I present this just as a curiosity, because I’ve never encountered this meter anywhere before (maybe in a percussion ensemble piece?). But you can see how we usually deal with the odd #/16 meters; often […]
Category: Billy Cobham
Larry Appelbaum: Before and After with Billy Cobham
Larry Appelbaum, writer, blogger, and jazz specialist for the US Library of Congress, among other things, listens to records with Billy Cobham– covering Paul Motian, Lewis Nash, Ndugu, Philly Joe, and more. Here they are […]
Billy Cobham with Horace Silver
Here’s a fun clip of Billy Cobham playing Nutville with Horace Silver in 1968. And there’s Bennie Maupin on tenor. It’s awfully strange seeing Cobham playing a four piece. Tip-o-the-stick to Drum to Life for […]