George Duke with Billy Cobham - Rush Hour

[@nareshgb1]

Cobham is a beast....literally, and in any other way.

[@JustaJuboi]

In my life time Billy is untouchable. 35 years ago I stood 15 feet looking over his floor toms. That week I swapped 25 of my rock and roll albums for five of his. Hands down the untouchable Guru of my generation. Look at the joy in his face. G bless Billy

[@btRU_funQsta]

at a drum clinic?

[@JustaJuboi]

@@btRU_funQsta No Hofstra University playing a concert.

[@doloresniles6357]

ICONIC!"🎶🎶

[@yaronbrecher7397]

Billy cobham my drum giru getting better by the minute. Balls and endless stamina. Never ending god bless you billy amen

[@marselluswallace6597]

3:54 That look of approval as they are thinking DAMN THIS IS FUN between musicians is priceless.

[@JustaJuboi]

Worlds greatest drummer. Hands down

[@TheLONZO1]

Billy Cobham is without a doubt THE GREATEST DRUMMER WHO HAS EVER LIVED!!! Needless to say his composing is'nt to shabby either. GOD BLESS YOU BILLY!! You always make me smile.

[@d.winchester4515]

Yes Indeed my friend!!!👍

[@benjaminglover1570]

Had dinner with this man while in Melbourne. Not only the worlds best drummer but a class act person. Thanks Billy for sharing the evening.

[@RATCLIFFE-LISTENS]

Billy was in the same Age Bracket as the Brecker’s - and was with the Band Dreams for two Columbia Lps around 1970. Band featured Will Lee/ DonGrolnick / Randy @Mike Brecker, John Abercrombie/Jeff Kent/ DonLubahn I was in that Business then and Billy lived in or near Mill Valley Ca he had a deal with CBS so I was able to talk to him in our Bookstore in the center of Town Really Great Guy Definitely Full Back Material! He was a true Leader in the Era of few Jazz / Rock / Fusion’s youth. Same with George Duke SF guy and we had just signed him at Epic I was the Only Person Left in the Resturaunt at the Myako Hotel where we were both staying. He walked over to my table and sat and had dinner with me. Again an amazing conversation he was so excited to get the CBS Deal and wanted to know what we had planned to propel his future. ? was always my answer I looked at him and told him he already had built a tremendous opportunity all he had to do was Work his Ass Off like our Office had to do every day. The pressure was so intense from Mgt of all Artists it was often miserable. The Artists were the true Geniuses that saved our jobs,

[@yaronbrecher7397]

George duke was a genius virtuoso keybord player god bless his soul in heaven amen

[@MELOMANONICO]

Maestro billy cobham 🔥🎶💯👏👏

[@drumsbymark]

Billy Cobham is and will always be the most underrated and underappreciated drummer since the 1970s. This man is responsible for so many things. Too many to name. Every time he collaborated with George Duke it was like pure magic. I wish those cats would have done more stuff together.

[@JeffC-fq1be]

NEVER underrated!

[@Dogdrum]

The roll that starts at 04:40 is the most agressive, raw, emotional piece of drumming I've ever seen and heard in my life. It moved me so much. Only a drummer who has been through a lot in life would play like that in the moment. To combine those three elements with amazing technique is the hallmark of master musicianship. To scare us even more, he did it in time..Billy's the Real Deal!

[@olander666]

What he said! LOL

[@jonp4846]

Not bad for a 60 year old, eh? ;)

[@cameron_fairchild]

Billy can play amazingly fast with total control of his dynamics. He's the true GOAT of fusion drumming.

[@SvdP-vi5kk]

Exactly right!

[@waynefoote3781]

It is very hard to beat Ronald Bruner jr. but if anyone can it has to be Billy Cobham!@

[@juliuslambert9226]

Wonderful complicity between these two geniuses.

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

I've watched this video for years. It's still a Musical Epiphany to me. Larry Kimpel on Bass 🔥 Bill Cobham and George Duke 🔥🔥

[@ToFabricate]

I don't know how many times I've posted this to Facebook over the years, but this is one of my go to jams. Billy Cobham is also my favorite drummer, and he still shreds after many decades! What a fantastic group of musicians.

[@amosjackson9619]

2021 Still at awe at Cobham on the drums. Geroge Duke, Billy Cobham - classic! Just fucking second to none! Period!

[@autoracer1man]

Billy&George is like "peanut butter&jelly",They have been playing together sooo long, it's like opposite poles that create magnetism!The BEST FOR EVER!!

[@ElreeMcBroom-zt7ru]

U can't help but love them so much 😢

[@mietla1970]

the bass player is the hero of this movie

[@jamescox8402]

Just saw a vid of Billy two weeks ago in Berlin. At 80 years old... he's about as inspirational as one man can be. But losing George is so damn tough. Thank you for posting, these two are just flying in this.

[@jimkoblick1776]

That is amazing..... Billy !

[@jjads1]

These guys are incredible!! Always love Billy and George!I've been a fan of both for over 35 years!!

[@GerardoMcCabe]

What I admire in Billy is how he's devoted his entire life to developing his talent, you have to keep healthy to play like this at his age.

[@hemihead4269]

People dont realize how many drums were in his setup. There were I know for his Spectrum album 21 percussion pieces. Wow!!!

[@andyokus5735]

Yeah, just look at Roy Haynes!

[@rexasul]

never heard such a solid groove in 5/4. billy's playing here is otherworldly.

[@damirfenrich5439]

Why I play drums for 40 years ? Billy is the man ! Inspiration for life- Billy Cobham !

[@joestone5125]

RIP to the true master of the keys - GD you were a big inspiration to me as young keyboardist growing up and your legacy will always live on in our hearts and fond memories! Play along with the greats in heaven forever!!!

[@JustaJuboi]

The most creative drummer on planet earth. No one is close

[@Felipe917]

How Billy keeps those samba syncopations against a 5/4 and still have room to make faces at the band is beyond me. These guys are omnipotent!

[@SMon2023]

Jesus that bass line makes wanna jump and shake like mad. George plays with a back pain. Billy is just a god.

[@astrofos1901]

you can see the joy of playing music in both george's and billy's faces. RIP george

[@Eklektik40]

It's so fun to see them having... fun!! They probably were good buddies in life. I would have loved to be at that specific show!!!

[@waynefoote3781]

Billy Cobhams drumming seems....impossible yet here it is! this song is unbelievable and George Duke is King. Great performance by all including Mr. Larry Kimpel!

[@geoffgreen8023]

Wow- no one, hits the drums at such speed and with such command, finesse and attack like Mr Billy Cobham, man he constantly makes my jaw drop.

[@duncan5278]

What a drummer. What a keyboards player. Pure class.

[@garybreece-page7713]

Pure genius, they were born to play together

[@StephenPrabhakar-xs5ri]

Super Human Sir Billy C

[@evettemichelleh]

George Duke with Billy Cobham - Rush Hour Love this .....

[@yacinezaier9641]

The complicity between the two greats IS just incredible .

[@sergiosantos6577]

Billy Cobham is an awsome drummer. One of my favourites musicians. And George Duke is wonderfull too (RIP). Brasil miss you, George. Bravo, guys!

[@deezagon]

Billy Cobham is easily the best drummer i have ever seen.

[@PercussionOpera06]

My inspiration for over 40 years or so...the one and only Billy Cobham!!

[@JeffC-fq1be]

I have been watching this video for years. These guys are great. As far as the drumming, this stands out as the most powerful drumming I have ever seen.

[@rudolphsherkliff8726]

Billy Cobham is the greatest drummer ever!!🥁🥁🥁

[@vegaschallengera.1234]

2 giants of jazz and fusion ! They are by far in my list of most favorite musicians of all times.

[@1Delly]

I have seen these two and all that I can tell you is that when you see them-you get goose bumps all over and you just jump on the ride and ride with it! They are so awesome it isn't believable. Music is their roller coaster and you get on and ride it .Too awesome!

[@brettorrmusic]

I knew Cobham was good but seriously, this is such an energetic performance for someone his age. Superfit and superskilled drumming superhero.

[@curtisharvey4852]

Billy Cobham is the an apex monster drummer. His first two solo albums clinched him as my favorite overall drummer back in the 70's, and he still is.

[@zakcattack]

Billy Cobham is pure power when he lets go. He is what every metalhead drummer wishes he could be, and what every power drummer wants to be (me especially)

[@WJRAGGS]

I love the way he changes the volume of the drumming as the keys takes a solo groove but maintains the intensity of his drumming....

[@gordypix]

Could watch and listen to this all day! Awesome!

[@RXmusic4YOU]

Good Lawd...this man has always and will forever be a beast on drums...been following him for a loooooong time...

[@MARDIUNO7]

BILLY COBHAM , THERE ARE MANY DRUMMERS HERE AND THERE , LOTS OF TECHNIQUES , FAST AS HELL , ETC , VINNIES , PAULS , DAVES ...NOBODY , NONE OF THEM CAN COMPARE , EVEN IF THEY WOULD LIVE TWO LIFES !! WITH MASTER OF THEM ALL , BILLY ...

[@EIStudent]

Amazing! Havent' listened to George Duke in a while. Incredible performance. And Billy Cobham's drum solo was just over the top...ridiculous talent. By far my favorite drummer ever since I was a kid. His intensity and creativity is insane.

[@leendaleenda]

RIP George, I enjoyed your amazing music for so many years, Thank you.

[@zootrage4386]

R.I.P Dukey. Unparalleled. It came out of nowhere. So sad.

[@S4vh55hdci]

So sad he passed away when he did. A huge loss to the world of Jazz music.

[@TwoMallets]

Gotta love Billy... He's just having such a frikkin' great time playing, it's simply amazing

[@jarbon5]

I love this song, the contrast of the portions of the song that is fast, just hyper, and the portion of the song that is just mellow smooth. I love that.

[@boomieg]

Billy Cobham is probably the BEST drummer for this song... in my opinion.

[@fadethetrade]

george, you will be missed. I remember attending the bongo fury concert in Austin Texas in june 75.First time I saw you in concert.

[@springNoNWo]

17 years ago!!! wow

[@pholzer5]

RIP Mr. Duke. I love your every musical phrase. -Peter

[@blessedman8203]

Great band and Billy Cobham is a mothermonster on those drums . Damm he is a bad man on the skins!!!

[@1Delly]

I could watch/listen to allllllll day and night! This, definitely , jams! No way to describe them! Saw them- blew me away!

[@fabiopadaratz2515]

This Is Perfect... Fantastic !!!

[@makstone]

Outstanding!! These guys represent true musicianship, pure mastery! 11 people disliked this? Puuhleez!

[@gvrtwpkwy]

I saw BC perform with the Brecker Brothers in St Paul, MN in middle 70's as the warm up band, the people rioted when their set was over, it was that intense. I'd never heard of any of those guys. I was blessed.

[@actionvid1]

Once again, we have another totally ridiculous version by the masters (of)! Seriously crazy off the chain. This cut really takes the song to a new level. Thanks you guys; been w/ ya' since way back. B.

[@BellCurvedEducation]

GMM brought me here, the music kept me here. Amazing bass

[@stretch54]

Billy loves the paradiddles and double paradiddles. He has a certain style that he excels at and this is it. Still sounds great!

[@deezagon]

They are both very very very talented musicians. Look at George Duke on the keyboard aswell as Billy. Amazing stuff.

[@ettiene87]

Fusion drumming like no one!! My favourite drummer since early 70's!!

[@Perigaeum]

What a joy to listen to ... AND ALSO TO WATCH! 1000% of musical essence.

[@ohsosexy45]

Ultimate duo. Wonderful collaboration. Eloquently funky yet jazzy all at once. Go head yall~!

[@EleanorPeterson]

Yep. If you're Mr Brubeck, you Take Five; if you're these guys you TAKE FIVE. Smiles all round. Marvellous! :-)

[@robram2025]

Always amazing to see and hear Cobham and Duke!

[@fabrikk60]

When I heard of George's passing, I came to KZbin looking (unsuccessfully) for the Zappa instrumental "REDUNZL", which features an unbelievable GD acoustic piano solo. But I'm very pleased to have discovered this amazing performance instead. Farewell George, your music has made my ears happy for most of my life.

[@olander666]

I think it was originally titled RDNZL. And you're right, the keyboard solo near the end of that song is some of Dukey's absolute SMOKIN' BEST. He is on FIRE.

[@rikk7041]

@@olander666 You're correct about the title. And I can't even blame spell-check in this case ;)

[@Frankybroadcast]

When I watch that? All I can say is WHAAAAT! ? I feel when they look at each other, and cheese up? like they know they own it..? Great stuff. RIP George... Thanks for the good times...

[@jazzenterprise]

Fusion... ! Some of you thought Cobham was too old, and out of the "game' ... I don't think so !

[@tapiomakelainen]

Thanks God I lived this era.!

[@b8zthump542]

my wife and I saw the DMS project at the Granada in Santa Barbara-amazing performances by all three! Thank you George for sharing your musical God given talent to us! God bless you and your family...'lady back Sunday's' always

[@keldholse618]

What a chemistry between Copham and the Duke! Historic! Cobham is showing how chops hase to be made. Wow

[@drummyonekenobi]

It's just a pleasure to see these old friends playing with smiling faces and enjoy the music!! That's what music is about. Nothing else matters..

[@futured1prospect]

COBHAM IS A BEAST!!!! also someone who is on the come-up is a guy named Billy Kilson i would say he is the next Cobham........both of these guys are ridiculous....

[@cjk9013]

Beautiful Thanks. Zappa and Mahvishnu Orchestra together in concert back in the day; WOW is all I can say!!

[@pascalrolland421]

Excellent, as usual. On ne s’en lasse pas.

[@ranXerox09]

GOD!!! I saw this video thousands of times.. and I never get tired of it!

[@mariposa9877]

Mein Gott, was für eine Power! Das reißt einen voll aus den Socken!

[@79767206]

Classic George! Love it!! My late father and brother consummate George Duke fans and I grew up listening to him!!

[@23blueskies]

this is what chemistry sounds like

[@Stormbringer75]

Billy's breadth in terms of retinue of work across multiple genres renders him perhaps the greatest living exponent of acoustic drums. I have heard BC play with incredible control and subtlety only to be blown away by his power and precision! I think Buddy Rich's antipathy for BC stemmed from the incredible range and versatility of BC, who had proved himself as a Jazz/bebop stalwart and was breaking new frontiers with open handed drumming, fusion and much else...I think Buddy was brilliant in his genre but he was a throwback, BC was a trailblazer! And for those who think drumming begins and ends with Neil fucking Peart, get a sense of perspective and watch Peart trying to do Buddy Rich big band...Car crash you tube!

[@CryptoKevin]

Do work Modern Drummer or something?

[@dreamopeth]

I think Neil didn't do a bad job. Trying to replicate Mr Rich takes time and devotion and sends you on a journey away from your true playing self. I've tried it but I find it's nice to take licks from players rather than try and be them. It's got to come from the heart and BC would agree.

[@magiscichoam]

Ross Williamson I absolutely agree. I first saw Billy Cobham live with “The Mahavishnu Orchestra” at Cobo Hall in Detroit in April, 1972. They were a last minute replacement, opening act for “Emerson Lake and Palmer” (ELP). I’d never heard of “The Mahavishnu Orchestra” or Billy Cobham. As a budding rock drummer (I’d been playing for about 5 years), I came to see Carl Palmer. Watching Cobham perform was an astonishing and revelatory experience. He changed my entire perspective on drumming. As good as Carl Palmer was that night he absolutely paled in comparison to Cobham. Later in an newspaper interview with the Detroit Free Press, Palmer would describe Cobham as playing “science fiction drumming and he’d never seen anything like it”. Before Cobham I’d seen a host of great bands with standout drummers including “Cream” (with Ginger Baker), ”The Who” (with Keith Moon), ”The Jimi Hendrix Experience“ (with Mitch Mitchell), “King Crimson” (with Michael Giles), “Yes” (with Bill Bruford) and Tony Williams Lifetime (with Tony Williams) to name a few. As great as those performances were, Cobham’s drumming was a quantum leap and a whole new order of magnitude in terms of elegance, fluidity, musicality, speed, technique and sheer power. I also saw Cobham deliver another otherworldly drumming performance with ”John McLaughlin” and “Carlos Santana” during their “Love, Devotion and Surrender” tour “at the Crisler Arena (at the University Of Michigan) in Ann Arbor MI in August 1973. Regarding Neil Peart (I’ve seen “Rush” perform live several times), he’s a solid rock drummer for Rush style music, period. But that’s it. In my opinion (I read and write drum notation) Peart primarily uses single stroke rolls, utilizing creative sticking patterns and alternating time signatures. To me his drumming is stiff and methodical. Also, it lacks fluidity, musicality and versatility. But Peart’s extremely popular and influential. He sells a lot of DW drums and is the recipient of numerous accolades and awards from advertiser driven, magazine sponsored readers polls. With all of the truly outstanding drummers that are performing today and have performed over the years, it’s laughable to take seriously those fans/readers that consider him to be the best or greatest drummer ever. Any comparison to Billy Cobham is simply utter nonsense.

[@Stormbringer75]

magiscichoam It’s great to hear a very experienced and objective discourse on drumming compared to where Billy Cobham takes it. For me spectrum was seminal, someone once commented that ‘billy had a brain 🧠 for each limb’ and as long as that includes his incredible musical central brain I am cool with that description. Peart when discussing the process behind the drummers readying themselves for the ‘burning for buddy’ album said that whilst he and all the other drummers were meticulously practicing and arranging with buddy’s orchestra...Billy came in and offered to play any buddy standard by sight reading. He may not be as fast and as much of a showman as buddy but he is a much more durable and multi dimensional drummer in comparison. Spectrum awakened something in me in its incredible syncopation, improvisational genius and ethereal energy. For me drumming isn’t a competitive sport where someone ends up a world champion. Drumming is part of a collaborative art form in which the rhythm section creates a platform from which the rest of the band can thrive. Cobham has elevated himself to a inspirational soloist who plays sympathetically to the band as long as the band has the talent to complement his brilliance. (Hence the incredible collaborations of Cobham)

[@magiscichoam]

Ross Williamson Well said. Thank you.

[@pistolCrockett]

I was drooling while watching this video...Its off the hook (amazing)....Thanks for posting it....

[@rlg826]

This is just straight ridiculous! Pure musicianship with nasty and incredible talent and skills! And the creative juices just makes it all crazy. They is killin'!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gd44]

These guys are incredible. Unbelievable musicianship.

[@ManuelUrquiaga]

JUST GREAT...... two very talented musicians giving us theis best....and HAVING FUN.......can´t beat that one !!!!

[@Drumcam]

You're right doublethumpbass89! The groove is king! What's amazing about BC is: he is the hardest hittin', fastest, and groovin'est drummer, all wrappred up in one incredible package!

[@yosquidd242]

The right foot is special like no others. Still, the best drum set-arrangement to play, to hear, to see. to feel. WOW

[@Gretschdrums75]

He still plays the fusion thing better than anyone. His toms sound amazing as always. It just goes to show that a great musician carries his signature tone with him no matter what brand he plays.

[@ranXerox09]

I can't stop seeing this video.. I saw it hundreds of times, haha it's just awesome

[@RogerBiwandu]

Billy is a REAL drum living legend, we (I know I do, shame on me...) tend to forget about him while naming top player, but he's still there and no for joke, he's a real legend and it was a real revolution when he came in the music business, respect Mr Cobham !!!

[@DrOCkABlEs]

CLASSIC!!!! TWO LEGENDS ENJOYING EACH OTHERS TALENTS!! 1:28-1:34 is the best REAL MUSIC!

[@rnl9520]

This is Billy at his Best!

[@jayb9380]

I cried so hard when Mr. Duke passed