Billy Cobham, widely regarded as fusion’s greatest drummer, returns to Ronnie Scott’s for a special residency with masterful composer, arranger, and trumpeter Guy Barker and his Big Band. The collaboration stretches back to 2001, when Barker joined Cobham’s quintet to record The Art of Five and tour internationally. Now, Guy’s big band arrangements meet Billy’s quartet, featuring stellar soloists including saxophonist Chris Hunter, who first played with Barker at Ronnie’s in 1980 before moving to New York to join the Gil Evans band.
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Billy Cobham has perfected his drumming to a perfect standard that even I have to love.
From a mixture of American and Jazz, he can capture the raw emotion and feeling in any song and bring it to life right before your eyes.
I've seen Billy Cobham live a few times, and each time had amazing drum solos that were perfect and one hundred perfect on point. I never heard a sound out of beat and I would never expect anything else from him. He has been doing this over fifty years and has fully immersed himself into doing what he loves, and he truly shows that every single time he steps on stage.
I was happy to see that you could clearly see that he was happy in everything he did on that stage and he loves performing, even now fifty plus years later. I am glad that I went to see him, and I am even happier that Billy Cobham never gave up his dream of drumming and kept pushing forward through all the years throughout the years to obtain what he has now.