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The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 11: Narada Michael Walden & Billy Cobham Part 2.

+ Mike Dawson reviews the Rogers Covington Series In this episode Narada Michael Walden continues his two-part interview with Billy Cobham. Billy talks about working with various artists including George Duke, how he finds musical inspiration from everything including tragedies…

Modern Drummer
Dec 10, 2020

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…

Modern Drummer
Mar 21, 2017

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…

Modern Drummer
Oct 14, 2016

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…

Modern Drummer
Apr 15, 2016

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…

Modern Drummer
Feb 24, 2015
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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…

Modern Drummer
May 21, 2014

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…

Modern Drummer
Feb 24, 2014

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…

Modern Drummer
Mar 11, 2013

“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…

Modern Drummer
Mar 11, 2013

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…

Modern Drummer
Jan 3, 2013

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…

Modern Drummer
Mar 21, 2012

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…

Modern Drummer
Mar 5, 2012
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November Web Update News

Mako Sakamoto and Ash Soan are on U.K. singer-songwriter James Morrison's latest, The Awakening. For more, visit www.jamesmorrisonmusic.com. Shawn Pelton and Bashiri Johnson are on Lisa Jaeggi’s Epic Epic. Pelton is also on James McCartney’s The Complete EP Collection. Click…

Modern Drummer
Nov 22, 2011

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…

Modern Drummer
Nov 7, 2011
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