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Billy Cobham

William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. AllMusic biographer Steve Huey said, "Generally acclaimed as fusion's greatest drumm…

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Type
Person
Area
Switzerland
Born
May 16th, 1944
Genres
Labels
Rhino
Atlantic
Cleopatra Records
Epic
Columbia
Last updated: August 5th, 2023·MusicBrainz

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