Billy exists in his own ‘Stratus’ phere. He has influenced so many and is a gift to us all.
@televasion2 ай бұрын
Too slow
@gabrielleconway52192 жыл бұрын
Simon here.Watching this,at my age,remembering Jerry Goodman,Jean Luc Ponty,Sugarcane Harris et al.Marvellous !!!!!
@mirtomusic7326 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!!!! Billy Cobham one of the greatest drummers ever!!!
@gile8493 ай бұрын
Yes :)
@tnormanthird8 жыл бұрын
Thank God for real music!
@oblomurg2 жыл бұрын
Germany really loved Billy. I remember being there in 83 and riding a taxi the driver asked me if I minded him playing a cassette of Total Eclipse. I smiled and told him to crank the volume.
@jammer7777 жыл бұрын
Real music like this is rare today with such talent and skill.
@scotsman67123 жыл бұрын
rare?.i dont think its even happening now, unless you find the coolest hottest out of the way group making 40.00 apiece per gig
@LarryEColeman8 жыл бұрын
In an age where beats, raps, loops,and chants dominate the airwaves, it's always refreshing to go back to the roots of the musician and his instrument, the merging of soul, body and instrument, where the three are fused into one universal sound and where the listener has become one with them. This is truly wonderful!
@andrewvida38297 жыл бұрын
Electronics and other gimmicks are all well and good, but at the end of the day the musician must be just that. Anyone can program a computer to sing.
@matt914766 жыл бұрын
I got to play with Billy Cobham a few years ago, he was touring and we managed to book him for a recording session...he's the baddest dude on the kit and the coolest guy hang with.
@chrisbinckes27326 жыл бұрын
the analog age had little that one could bypass to feign intelligent music in any of the genre's............ nowadays in the decline of the music industry its just annoying to see and hear the nonsense........... then jazz players and jazz fusionista's worked long and hard to perfect the music score, they had the listeners heart and soul in mind in doing so.... look at the perspiration on mr cobhams back..... something missing today on the egocentric muzak circuits
@darganx4 жыл бұрын
Ironically a lot of the samples are his - Stanley Turrentine's Sister Sanctified and Bob James' Nautilus to name but two..
@healthystrong91072 жыл бұрын
P
@javiergarcia69128 жыл бұрын
Alpha supernova drummer . He is his own galaxy.
@gorodetzers7 жыл бұрын
I've followed billy's career since mahavishnu days . so many great tracks
@machaelascott78368 жыл бұрын
Amazing music and talented musicians
@TheDennisbaldo Жыл бұрын
Billy plays something totally unreal, in his own frequency, own beat. It's such a pleasure to listen to his drumming and grooving. Thanks for existing my friend!
@pietrozaffutomusic Жыл бұрын
Sono d’accordo con te!
@richardweber53619 жыл бұрын
Cobham was born with a set of drums!! No one can touch him!!
@nomasnofuss8393 Жыл бұрын
100%
@caseyciccone13897 жыл бұрын
I've been watching this video at least twice a day, for weeeeeeks. Loving Billy
@kavemankarl25885 жыл бұрын
So have I
@bryancoburn43617 жыл бұрын
I've commented on this before but it won't hurt anyone's feelings. I followed a girl to New York City and lo and behold 2 nights later I was sitting in the Cornerstone Club and there they were. T. Bolin was at his prime but Jan and Billy stole the show. It was a smallish club and usually it was noisy as all hell. That night the bartenders didn't't evenca make a sound. Remember this was a four piece band. No dudes lounging around. They were happy and smiling, like they knew something nobody else did. VERY,VERY COOOOL. It was the best band I had ever heard and I grew up in the SFO bay area. Lots of good stuff. But,nothing like these cats. the good old days. Peace
@TheLochs4 жыл бұрын
So Tommy Bolin did some live shows with Cobham?
@bahusofriends54673 жыл бұрын
@@TheLochs yeah, indeed! Tommy just barely managed to stay alive long enough to play some live shows, note by note worthy to be remembered. Tommy tragically died on heroin a little later, that was one of the top 20 saddest occurences in rock/fusion/funk.
@thomasbrimmer66282 жыл бұрын
Ja einer der besten Drummer seiner Zeit!!!
@fess049 жыл бұрын
holi wow!!! i lov this version......new innovation of what has been a timed honored cover by so many ......Billy does more and new with his own.....lovit !!!!!
@corujajf2 жыл бұрын
He is the best . Four sticks' man. 4 ever Drumsticks' Man
@jazzman8593 жыл бұрын
Saw him at the bottom line in NYC in 74 with the Brecker brothers what a great show
@sarkisian0505637 жыл бұрын
Best Drummer...
@danielsjeff7 жыл бұрын
Billy is up there with the very best. What a great sound this is. Fantastic musicians.
@user-db3qn7pv6l6 жыл бұрын
amazing performance of Stratus, perhaps the best
@kudgeond755 Жыл бұрын
Haven't seen him since the 70's but I can see that he's still killing it with a whole new generation of musicians. Thanks for uploading this performance!
@iplaypearldrums79357 жыл бұрын
I bought his greatest hits cassette in '83 (didn't know who he was) and was hooked. This is one of my favorites to play to.....can't find any players as good as those on Billy's CD's.
@igormozajko8992 жыл бұрын
Check out Jing Chi 3D with Vinny Colaiuta Robin Ford and Jimmy Haslip
@seanmurphy262 жыл бұрын
dude! Vinny plays this song 30times a year when he tours wit Jeff Beck!!
@amadorbueno39729 жыл бұрын
Perfect sound of the Drums
@kleinequietboykleinequietb71266 жыл бұрын
¿porque? because zee Germans were zee sound engineers. Dass ist darum. That's why. How you like my Spanglish Danglisch, vato? I am loco ese. Yo soy el pinche loco gringo. Der fickende verruckte Nortenø , Alter.
@funnycat19572 жыл бұрын
Fusion jazz is an extremely creative and swinging type of music. I just love it!
@user-zd4xh9ni7k9 күн бұрын
Дрожь его барабанов отдаётся* в теле, ритмом дыхания и стуками сердца
@JazzKeyboardist18 жыл бұрын
wow.. I didn't think I would tire of billy cobham
@abhinavdhar6 жыл бұрын
Love this bass player! What groove!!
@yvonreze4566 жыл бұрын
C'est Fifi Chayeb
@tonysimmons57293 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Who is that guy? His attack and tone and time was crazy!
@kurtpatterson12963 жыл бұрын
I attribute Cobham's popularity to his ability to combine the best elements of both rock and jazz drumming.
@tonycavaliero20372 жыл бұрын
Back from the Mahavishnu orchestra days. But he also played with Horace Silver, which was more American Jazz.
@jazzman8593 жыл бұрын
His drumming is so heavy and clear
@BobSchoepenjr5 жыл бұрын
Normally I ‘m not that Crazy about steel drums but this sounds so GREAT!
@Perigaeum4 жыл бұрын
Remarkable, how this obvious alien ('The Invaders', 1967) not only nicely integrated, yet even literally kicked the concept of drumming up into space. Unsurprisingly he, meanwhile for years, lives in Switzerland, the country famous for its ultimate clocks and watches ...
@andreasthiel8248 жыл бұрын
Fantastisch, super gut.
@nirradyen-tolobaz37274 жыл бұрын
Prince covered this tune in his 2009 jazz band in Montreux and later revisited in 3rd eye girl.Did a hell of a job with his different instrumentation.Prince had horns replacing the notes of the steel drums ,and had that heavy groove on the theme.Billy Cobham would have been impressed!I sure as f was floored!!✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🇨🇦🤓
@chazwyman8951 Жыл бұрын
Seeing BC at Ronnie Scots was the best performance I ever saw.
@leoenrico7 жыл бұрын
Best version ever!!
@cosmicjazzman48177 жыл бұрын
This and Red Baron are smoking versions of these tunes! I love the Spectrum album and it's still one of my favorites for 30 years. I was a baby when it came out.. like anyone gives a shit.... Cobhams been in my top 3 even when it changed! Billy,Tony,Buddy, just my humble opinion. I love so many other players it just seems those are the 3 that I come back to whether I'm into Kenny Clark,Max Roach,Philly Joe Jones,Elvin or Dave Weckl, Vinnie Coliauta,Gary Novak I come back to well Steve Gadd also. Buddy Rich, Billy Cobham and Tony Williams. Depends on the day wich one I think is the best! No one stays #1 for long.! I really am insane! I talk to myself on KZbin 😲😵 Help maybe needed in the distant future.
@bafattvahetere4 жыл бұрын
Alphonse Mouzon! R.I.P.
@angelocasales17604 жыл бұрын
QUANDO HO ASCOLTATO L ALBUM SPECTRUM E BILLY 1970 MI SONO INNAMORATO DI QUESTO MERAVIGLIOSO BATTERISTA !!!! E SINO ADESSO NESSUNO ARRIVANO ALLA SUA ALTEZZA!!!2020
@gabrielleconway5219 Жыл бұрын
Sorry. Have just watched this yet again for the enth time.That young man on percussion (i am probably old enough to be his grandfather) is outstanding as of course are the rest of the band (How can you call these people a band ?) Goodness me !!! All Best Simon .On my wife's site (I am too old and feeble to have my own).
@g00zik978 жыл бұрын
i love this snare and rimshot
@sarkisian0505637 жыл бұрын
MY MENTOR. BILLY COBHAM...
@andreapoliti31103 жыл бұрын
E' una delle più belle versioni che io abbia mai ascoltato!
@waynebonavia64712 жыл бұрын
My favorite song of all times a fusion song of course
@istahmet6 жыл бұрын
DRUM MAGICIAN...
@segulaentertainment7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing 🎶🎼🎵🎸👍👍👍👍👍
@soulschoolboy668 жыл бұрын
An interesting variation on what was and is the magnum opus of the Fusion genre.
@robinreiley18283 жыл бұрын
Saw the Love Devotion and Surrender Tour at Saratoga and caught the "Spectrum 40 th Anniversary Tour at the Egg in Albany, a few years ago! I was a Union Stagehand for 30 years, and these were probably 2 of the best performances I saw!
@joeday42933 жыл бұрын
I could not have lived with myself if I'd missed the "Spectrum 40" tour when it came through my town. God, what a show.
@seanmurphy262 жыл бұрын
Dude! this is almost better than Inca Roads!! First time hearing this version of Stratus! Can't believe that is a double cutaway Yamaha guitar!
@linnemeyerhere4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, many thanks for the post. My first concert ever was Billy drumming on the Birds of Fire tour.......damn !
@user-zd4xh9ni7k8 күн бұрын
Спасибо, Билли!😊
@ChrisCaster-tl1pf3 ай бұрын
I can't believe nobody's commented on this lately Billy's the f****** best
@VS-wu9jr3 ай бұрын
We watch always….Who’s understand!!! A nt no lot of people who understand!!? What you expect??!!!
@FranklinOPT3 ай бұрын
Greetings from Massachusetts, U.S. I’m listening on May 16, 2024.
@SFoley9902 жыл бұрын
Applause doesn't due him justice ! What a master of the drums.
@henryheinzjunker8807 Жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL !!!
@sanidan20102 жыл бұрын
He's got a top notch band.
@dagostinoification8 жыл бұрын
Merci Yvon pour cette vidéo de Billy avec nos amis Français ! Le groove de Fifi Chayeb à la basse !
@sullivan23398 жыл бұрын
Just watched an amazing Utube of Prince playing this song; tons of his wicked sweet guitar- from a Montreal jazz fest. I love Sir Billy C; I always thought the guitar was the most important instrument on the original recording.
@texasdoublestandard8 жыл бұрын
+sullivan2339 That's because it was Tommy Bolin!
@nimesleaparicio4413 Жыл бұрын
Great version! These are some talented musicians, I only wish the cameraman got Billy's drums at the last minutes of the song where he was slamming out those famous rolls dammit! I still approve this message, lol
@Indian21ubet6 ай бұрын
Saw him in Boston summer of 78 or 79,,,show was insane
@Sunkisstube6 жыл бұрын
He is an athlete on the drums with a composers' mind more complicated than Mozart, Bach, and Schubert combined - That's Billy Cobham
@kikiu26194 жыл бұрын
Great drummer...not in the same league as classical composers.
@MrSaracen10 жыл бұрын
That's great and nothing left to add.
@helihub47685 жыл бұрын
Love this guy. Huge influence on my playing style
@LibuttiG8 жыл бұрын
I REALLY LIKE TO HAVE SUCH A MASTER,...IT FEELS,..GOOD,...........ABNORMAL,..............THANK YOU,...MAESTRO
@nomasnofuss8393 Жыл бұрын
Ha hahaha ...all the musicians are like " damn Billy...why so fast a tempo ? " ...Great Band.. fantastic music !!! thank you Mr Billy Cobham ...a master musician and composer !!
@diverdrag8 ай бұрын
Fantastic!!!!
@lutherbias6613 жыл бұрын
GOOD BEER DRINKIN' MUSIC,. JAM ON MY BROTHERS!
@erikondrums10 жыл бұрын
I think it's weird when the editor for the video films everybody more during their big solos and then don't film billy as much during his. That aside this is one of the best versions of Stratus I've heard!
@tonysimmons57293 жыл бұрын
What a great tune. The video is a bit distracting but either Billy didn’t want the camera close to him during his solo or he didn’t want the camera to see what he was doing (?).. but it’s pretty weird that the focus is on everyone else during his solo... great version of a classic though!
@dnnkj-rd2dd10 ай бұрын
That's so great. I admire him very much
@DrummerLaVieja5 жыл бұрын
Amazing Sound. So powerfull but never overplayed.
@danielsjeff9 ай бұрын
Goose bumps = every time.
@slowfinger2 Жыл бұрын
Myself and a buddy just had to go to a Billy Cobham drum workshop in Toronto, sometime in the mid 1970's. We were not even drummers. That was after Spectrum blew our minds, and we had caught his live show at the famous El Macombo from a front table.
@St634205 ай бұрын
His comment about using his 5 limbs equally made me wonder what he meant. He then replied that his brain/ head😂 was the 5th. Or maybe the first😮
@grazjanosantana806510 жыл бұрын
grande billy....
@user-vz7qv4hf2w3 жыл бұрын
All member is great❤️
@freein23398 жыл бұрын
This shit is coldblooded......
@alxvukovic5 жыл бұрын
GOD bless! Thank you Yvon Reze
@richardjones11868 жыл бұрын
Electronic steel drums? Ouch Too bad ass to handle. Im gonna listen everyday.. I love Billy.
@danielsjeff2 жыл бұрын
Clucking bell! So, so good! All of it.
@rbbt1m8 ай бұрын
Grandiosi!! ❤
@frankmiller50628 жыл бұрын
in aw as I met this beatologist
@jamescox8402 Жыл бұрын
There's nothing you can say that hasn't already been said about Billy, but I'll say it anyway...farkn hell.
@percyweissi2 жыл бұрын
EXCELENT
@ChrisCaster-tl1pf4 ай бұрын
Billy is the best
@varadijozsef64135 жыл бұрын
super group
@ronosful6 жыл бұрын
Please director !!why you don’t show the Billy Cobham when he ‘s doing SOLO DRUMS??????
@billq50509 жыл бұрын
I don't think there's another drummer even in the same zip code as Billy Cobham
@damaster7208 жыл бұрын
+Bill Q Lenny White. I get what you mean though, he is the dog's bollocks.
@lorenzmuller35427 жыл бұрын
Comparisons usually are difficult when it comes to music and creativity/taste. But in this case, I think Lenny and Billy can be compared since they are both sounding really raw and edgy. Both are power houses and they both are DRIVING as hell!
@restedjazz5 жыл бұрын
Yes, indeed...!!
@phillytunes31045 жыл бұрын
Vinny Cauluta
@robertgarcia49575 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree.. I have heard many good and even some great drummers but Billy C, is something else!!
@ericraymond37342 жыл бұрын
Nothing was gained by the downtempo section up to around 4.00. This has been one of my favorite pieces since I first heard it back in 1973, but I almost gave up on this performance before getting to the good part.
@bertufuxer37374 жыл бұрын
THE GREATEST!!!
@Carlo-de1co7 жыл бұрын
È il paradiso!
@tonycavaliero20372 жыл бұрын
Can anybody name these folks, besides Billy Cobham.
@St634205 ай бұрын
Google Spectrum album 1973. I think Jan Hammer keys. Lee Sklar bass. Possibly Tommy Bolin guitar
@user-fi5pk6ux6k2 ай бұрын
нет слов!!!
@bamjimba8 жыл бұрын
A Master of the Art at Work .....& is that Robert Greenidge on steel-pans .....??? bj
@i.t.t.8 жыл бұрын
junior gill
@sambeaty56373 жыл бұрын
Saw Billy in early 90s at Chastain Park in Atlanta. Billed Super Jazz Band. Corea, Clarke, Naji, Carlton.
@rbbt1m5 ай бұрын
❤ Grandi!!!!
@aroutiounkarapetian60998 жыл бұрын
SUPER
@milesandrews1643 жыл бұрын
That dude on the steel drum what a cool frickin touch
@dusanmarinovic81285 жыл бұрын
Bravissimo!
@Smoothways5 жыл бұрын
Fusion as its best
@josephlynch37462 ай бұрын
Great Fkn' 📫, Yvon Re'Ze' !!! 👍 ~WOOOYAH ~ 😀-*
@elorejano576 жыл бұрын
Grande Billy y Camelia, un amor!!
@fnW6392 Жыл бұрын
...for me...the goodfather...of da headZ....billy...the human. drunMaschine
@TonyAguirreJazz7 жыл бұрын
What's not to like. Power Play is still one of my favorite albums.