishing performance by the late rock-guitar ace, Tommy Bolin, is particularly memorable. He merges beautifully with Cobham's Mahavishnu bandmate, Jan Hammer (Moog/keyboards), who eggs Bolin on with warp-speed synthesized guitar sounds. The band was just as involved rhythmically as McLaughlin's, but had a gritty rapid-transit flavor where Mahavishnu was in spiritual quest. --Peter Monaghan
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A word to guitarists:, June 2, 2003
Reviewer: lzr (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This cd is groundbreaking in an aspect that hasn't yet been referred to: the union of the more frantic 'Mahavishnu' type soloing ,(McLaughlin, DiMeola) with a more relaxed, blues inflected style,(Clapton,Allman), from Bolin. Up until this moment the two soloing styles had been at odds with each other; the fusion guys thinking the blues-rock guys weren't ambitious enough, the blues guys thinking the fusion guys weren't soulful enough. Bolin was the man for the job of unifying the styles, combining a relaxed bluesy vibrato with chops to spare; still the hallmark of the best modern soloists.
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One of the groundbreaking "Jazz Fusion/Funk" recordings, July 5, 2002
Reviewer: Todd Ebert (Long Beach California) - See all my reviews
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Almost 30 years after "Spectrum" was recorded, there still seems to be a youthful interest in "funk jazz" and "fusion"; especially now that digital sampling has exploded into the music
world and e-musicans are trying to create music that is both dancible and sonically interesting. Moreover, "Spectrum" almost serves as a "how to manual" for making tasteful music from these genres. It features some very good musicians in Cobham, Jan Hammer, Tommy Bolin, Joe Farrell, Ron Carter, and others. I highly recommend it along with Jeff Beck's "Blow by Blow". Admittedly I rarely listen to either much anymore, but that tends to happen after a few hundred listens.… (altro)
* Audio CD (February 25, 1992)
* Original Release Date: 1973
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Atlantic / Wea
* Catalog Number: 7268
* ASIN: B000002I77
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 23 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,071 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #7,287 in Music
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1. Quadrant 4 Listen Listen
2. Searching For The Right Door / Spectrum Listen Listen
3. Anxiety / Taurian Matador Listen Listen
4. Stratus Listen Listen
5. To The Women In My Life / Le Lis Listen Listen
6. Snoopy's Search / Red Baron Listen Listen
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Amazon.com
Cobham's first album as a leader, in 1973--a jazz-rock classic. As on his slightly earlier outings with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham dazzles with rapid-fire pyrotechnics. But, listening carefully, he also does his job of rhythmic support--for this, he calls on his roots in drum-corps and Latin timbale drumming. His compositions here set fire to a stunningly tight band. The scowling, scurrying, skirmishing performance by the late rock-guitar ace, Tommy Bolin, is particularly memorable. He merges beautifully with Cobham's Mahavishnu bandmate, Jan Hammer (Moog/keyboards), who eggs Bolin on with warp-speed synthesized guitar sounds. The band was just as involved rhythmically as McLaughlin's, but had a gritty rapid-transit flavor where Mahavishnu was in spiritual quest. --Peter Monaghan
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A word to guitarists:, June 2, 2003
Reviewer: lzr (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This cd is groundbreaking in an aspect that hasn't yet been referred to: the union of the more frantic 'Mahavishnu' type soloing ,(McLaughlin, DiMeola) with a more relaxed, blues inflected style,(Clapton,Allman), from Bolin. Up until this moment the two soloing styles had been at odds with each other; the fusion guys thinking the blues-rock guys weren't ambitious enough, the blues guys thinking the fusion guys weren't soulful enough. Bolin was the man for the job of unifying the styles, combining a relaxed bluesy vibrato with chops to spare; still the hallmark of the best modern soloists.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
One of the groundbreaking "Jazz Fusion/Funk" recordings, July 5, 2002
Reviewer: Todd Ebert (Long Beach California) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
Almost 30 years after "Spectrum" was recorded, there still seems to be a youthful interest in "funk jazz" and "fusion"; especially now that digital sampling has exploded into the music
world and e-musicans are trying to create music that is both dancible and sonically interesting. Moreover, "Spectrum" almost serves as a "how to manual" for making tasteful music from these genres. It features some very good musicians in Cobham, Jan Hammer, Tommy Bolin, Joe Farrell, Ron Carter, and others. I highly recommend it along with Jeff Beck's "Blow by Blow". Admittedly I rarely listen to either much anymore, but that tends to happen after a few hundred listens.… (altro)
Product Details
* Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
* Original Release Date: 2000
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Wounded Bird Records
* Catalog Number: 7300
* ASIN: B00004SW9O
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 19 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,465 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #47,909 in Music
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7. Crosswind Listen
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First time on CD for this classic jazz album originally released in 1974 on Atlantic. Musicians include John Abercrombie, the Brecker Brothers & George Duke. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
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Exquisite, September 12, 2005
Reviewer: Hector Reyes-erazo - See all my reviews
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"Crosswinds" has been in my vinyl collection since 1974, when I first picked up a copy at King Karol Records on 42nd Street in Manhattan. Well, I recently became reacquainted with this recording after picking up a CD copy at a "oh so trendy" record store in Haight-Ashburry, San Francisco. As I did then, I played the new CD over and over again, completely enraptured by Cobham's "Ripley's Believe or Not" staccatto drumming and Lee Pastora's smoking Latin percussion. Joined by the Brecker Brothers, George Duke, John Abercrombie, Alex Blake, John Williams, Garnett Brown and other great luminaries of early jazz fusion, Cobham and his willing partners beat and shape a veritable masterpiece. Drive along Big Sur and take in the vast and dramatic California skies and scarred bluffs and you'll begin to undertand what hues of emotions this exquisite recording conjures. Crosswinds alternates between adrenaline musical rushes and absolute sublime chill, creating a perfectly balanced sinuous stream of sound. Simply exquisite!
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Fusion was maturing, February 9, 2003
Reviewer: D. M. Paine "Renaissance Man" (Alexandria, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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Billy Cobham made this album at a pivotal point. The original Mahavishnu Orchestra had disbanded, John McLaughlin was wallowing, and jazz purists were beginning to complain about the rock influence. Billy helped show a new direction. Crosswinds opening suite has lush and sophisticated horn arrangments, soothing a subtly intense rhythm. The effect is like night, tropical breezes, just as he wants to convey. You can almost hear the ocean, the music of the wild Caribbean (no steel drums of course, just cool). The rest of the album alternates between hot and cool, with some funky fusion and a beautiful extended piece, Heathers, near the end, featuring a trombone solo that sounds like the soundtrack to a loving and relaxing dream. The album is inspired, Billy at his creative best, showing the jazz world a new dimension that fusion had not shown before. At 35 minutes it is a little short, but we have quality here, not quantity. This album belongs in any jazz or fusion collection.… (altro)
* Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
* Original Release Date: 2000
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Wounded Bird Records
* Catalog Number: 7300
* ASIN: B00004SW9O
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 19 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,465 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #47,909 in Music
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1. Spanish Moss - 'A Sound Portrait': A. Spanish Moss Listen Listen
2. Spanish Moss - 'A Sound Portrait': B. Savannah The Serene Listen Listen
3. Spanish Moss - 'A Sound Portrait': C. Storm Listen Listen
4. Spanish Moss - 'A Sound Portrait': D. Flash Flood Listen Listen
5. The Pleasant Pheasant Listen Listen
6. Heather Listen
7. Crosswind Listen
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Product Description
First time on CD for this classic jazz album originally released in 1974 on Atlantic. Musicians include John Abercrombie, the Brecker Brothers & George Duke. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Exquisite, September 12, 2005
Reviewer: Hector Reyes-erazo - See all my reviews
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"Crosswinds" has been in my vinyl collection since 1974, when I first picked up a copy at King Karol Records on 42nd Street in Manhattan. Well, I recently became reacquainted with this recording after picking up a CD copy at a "oh so trendy" record store in Haight-Ashburry, San Francisco. As I did then, I played the new CD over and over again, completely enraptured by Cobham's "Ripley's Believe or Not" staccatto drumming and Lee Pastora's smoking Latin percussion. Joined by the Brecker Brothers, George Duke, John Abercrombie, Alex Blake, John Williams, Garnett Brown and other great luminaries of early jazz fusion, Cobham and his willing partners beat and shape a veritable masterpiece. Drive along Big Sur and take in the vast and dramatic California skies and scarred bluffs and you'll begin to undertand what hues of emotions this exquisite recording conjures. Crosswinds alternates between adrenaline musical rushes and absolute sublime chill, creating a perfectly balanced sinuous stream of sound. Simply exquisite!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Fusion was maturing, February 9, 2003
Reviewer: D. M. Paine "Renaissance Man" (Alexandria, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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Billy Cobham made this album at a pivotal point. The original Mahavishnu Orchestra had disbanded, John McLaughlin was wallowing, and jazz purists were beginning to complain about the rock influence. Billy helped show a new direction. Crosswinds opening suite has lush and sophisticated horn arrangments, soothing a subtly intense rhythm. The effect is like night, tropical breezes, just as he wants to convey. You can almost hear the ocean, the music of the wild Caribbean (no steel drums of course, just cool). The rest of the album alternates between hot and cool, with some funky fusion and a beautiful extended piece, Heathers, near the end, featuring a trombone solo that sounds like the soundtrack to a loving and relaxing dream. The album is inspired, Billy at his creative best, showing the jazz world a new dimension that fusion had not shown before. At 35 minutes it is a little short, but we have quality here, not quantity. This album belongs in any jazz or fusion collection.… (altro)
Statistiche
- Opere
- 23
- Utenti
- 39
- Popolarità
- #376,657
- Voto
- 2.0
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 2
Comienzos
Más adelante, su primera experiencia como batería en una banda fue en el Ejército estadounidense, donde adquirió cierta fama. Posteriormente, participó con artistas como el pianista Horace Silver, el saxofonista Stanley Turrentine, la teclista Shirley Scott y el guitarrista George Benson.
A finales de la década de los 60s, y principios de los 70s, se va más por el estilo de fusion jazz, mezclando elementos como el rock n' roll, el soul y el funk. Cobham colabora con los hermanos Randy y Michael Brecker y con el guitarrista John Abercrombie en la banda Dreams, así como también con el reconocido trompetista Miles Davis, con quien establecería un vínculo musical muy fuerte, y con quien pudo ganarse fama participando en el Live-mal y en el tributo a Jack Johnson. En esa época, Cobham se estaba ganando buena fama, principalmente por su revolucionaria técnica, la cual mezclaba complejidad, innovación y originalidad.
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Antes de su trabajo con la Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham grabó con el guitarrista John McLaughlin en el álbum My Goal's Beyond. Más tarde, en el año 1971, Cobham funda junto a John McLaughlin la Mahavisnhu Orchestra, con la cual hacen giras del 1971 al 1973 y con la cual Cobham graba dos álbumes de estudio y uno en vivo.
Solista
En mayo de 1973, graba su primer álbum como solista Spectrum en el cual hace una fusión de los mejores discos de la historia, y en el cual toca con artistas como Jan Hammer (teclista de la Mahavishnu Orchestra) y con el guitarrista Tommy Bolin (quien luego seria guitarrista de la banda británica de hard rock Deep Purple). En el mismo año, antes de terminar una gira con la Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham coolabora con los guitarristas Carlos Santana y John McLaughlin.
Años más tarde, firma con la CTI Records, expandiendo su repertorio de fusion jazz. También hizo participaciones con artistas como Chick Corea, Jack Bruce, Clem Clempson, Dave Sancious, los jóvenes músicos habaneros de la banda ASERE y otros, principalmente en giras y conciertos.
Fuente: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cobham (visita: 20-1-2022)… (altro)