Billy Cobham´s Time Machine
Billy Cobham (US) – drums
Gary Husband (UK) – keyboards
Rocco Zifarelli (IT) – guitar
Michael Mondesir (UK) – bass
Marco Lobo (BR) – percussion
The American drummer Billy Cobham is this year's guest of honor at the Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival. He is regarded as a pioneering figure in fusion jazz. As noted in the NE article about the festival's guest of honor, "Few drummers could combine jazz's complexity with rock's aggression like he did, and his style has set a standard for generations of drummers." Billy Cobham collaborated with Miles Davis on his early fusion recordings and also met guitarist John McLaughlin, who founded Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1971 with Billy Cobham as one of the five original members.
Born in Panama in 1944, Billy Cobham moved to Brooklyn, New York, with his family when he was three years old, where he grew up. He developed an early interest in percussion and studied as a teenager at the High School of Music and Art in New York.
When:
fredag 2 augusti
Where:
Organizer
Ystad Jazz
tel: +46705809915
Epost: itta@ystadjazz.se
Ystads Teater
Sjömansgatan 13
27143 Ystad
Opening hours
Saturday, August 3 at 21:00
Ystads Teater
Tickets: ystadjazz.se