Billy Cobham
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Billy Cobham's Time Machine celebrates over 50 years at the Blue Note NYC
Legendary Jazz/Fusion drummer Billy Cobham played at the Blue Note NYC for a 6 night run (2 sets) March 18th through March 23rd. Cobham’s Time Machine band consists of bassist Will Lee, keyboardist Oz Ezzeldin, and horn section Randy Brecker…
Billy Cobham Bringing Art of the Rhythm Section Retreat to the Mesa Arts Center
Drumming legend and jazz fusion pioneer Billy Cobham will bring his highly acclaimed Art of the Rhythm Section Retreat back to the Mesa Arts Center for its second year, offering an immersive educational program for drummers, bassists, guitarists, and keyboard…
On the Beat with Corky Laing of Mountain and West, Bruce and Laing: Looking Back and Facing Forward
Hi there MD readers, Corky here. As some of you may know, I have been a professional drummer for half a century. You might remember me from such bands as Mountain and West, Bruce and Laing. What I find wonderful…
Billy Cobham Live Master Class Webcast
One of the world’s all-time greatest drummers will offer a live master class webcast devoted to the “Art of the Rhythm Section” on April 30, 2016 at 2 pm ET. Questions may be asked real-time via the live chat. Advanced…
News: Billy Cobham to Stream Live Concert from Ronnie Scott’s
With tickets to his sold out shows in such high demand, Ronnie Scott’s has announced that it will be streaming drum legend Billy Cobham’s full performance on Friday, February 27 at 11:15 pm BST. The live web stream of Cobham…
Fusion Great Billy Cobham’s “Art of the Rhythm Section??? Retreat, August 2014
Legendary drummer Billy Cobham is conducting an immersive learning program for experienced instrumentalists and band members. In addition to Cobham on drums, other faculty members include Dean Brown (guitar), Gary Husband (keyboard), and Ric Fierabracci (bass). This unique opportunity to…
Billy Cobham Compass Point
With a backstory including a dangerous makeshift stage and a lottery-winning piano tuner who had quit a day earlier, this 1997 concert almost didn’t happen. And that would have been a great loss, since Billy Cobham and his superb band…
Billy Cobham Online Workshop Live Stream
View the Billy Cobham “40 Years of Spectrum” live-streaming event right here on March 16 at 9 am Pacific Standard Time. The workshop will be moderated by Modern Drummer managing editor, Michael Dawson and will feature Billy Cobham at the…
“40 Years of Spectrum,??? Live Online Workshop with Billy Cobham
ArtistWorks, a leading provider of interactive online music lessons, has teamed up with Modern Drummer to present a live-streaming workshop with master drummer and ArtistWorks online teaching artist Billy Cobham. The “40 Years of Spectrum” live-streaming event takes place…
Mark Egan On... The star bassist reflects on 15 world-class drummers
The February 2013 issue of Modern Drummer magazine features renowned bassist Mark Egan sharing some of the lessons he’s learned from working with drumming royalty. Here he focuses the discussion on the unique qualities and skills each of these players…
Billy Cobham Colin Towns HR Big Band Meeting of the Spirits
CD/ALBUM Seventy-four-plus minutes of live bliss, as Billy Cobham reprises his role powering the music of John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra, this time with the marvelous Hessische Rundfunk Big Band. Arranger Colin Towns translates the fusion icon’s music in wonderfully creative…
Shaun Foist
Hello, fellow drummers! My name is Shaun Foist, and I’ve been playing drums for nineteen years. I got started at around age ten, when my father showed me how to play. About six months later he encouraged me to enter…
November Web Update News
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Atma Anur
Things have changed so much in the past ten years—in general, and for me personally, in the way I interface with the music industry. I feel like those ten years have progressed in a very different and far more varied…
