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Billy Cobham - Spectrum album

  • Performer: Billy Cobham
  • Genre: Jazz / Soulful music
  • Title: Spectrum
  • Released: 1973
  • Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock
  • Country: US
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Description

Spectrum is the debut album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. The album contains much influence of the music of Miles Davis and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with whom Cobham had previously collaborated extensively. Tommy Bolin, who would go on to join the hard rock band Deep Purple two years later, plays the lead guitar.

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Spectrum is the debut solo album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. The album was heavily influenced by the music of Miles Davis, with whom Cobham had previously collaborated extensively, and Cobham's previous band Mahavishnu Orchestra. The song "Stratus" appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV of the radio station "Fusion FM", as well as being the main sample in the Massive Attack hit "Safe from Harm".

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Most of the selections showcase Cobham in a quartet with keyboardist Jan Hammer, guitarist Tommy Bolin, and electric bassist Lee Sklar. Two other numbers include Joe Farrell on flute and soprano and trumpeter Jimmy Owens with guitarist John Tropea, Hammer, bassist Ron Carter, and Ray Barretto on congas.

Cobham's debut album, Spectrum (1973), surprised him and his record company when it reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Jazz Albums chart and No. 26 on the Top 200 Albums chart. Drummer Billy Cobham was fresh from his success with the Mahavishnu Orchestra when he recorded his. debut album, which is still his best. Most of the selections showcase Cobham in a quartet with keyboardist Jan Hammer, guitarist Tommy Bolin, and electric bassist Lee Sklar.

Billy Cobham is one of the greatest jazz-fusion drummers from the last decades. Shortly after he left the band Mahavishnu Orchestra he released his debut solo album Spectrum. Influenced by the music of Miles Davis he combines elements from the jazz with rock and psychedelia. From the subtle parts to the more aggressive moments, it's an album in which Cobham shows his identity to the public. The music quartet recorded some lengthy pieces, out of which "Stratus" is the absolute masterpiece.

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Tracklist

A1 Quadrant 4
A2a Searching For The Right Door
A2b Spectrum
A3a Anxiety
A3b Taurian Matador
B1 Stratus
B2a To The Women In My Life
B2b Le Lis
B3a Snoopy's Search
B3b Red Baron

Credits

  • Bass [Acoustic] – Ron Carter (tracks: A2b, B2b)
  • Bass Guitar [Fender] – Lee Sklar* (tracks: A1 to A2a, A3a to B2a, B3a, B3b)
  • Congas – Ray Barretto (tracks: A2b, B2b)
  • Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Moog] – Jan Hammer
  • Engineer [Recording, Re-mix] – Ken Scott
  • Flugelhorn – Jimmy Owens (tracks: A2b, B2b)
  • Flute, Saxophone [Soprano] – Joe Farrell (tracks: A2b)
  • Guitar – John Tropea (tracks: B2b), Tommy Bolin (tracks: A1 to A2a, A3a to B2a, B3a, B3b)
  • Percussion – Billy Cobham
  • Piano [Acoustic] – Jan Hammer (tracks: A1 to A2a, A3a to B2a, B3a, B3b)
  • Producer, Written-By – William E. Cobham Jr.*
  • Saxophone [Alto] – Joe Farrell (tracks: B2b)
  • Trumpet – Jimmy Owens (tracks: B2b)

Notes

Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: Stemra

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SD 7268 Billy Cobham Spectrum ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Atlantic SD 7268 US 1973
AFZ5 234 Billy Cobham Spectrum ‎(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Quad, Ltd, Num,) Audio Fidelity AFZ5 234 US 2016
MOVLP2167 Billy Cobham Spectrum ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180) Music On Vinyl, Atlantic MOVLP2167 Europe 2018
7567-81428-2, 7567-81428-2 YG Billy Cobham Spectrum ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) Atlantic Jazz, Atlantic Jazz 7567-81428-2, 7567-81428-2 YG Europe Unknown
SD 7268 Billy Cobham Spectrum ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat) Atlantic SD 7268 US 1974

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