Billy Cobham live in concert.
ON TOUR

Billy Cobham

13
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
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Critic Consensus

Based on 13 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Billy Cobham is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Billy Cobham concert reviews describe live shows and performances as noisy, exciting, and incredible.

ON TOUR

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Latest Release

Whatcha Wanna Do (feat. Narada Michael Walden, Carlos Santana, Novecento & Alex Acuna) - Single (March 9, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Colon, Panama (5/16/1944) (5/16/1944)
Bio
Billy Cobham, born May 16, 1944 in Panama, is one of the world's most influential drummers, best known for his jazz fusion in the 1970s, with John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, where he pioneered a powerful style of drumming with jazz, rock and funk influences. He is the first drummer to unseat Buddy Rich in the Down Beat music polls.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Jazzwise (UK)

June 2, 2023
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The Trondheim Jazz Festival is a great mixture of concerts, talks and films set in the heart of this beautiful Norwegian city on the banks of a magnificent Fjord

Jazzwise (UK)

September 24, 2021
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The legendary jazz rock drummer shakes things up in Palermo, Italy

Shepherd Express (USA)

October 1, 2019
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Billy Cobham Glad to Be Back in Milwaukee

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

February 6, 2018
80
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Stockholm, Sweden

Financial Times (UK)

June 13, 2017
80
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Billy Cobham with the Guy Barker Big Band, Ronnie Scott’s, London — technically superb

Grateful Web (USA)

May 4, 2015
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Billy Cobham Live In Concert In the USA

Financial Times (UK)

February 5, 2014
80
%
The Mahavishnu Orchestra which he co-founded with guitarist John McLaughlin had just disbanded ex-employer Miles Davis was becoming ever more cryptic and a multitude of lesser talents were awash with self-indulgence.

Past critic reviews published in

Mezzic (USA), That Music Magazine (USA)

Image Credit

Andreas Lawen, Fotandi [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons