London Jazz Festival: Billy Cobham at 80
Highlights from the legendary drummer鈥檚 performance with the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
American-Panamanian drummer Billy Cobham is one of the leading figures of modern jazz. Over his decade-spanning career, Billy has continued to push sonic boundaries, as a pioneer of jazz fusion, jazz rock, and progressive rock. Key collaborators include Miles Davis, John McLaughlin and Ron Carter.
For this year鈥檚 London Jazz Festival, and in celebration of his 80th birthday, Billy performed works from his musical catalogue, accompanied by trumpeter Guy Barker and the full 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.鈥�
Tonight, Soweto shares some of the highlights from that performance. He also sits down with Billy to talk about growing up in New York, his roots in Panama, and working with fellow greats Horace Silver and his mentor Roy Haynes. Plus Billy shares some words of wisdom for younger musicians.
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
Miles Beyond
- Birds of Fire.
- Columbia/CBS.
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Billy Cobham, Guy Barker & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Panama (Live - London Jazz Festival 2024)
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Billy Cobham, Guy Barker & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
A Day's Grace (Live - London Jazz Festival 2024)
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Billy Cobham
Stratus
- Spectrum.
- Atlantic.
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Ron Carter
All Blues
- All Blues.
- CTI.
Broadcast
- Fri 6 Dec 2024 23:30麻豆社 Radio 3