The discography of

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

drummer

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 '' Mode ...

includes solo, collaborative, and work playing on other artists' albums.

Discography

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As sideman

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Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...

* '' Western Man'' (Atlantic, 1971) * ''Lessons in Living'' (1982) With

Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R ...

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Got My Own ''Got My Own'' is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label.Big Bad Jug'' (Prestige, 1973) With

Ray Barretto Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...

* ''The Other Road'' (1973) With

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...

* '' Giblet Gravy'' (1968) * ''

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'' (CTI, 1972) With

Bobby and the Midnites Bobby and the Midnites was a rock group led by Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. The band was Weir's main side project during the first half of the 1980s. They released two albums, but were better known for their live concerts than for their wor ...

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Where the Beat Meets the Street ''Where the Beat Meets the Street'' is the second studio album by Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and his side-project, Bobby and the Midnites. The album reached number 166 on the Billboard 200. Track listing #"(I Want to Live in) Amer ...

'' (1984) With

The Brothers Johnson The Brothers Johnson was an American funk and R&B band consisting of the American brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs"). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, with three ...

* '' Look Out for #1'' (1976) With

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...

* ''Make It Funky: The Big Payback 1971-1975'' (1996) With

Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...

* '' Night Song'' (Verve, 1969) * '' God Bless the Child'' (CTI, 1971) With Cargo * ''Cargo'' (1982) With

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a Cello, cellist who has reco ...

*'' Uptown Conversation'' (Embryo, 1970) * '' Blues Farm'' (CTI, 1973) * '' All Blues'' (CTI, 1973) * '' Spanish Blue'' (CTI, 1974) * '' Yellow & Green'' (CTI, 1976) * '' New York Slick'' (Milestone, 1980) * '' Empire Jazz'' (RSO, 1980) With

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fus ...

* '' School Days'' (1976) * ''Atlantis'' with

George Duke George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as ...

(1973) * ''Live at the Greek'' with

Larry Carlton Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts including Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. One of the most sought after guitarists of his era, Carlton has ...

(1993) With

Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist, widely considered the "godfather of fusion". Alongside Gábor Szabó, he was a pioneer in melding jazz, country and rock ...

* '' Spaces'' (1974) * ''The Essential Larry Coryell'' (1975) * ''Spaces Revisited'' (1997) With

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

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Bitches Brew ''Bitches Brew'' is a studio album by the American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was recorded from August 19 to 21, 1969, at Columbia's Studio B in New York City and released on March 30, 1970, by Columbia Records. I ...

'' (1970) * '' Live-Evil'' (1970) * '' A Tribute to Jack Johnson'' (1970) * '' Big Fun'' (1974) * '' Get Up with It'' (1974) * ''

Circle in the Round ''Circle in the Round'' is a 1979 compilation album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It compiled outtakes from sessions across fifteen years of Davis's career that, with one exception, had been previously unreleased. All of its tracks have since been ...

'' (1979) * '' Directions'' (recorded 11.3.1960-27.2.1970, released 1980) With Richard Davis *'' Way Out West'' (recorded 1977, Muse, 1980) *'' Fancy Free'' (Galaxy, 1977) With

Eumir Deodato Eumir Deodato de Almeida (; born 22 June 1943) is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and record producer, primarily in jazz but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as Pop music, pop, Rock music, rock, disco, rhythm a ...

* '' Prelude'' (1972) * ''

Deodato 2 ''Deodato 2'' is a 1973 album by Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato. It features noted session guitarist John Tropea on 4 tracks and virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke on one song, "Skyscrapers". His version of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" w ...

'' (1973) * ''Whirlwinds'' (1974) With

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* ''Dreams'' (1970) * ''Imagine My Surprise'' (1971) With

Charles Earland Charles Earland (May 24, 1941 – December 11, 1999) was an American jazz organist. Biography Earland was born in Philadelphia and learned to play the saxophone in high school. He played tenor with Jimmy McGriff at the age of 17 and in 1960 fo ...

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'' (Prestige, 1972) With

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian Americans, Canadian–American jazz pianist, Music arranger, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators i ...

*'' Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980)'' (Trio, 1981) With Fania All Stars * '' Our Latin Thing'' (1972) * ''Latin-Soul-Rock'' (1974) With

Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer and pianist known for her emotive, genre-blending ballads that spanned R&B, jazz, Folk music, folk, and pop and contributed to the birth of the quiet storm ...

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Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include " The Ghetto" ...

* '' Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway'' (1980) With

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...

* '' Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ'' (1989) With Johnny Hammond *'' Breakout'' (Kudu, 1971) * '' Wild Horses Rock Steady'' (Kudu, 1971) *'' The Prophet'' (Kudu, 1972) With

Billy Harper Billy Harper (born January 17, 1943) is an American jazz saxophonist, "one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists" with a distinctively stern, hard-as-nails sound on his instrument.Chris KelseyBilly Harper Biography ''AllMusi ...

*'' Capra Black'' (Strata-East, 1973) With Donald Harrison * '' Heroes'' (Nagel Heyer, 2004) * New York Cool: Live at The Blue Note (Half Note, 2005) * This Is Jazz: Live at The Blue Note (Half Note, 2011) With

Freddie Hubbard Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...

* '' Sky Dive'' (CTI, 1973) With

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* '' Time & Love'' (CTI, 1972) With

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...

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'' (CTI, 1972) With Jazz Is Dead * '' Blue Light Rain'' (1998) With

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

* ''The Anderson Tapes'' (1971) * '' I Heard That!!'' (1976) With

Robin Kenyatta Robin Kenyatta (March 6, 1942 – October 26, 2004) was an American jazz alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. Early life Born Robert Prince Haynes in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Kenyatta grew up in New York City and began playing the saxophone a ...

*'' Gypsy Man'' (Atlantic, 1973) With

Hubert Laws Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist, piccoloist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop ...

* '' Morning Star'' (CTI, 1972) * ''

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'' (CTI, 1973) With

Mahavishnu Orchestra The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a jazz fusion band formed in New York City in 1971, led by English guitarist John McLaughlin (musician), John McLaughlin. The group underwent several line-up changes throughout its history across its two periods of a ...

* '' Inner Mounting Flame'' (1971) * '' Birds of Fire'' (1973) * '' Between Nothingness and Eternity'' (1973) * '' The Lost Trident Sessions'' (recorded 1973, released 1999) * ''

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'' (1984) With

Junior Mance Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (October 10, 1928 – January 17, 2021), known as Junior Mance, was an American jazz pianist and composer. Biography Early life (1928–1947) Mance was born in Evanston, Illinois. When he was five years old, Mance st ...

* '' With a Lotta Help from My Friends'' (Atlantic, 1970) With

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

*'' Journey'' (Atlantic, 1974) With

Les McCann Leslie Coleman McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his Swiss Movement, 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What". His music ha ...

*'' Comment'' (Atlantic, 1970) * '' Invitation to Openness'' (Atlantic, 1971) With John McLaughlin * '' My Goal's Beyond'' (Columbia, 1971) * '' Love Devotion Surrender'' with

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the Rock music, rock band Santana (band), Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he r ...

(Columbia, 1973) * '' Electric Guitarist'' (Columbia, 1978) With Mark-Almond Band * ''Rising'' (1972) * ''To the Heart'' (1976) With Jimmy Owens *''

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'' (A&M/Horizon, 1978) With

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

* '' The Way I Feel'' (Milestone, 1976) * '' Don’t Stop the Carnival'' (Milestone, 1978) With Michel Sardaby *''Michel Sardaby in New York'' (Sound Hills, 2002) With Don Sebesky * '' Giant Box'' (CTI, 1973) With

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...

* ''Serenade to a Soul Sister'' (1968) * ''You Gotta Take a Little Love'' (1969) With Carly Simon * ''Hotcakes (album), Hotcakes'' (1974) With Lonnie Smith (organist), Lonnie Smith *''Mama Wailer'' (Kudu, 1971) With Gábor Szabó * ''Mizrab (album), Mizrab'' (CTI, 1972) With Leon Thomas *''The Leon Thomas Album'' (Flying Dutchman, 1970) With McCoy Tyner * ''Fly with the Wind'' (Milestone, 1976) With Stanley Turrentine * Sugar (Stanley Turrentine album), ''Sugar'' (CTI, 1970) * Ain't No Way (Blue Note, 1980, recorded 1969) With Stanley Turrentine and

* Cherry (Stanley Turrentine album), ''Cherry'' (CTI, 1972) With Miroslav Vitous * ''Purple'' (1970) With Grover Washington, Jr. * ''All the King's Horses (Grover Washington, Jr. album), All the King's Horses'' (Kudu, 1972) * ''Soul Box'' (Kudu, 1973) With Randy Weston * ''Blue Moses (album), Blue Moses'' (CTI, 1972) With Paul Winter *''Winter Consort Icarus (album), Traps on Sunwheel and on Whole Earth Chant (1972)

References

External links

Album details of all Billy Cobham Albums
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobham, Billy Jazz discographies Discographies of American artists