Bolin is 22-23 years old here. Couldn't read music, just picked up the general gist of the song and here it is....all created on the spot. What were any of us doing at 22 years old? Fucking genius.

@DfromTC

2 жыл бұрын

100% true. My dad grew up with him in Sioux City

@nealbradleigh5069

Жыл бұрын

Spacing out at this masterpiece, overnight at a radio station or two (somewhere in America). Not to be greedy, I was only too happy to share this creative fire ftom Olympus with those in the wee wee hours (bet it kept a few folks awake at the wheel, fo' sho')!

@dean4559

Жыл бұрын

Well, the song is in pentatonic. Basic rock, so Bolin could go wild with no need for the knowledge of advanced jazz theory. Just saying.

@MichaelSmith-fw6st

Жыл бұрын

@@dean4559 in my early 20's in the 70's, this was a transitional bridge from Rock of the 60's & 70''s which seemed to be losing it's creative and revolutionary appeal, to jazz, which can never let you you down in creativity. Joe Farrell is another bridge for me, from hard-driving rock to jazz. They appealed to my need for a hard drum rhythm to pause long enough to appreciate the creativity of the other instruments going on. Thus, I expanded my appreciation, which has lasted a lifetime.

@MrJohnnyDistortion

Жыл бұрын

Well, I wasn't doing heroin. That's for certain.

The drumming on this album broke new ground. This was 1973. Drummers had not heard anything like this before. Runs across the toms like that and the speed, power and uniqueness were amazing. The great Buddy Rich was the number one drummer in the Downbeat musicians poll for years. This album ended that.

@dasglasperlenspiel10

3 жыл бұрын

You are exactly right! I was a young drummer at the time. And I appreciate that your comment grants Buddy his greatness. He really was great! But Billy was great in a very different, unique way. I would come home from a concert where Cobham played in a state of shock. I had never heard anything like him before!

@Gargoyle3438

3 жыл бұрын

SOLARIZATION, the opening track from the follow up album BILLY COBHAM • TOTAL ECLIPSE in 1974 blew the doors off. Note: don't listen to a scratchy album post of it listeners. Digital. He had a new double bass fiberglass drum set by MILESTONE to replace the legendary FIBES clear double bass set and he cut a timpani in half and called it a Gong Drum (later made by TAMA). Albums that take you on a voyage like a number of the fusion albums did then as opposed to a collection of shorter three minute songs are a favorite.

@bradsmith236

2 жыл бұрын

They did also have Bill Ward back then. Not trying to take anything away from this masterpiece.

@mysterj1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gargoyle3438 the fusion jazz of that period was amazing stuff.

@andreaskonstantopoulos3951

2 жыл бұрын

yep like 032!! listen carefully

Let’s not forget Lee Sklar for that bass line alone.

The late great T. Bolin. He and Cobham made magic! This is perhaps the greatest jazz fusion album in history.

@henrywasserman

3 жыл бұрын

It has been for me since '73 ha ha.

@richcoe9273

Жыл бұрын

Back when this came out, I was pleasantly surprised with Tommy Bolin. I wasn't surprised about his skills, just surprised that he did this with Cobham. This is a world away from Deep Purple. BTW, I'm a Cobham fan. not so much a Deep Purple fan. Now I'm from Philly and a childhood friend's uncles were Micheal and Randy Brecker. Loved Micheal's colab with Billy on "Heather"

@claussaunte2303

11 ай бұрын

Well, cobham is defenitely the Best drummer, i have heard live in my lifetime, No contest, alone his psycical presence left me in awe.

@doovie101

10 ай бұрын

Blow by Blow.

@Shred_The_Weapon

Ай бұрын

You think that Jeff Beck album beats this one out, ​@@doovie101? I won’t argue that it does or doesn’t myself. They have one player in common.

"What is life but a Spectrum, and what is Music but life itself." William E. Cobham Jr.

Tommy Bolin was the Star of this Album..His understanding of Jazz Fusion and Rock and Roll was just so impressive..Rest In Peace Tommy Bolin, your not forgotten..

@vergon6662

7 жыл бұрын

Master groover...stole the show.

@lazaromillares953

7 жыл бұрын

builtforspeed339 God Bless your words , dam true.

@MrOri62

6 жыл бұрын

Builtforspeed hai ragione. Non lo dimentichiamo il Sig. Tommy Bolin.

@tonewall1

5 жыл бұрын

Mr Cobham ...thinks your adorable.

@BenSamaChan

5 жыл бұрын

His what?

One of the greatest recorded snare drums in history.

@erickborling1302

3 жыл бұрын

'spLOSive! bam! Even better than Bruford's "One of a Kind" snare.

@ChristopherSmithNYC

3 жыл бұрын

I love the N&C that Chris Whitten uses on Paul Mcartneys Tripping the live fantastic.

@bowelmusicreleases_DAMF

3 жыл бұрын

I get that 👍

@SpartanLaserCanon

3 жыл бұрын

The slight reverb makes it pop in the right way.

@rockholiday7344

2 жыл бұрын

U bet,kick also,right in the chest,for snare I love Yes,,big gen And 90215 for great snare rec

Loooove Leland Sklar's bass line on this. It is perfect and really stands out on this classic jazz/rock masterpiece.

@smitskee

4 жыл бұрын

Especially, in the true sense, you have a fusion of two jazz base musicians, Billy and Jan, playing with two great Rock based players.

@8sigreg

3 жыл бұрын

It seems like a simple bass part, but finding a bass player who can hold it down rock solid isn't that easy. I've heard too many start to drift.

@hubbsllc

2 жыл бұрын

@@8sigreg Definitely a challenge. I've been playing for over 40 years and I just tried it for the first time a week or so ago. It's just three notes but man, keeping them in order and clean isn't easy.

@ognir66

2 жыл бұрын

@@hubbsllc agreed. Forearm destroyer too. LOL

@mysterj1

2 жыл бұрын

@@8sigreg exactly. I’m a bass player and often listen to Leland’s playing against the snare…he’s just dead on, all the time.

Had the album in 73, freshman in college in Ohio... it became part of my DNA :-) still listening today!

The bass line... Safe from Harm two decades later

@THEWORDCHRISTIANMINISTRY

5 ай бұрын

Leland Sklar ~ This is such a timeless bass-line.

I've just discovered this for the first time in 2020. Fantastic. The rhythm section just smashing it.

@Yrr666

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@Eleventhearlofmars

3 жыл бұрын

Lee Sklar has his own channel on KZread and plays along to his original lay down bass track , it’s worth checking it out.

@8sigreg

3 жыл бұрын

Cobham is rock solid. The entire band was ahead of their time. And, it's so sad we lost Bolin way too early.

@lindaatkins4920

3 жыл бұрын

You are still catching up like I am Jeremy..

@danielasontomankind3536

3 жыл бұрын

sampled by Massive attack

This is SO GREAT! Jeff Beck loved this album.

@blairmathis3349

10 ай бұрын

Beck and Tal blew it up too!!!

@tomgross1953

5 ай бұрын

It inspired him to make Blow by Blow

@bobmerkling

4 ай бұрын

And Miles Davis' "Jack Johnson"@@tomgross1953

@bobmerkling

4 ай бұрын

Fantastic albums!

one of the greatest drummers of all time!

I bought this album when it first came out... the store in Northern England had "listening booths"... "Stratus" came on, I was absolutely blown away and had to pick myself up off the floor, Billy Cobham's drums, Tommy Bolin on guitar and Jan Hammer on keyboards were just WILD but also melodic, I loved it... I have the album today and recorded it to my Laptop and of course it is available on You Tube... I can never get over this awesome album... nowadays I play it and listen... amazing... WOW...what more can I say??? Malcolm in Toronto Nov 2021

@alejandrogn4

2 жыл бұрын

You’re not mentioning the disgusting bassline that lives the entire song. Huge reason it’s such a groove

@harveylimpopo3042

17 күн бұрын

Don't forget the majesty of the bass on the record mostly by Lee Sklar who did this ICONIC bass line

One of the best drum 'n bass grooves iv heard

Some of the greatest jazz fusion musicians of all time performed on this album. One of my favorites. Cobham is second to none in his field. And Jan Hammer,. Well.... Not to mention one of Tommy Bolin's greats.

@blairmathis3349

7 ай бұрын

Let's not forget Lenny,Narada and Bruford!!!

@martinpennock9430

7 ай бұрын

​@@blairmathis3349100%

Beautifully sampled in later years by Massive Attack

This song was included on one of the in game radio stations on Grand Theft Auto IV (2008). It was on the fusion jazz radio station (Fusion FM) I was 16 years old and played this game a ton and always had this station on. It introduced me to such good jazz fusion music, and it’s since been one of my fav genres.

One of the best jazz/rock track ever made, fantastic bass line!

@Digga58

5 жыл бұрын

Not one! This piece is The Masterpiece. The Cornerstone. THE FUSIONPIECE! The Basic and the HighEnd at the same time..............................

@fredswenson2088

5 жыл бұрын

Check out Jeff Beck, Jan, and Vinnie Colaiuta's live version. Vinnie is obviously a great drummer, but he swings for the fences a couple times where Billy would keep it more inside. Still, it's worth a listen; the groove is true to the original.

@ridermak4111

4 жыл бұрын

kneelandpray2 It’s late 2019 and I just discovered that Leland Sklar was the bass player on this legendary original. I keep saying to myself, “self, stop being surprised at where you find Mr. Sklar, he has played for almost everyone, on almost every album worth talking about, almost since magnetic recording tape was invented.” I have a dvd of Toto live in Paris 2007. What an amazing concert. Greg Philinganes, Lee Sklar, Simon Phillips !! I read later (I hope this isn’t a bogus story) that just before that tour, their bassist had an accident so they called Mr. Sklar and asked him to stand in for the tour. He learned the whole show in 2 weeks but watching him doesn’t provide a clue. In several little spots during the show he slips in licks from other iconic artists. I caught a whisper of Weather Report Heavy Weather. It’s hilarious. He’s played with EVERYONE.

@Riordan59

4 жыл бұрын

The bassline was famously sampled by Massive Attack on their track Safe From Harm.

@lorddavester

4 жыл бұрын

The bassline comes from some higher power.Not of this Earth.😎

I 'D LISTENED TO THIS SONG JUST 45 YEARS AGO. AND THEN I COULDN'T FIND IT... AFTER 45 YEARS I COULD FIND AND LISTEN AGAIN...

@asmodeus9075

5 жыл бұрын

The wonders of technology!

@radiantonion8615

5 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY the same to me!...I woke up thinking Eclipse but not quite...then Stratus....it's that memorable! ...a song that sticks in your head 45 yrs

@zoozoozee

4 жыл бұрын

damn nice dude

@matto9734

4 жыл бұрын

there had been LPs and CDs out there and if you havent lived under stone you migjht have been able get access to it....

BILLY. COBHAM. IS ONE THE BEST DRUMMER EVER TO WALK THE EARTH

Woow, Lee Sklar on the electric bass, too! What a super-team! 😮

I was 11 years old and a budding drummer when this album came out. And I bought it ! I was always exploring anything cool or progressive I could find. I lived near a super awesome record shop that was inexpensive, and I was always so grateful for that ! This album still propels my drumming and musical journey to this day !

@frankrinchiuso3380

2 ай бұрын

Right on! ✌️

Tommy Bolin was magical...and no words for Billy Cobham

@leksheychef6063

2 ай бұрын

Don’t forget jan hammer!

@willg54

2 ай бұрын

And Lee Sklar on bass.😊 ​@@leksheychef6063

While growing up in Switzerland in the early 70's, I would listened every night to radio Luxembourg until 3 am when they went off air closing with this fusion masterpiece.

@shasha-muse6054

5 жыл бұрын

minocher vania ☆☆☆wow!!! Lucky you......you got to grow up in Switzerland and you were listening to this gem? Veeeery nice. Peace and love.🎶🎶🎶

@bowelmusicreleases_DAMF

3 жыл бұрын

Did the Swiss jam it?

@minochervania2179

3 жыл бұрын

@@bowelmusicreleases_DAMF only in Montreux.

@The_Touring_Jedi

2 жыл бұрын

@@minochervania2179 Thats correct, 1970 did not had jazz scene even today there are not many Blues&Jazz bars/clubs where you can listen live musik without buying a ticket. We are missing bars where live music is played even today 40 years later...

Truly one great really great drummers of all times. Sometimes underappreciated but a phenomenal talent

One of the best things ever by anyone anywhere

@richardmbowman

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@warrendoris9669

4 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt.Was living in South Carolina at the time.Heard this on a savannah Georgia radio station and bought the album immediately.

@jonblackers4339

4 жыл бұрын

Stargazer by RAINBOW seems more a proper candidate here. Its mot I cant appreciate stuff like this but at the same I feel awkward, it sounds so much 70 s drugs inspired.

I was lucky enough to see him in a brick cellar that year in Houston!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Legendary! With Tommy Bolin and Stanley Clarke.

timeless.....kids these days just don't know what they don't know....we grew up in such a rich musical era...60's, 70's 80's ...90's......

When i was 12, today 62.....he is still the master....

This track is one of the best jazz-rock compositions from my side. Extremely combinations of drums and bass.....For me it is a morning opening for a hard day. Gives me enormous energy.

One of the top tracks in Musik history.... Ear candy 👌

Billy Cobham's "Spectrum".. best Record ever ! 👍👍👍👍👍

THAT snare drum ... 🏆⭐💚🌈 wow 😬

I truly believe music can hardly goes any better from here

@matthiasalexanderfeulbach254

Жыл бұрын

LONG LIVES BILLY BOLIN!!

The Ballistic Outro Drum Solo of the gods.. BILLY G.O.A.T.

@larrymartell5411

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

Tommy Bolin, the sound of the eternity

@FabioDish

3 жыл бұрын

IMMORTALE!!!

Never gets old. This is a real Super BAND

Kick ass big dog, you know what's up, mister master MAN, you can't touch this, 1 of a kind, don't you say people that like jazz. Thank you Cobham.🎧🎶🎶🎶🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹

I was very high at the time, but I remember seeing Mahavishnu John McLaughlin with Billy Cobham drumming live around 1975 at the Orpheum in Boston. At the same venue I saw the Grateful dead twice and Bob Weir and Kingfish once plus The Band and Bob Dylan and the dead. saw Freddie Hubbard and George Benson at a small Boston club. Just dredging up the old fantastic memories. Boston was a rad place to see music in the 70's.Boston tea Party had J Geils as the house band, lots of free concerts, folk clubs, rock festivals and then out to Tanglewood where I saw The Who, Santana, The band again and Jethro Tull. It was such a rich concert environment that you'd shrug off seeing The Stones or miss The Allman Brothers because you were going out to too many concerts. saw Elton John's premiere performance in the US. Rod Stewart and Small faces.

@ArielArkenax

4 жыл бұрын

William Nelson yeah I saw Mahavishnu Orchestra at Reading Fest the same year, minus Jan Hammer but still an amazing gig, I did copious amounts of acid to this record when I first got it, sort of seared it into my soul to an extreme earworm thing 😂

The base that makes this bass is fabulous! Everything is based on that solid foundation.

Lee Sklar shows how to lay down a groove.

@anthonybielik287

4 жыл бұрын

Man I love dat bass!!!

@a-funk1253

4 жыл бұрын

And listen how even his notes are. Very consistent.

@ElectricLabel

4 жыл бұрын

Check out his KZread channel. He jammed along with this the other day using the actual bass he played on the record.

@Mikri90

3 жыл бұрын

@@a-funk1253 Yeah, I wonder how many people are able to appreciate the difficulty of playing a simple line over and over while remaining tight and consistent. A hallmark of a great bass player.

@gravityalwayswins1434

3 жыл бұрын

Damn straight.

Bass line 👌👌

I love Beastie Boys and Massive Attack, and heard this track for the first time today. This song spawned TWO of my favorite songs! Love it!

@Cosmikh0bo

Жыл бұрын

OHH what's the Beastie Boys one?!

@sn1ffy85

11 ай бұрын

There isn’t. Just the Massive cut.

@Truth-Assassin

3 ай бұрын

You can tell this album has a lot of influence on the Beastie Boys album The In Sound from Way Out.

Lee Sklar got me hooked on this, brilliant track, excellent musicianship across the board, thanks Lee 🖕

I believe they cut the Album in three or four days Billy Cobham-Tommy Bolin, Lee Skylar, Jan Hammer Best session Musicians and players available at the time- What an album!

That drumming is godly.

This song is pure art.

A real Jazz-Rock Classic and therefore in my Groove Magicians playlist

When i was 19 back in '79, I was first introduced to Jazz/Rock Fusion and my mind was simply blown away. I'd never heard musicianship like this in my life...the first 3 albums were Return To Forever's "Romantic Warrior", Al Di Meola's "Land Of The Midnight Sun", and Billy Cobham's "Spectrum". What a way to begin a life long fascination with the genre. Thank you to Brian Jones of London, Ontario.

@ridermak4111

4 жыл бұрын

Corea Kixx HOLEECRAP that’s almost exactly my story !! I was a high school senior in 77 and I lost my fusion cherry to RTF Romantic Warrior, Dimeola’s “Elegant Gypsy” (overall lifetime favorite album I think because I cannot get bored with one second of it), Stanley Clark “School days”, And an dizzying overdose of Jean-luc Ponty. A friend’s older brother had 3 or 4 Ponty albums. That violin twisted this 18 year old brain. The very coolest thing happened. My Dad...WWII veteran, drummer, music degree, former marching band director, fell hard for this new weird music I was bringing home. He and I lived together for awhile after the divorce and when I came home one day he didn’t hear me come in Because he had Gino Vanelli’s “Brother to brother”.... CRANKED UP on my hot rod Sansui stereo. Jazz-fusion was a very cool father-son connection.

We played the heck out of this album in the 1970s in a house where I lived with a group of jazz musicians. Thanks for posting!

A Jazz-Rock Anthem and a superb drum solo performance,by one of the greatest drummers ever !!

Billy for ever. ❤️

the drums and bass groove,just awesome,lovely interplay between Bolin and Hammer also.

@luisalbertozuniga2401

2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeees

'Cut your face off' snare drum... and buttery damn ghost strokes too! YAY

@fredswenson2088

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the trashy China cymbal ride!

@fabrigasan2150

3 жыл бұрын

Peccato che non rulla mai……🙄🙄

I still have my copy of this LP and this song contains my favorite Jan Hammer solo of alllll time! oh - and Billy's pocket groove on here is friggin perfect! One of the top progressive jazz fusion LPs EVER!

The muting and articulation of his guitar notes ... simply awesome!

Billy and Tommy-- doesn`t get much better.

@DfromTC

2 жыл бұрын

Tommy and Alphonse Mouzon were great too. Check out GOLDEN RAINBOWS

my neighbors listen to this whether they like it or not, rest in peace tommy bolin

@tightirl

3 жыл бұрын

joke's been made a million times. take your life.

@chriswakefield9538

3 жыл бұрын

@@tightirl Agreed.

@samgibson684

2 жыл бұрын

No joke foo

@NeilRaouf

Жыл бұрын

i wanna be your neighbor

@mrjimbobarinojabar9405

Жыл бұрын

Anthony Corrreia also yells FREEBIRD!!! at every show he attends.

Fusion....at it's best! Jazz & Rock fusion. That bass is filthy! THAT BASS!!!!! This shit ROCKS...like grandpa's old chair. This.....and Miles Davis....A TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON. Some of the best shit put on record!

one of the best songs i ve ever heard

@henrywasserman

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is and always will be.

It doesn't get any better than this! I swear it doesn't. I swear to GOD it don't!

Love it when kids rave about the groove from Safe From Harm,my mum bought me this record in the mid 70s as drumming inspiration.

IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN BILLY'S DRUMMING

@TheMorganRose

3 жыл бұрын

Amen! The groove on this track should be taught in all drum classes...

@michaelmarino3013

2 жыл бұрын

Check out tony williams lifetime believe it lp.youll dig it...

@ameliopompeo5722

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmarino3013 The track FRED by Tony Williams is amazing. Sadly gone but his drumming was outstanding !

DO make a stop by Lee Sklars KZread channel so you can watch him playing this bass line and just hammering it into submission.....Plus a ton of other songs too...

Cobham is a genius! Jazz Funk Master!!!

Wore the grooves down with this album the summer of 1973!!!

@Spirtelol

8 жыл бұрын

But.. Weren't you shot down during WW1, 1917?

@Spirtelol

8 жыл бұрын

+Werner Voss Sick.. And now you're back, resurrected by the groove

@vergon6662

7 жыл бұрын

I've got 3 copies just KUZZZ!

@bellavia5

7 жыл бұрын

My friend gave me the album back in 76. I got rid of all my albums in 1998. Bought Spectrum last year-just to have. I need the CD.

@mailman2347

6 жыл бұрын

thats awesome

Our bass player couldn`t play this for more than 5 minutes because he would get cramp so we had to keep the solos quite short . Jan Hammers synth playing is great .

@sn1ffy85

11 ай бұрын

sounds like you need a new bass player.

@grantwilliams2650

9 ай бұрын

@@sn1ffy85It sounds like you haven’t picked up a bass in your life if you can’t understand how much of a BITCH playing this bassline is

Damn I love this everyone of these players are first class true musicians and thats DESPERATELY needed today love it wish I had heard it WAY sooner I'm a fan nice work

Massive Attack brought me here...after a few decades.

@jackedkerouac4414

3 жыл бұрын

Me too ,on both counts

Fusion FM got me here. Awesome musicianship!

One of my greatest strengths rifs ever, heard it in 1976 at a club in Germany. Best ever album

I first heard this when I was senior in high school in 1973 on WHFS in Bethesda, Maryland. I was blown away then and I am still amazed at how great this album is. Thank you Billy Cobham!

I love this album

Pure Bolin BLISS at 2:09-magical spine tingling 16-bar riff I listen to monthly. I saw Billy at Middlebury College in 1973 and years later in LA at the Conga Room. Coolest friendliest guy ever. Reminisced with me about that ‘73 college gig when he was with Mahavishnu and even remembered that Leo Kottke opened for them.

@richardparrot9202

3 жыл бұрын

What? No replies 😕

@richardparrot9202

3 жыл бұрын

I just learned something about that flawless spine tingling 16-bar riff...it’s a sound effect known as “ecoplex” which takes a sequence and repeats like a digital echo...I still love it. Don’t matter to me if you use technology to create sonic bliss...

@jsizzle9366

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the time mark..good God so awesome

@jsizzle9366

Жыл бұрын

@@richardparrot9202 been around...but yes what a great example..just is so awesome

Tommy Bolin is the man...🔝🤘

@denniszajac8568

4 жыл бұрын

Miss Tommy got to see him with Zephyr Out standing

Could easily stay up all night sketching with this playing low next to my drawing table. Swap out for Jeff Beck or Santana. I'd lose track of time and realize I had to get an hour or two sleep.

How strong does Lee sklars fingers have to be to play the same lick for this long. Also, Jan hammer is so underated it's criminal.

@nickmecca2024

3 жыл бұрын

Unknown maybe to today's youth...- but NEVER UNDERRATED!!!

Never heard a better version of Stratus than this. It really touches me and as I can read a lot of other listeners. I once had a chance to talk to Billy Cobham after his concert and told him how much I like his first solo album and thanked him for this record. He answered, you don't have to thank me, it was the sound engineer who made it sound so good. Of course, Billy. He and you, Leland, Jan and Tommy and everyone esle on the record. It's one of the best and most outstanding records out of the 70s fusion music before fusion took another direction becoming more 'polished' and lost its roughness, which I like.

@tightirl

3 жыл бұрын

are you jewish?

This masterpiece oozes pure energy of many dimensions! Love listening to this!!

So tight it's inside out.

Heard this as a sophomore in HS on WRVR in NYC......had being in Uptown Jazz Junta as a teenager.

Fusion at its best Tommy Bolin on fire Cobham thundering nSkylar thumping as Jan finds spots to fill in pure energy🎸⚡️☄️💎

@hossmandc1

7 жыл бұрын

That's the truth my friend!

A favourite since the 1970s...music is the best.

I was just never the same after hearing this the 1$t time 💯yrs ago.

Makes you feel like you're walking around the city at night...

@fredswenson2088

4 жыл бұрын

Makes me feel like I'm flying over and under the city.

@stirlingattfield7678

3 жыл бұрын

Midnight rockers, city slickers.

Masterpiece!

A real Jazzrock classic and therefore in my Groove Magicians playlist

Totally awesome drum and cymbal sounds used in a totally new way akin to the way Jimi Hendrix played the Stratocaster! My hero! Super single-stroke, totally tasty dynamic groove and orchestration! Often imitated but never duplicated, BILLY COBHAM, the musician's musician- left-handed hands and right-handed feet; no one else comes close

One of the best albums ever

Masterpiece.

Billy is a Baaaaaad man!

One of the great ones

For Funk's sake, how feckin' awesome.

This is top quality jazz / rock.

I enjoyed a concert in Kiel end of the 80's.I'm a a drummer but couldn't believe what I saw.This man was eating an apple during the play..

Great bass line!

@SuperFlanders123

4 жыл бұрын

Yes,great everything....Kicks ass all over the everywhere,Lol!!!!

@luisalbertozuniga2401

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Massive tuuuuuuuune! Played it at many parties in the 90's, it was a serious floorfiller. Still is.

@m.plotzek3307

5 жыл бұрын

... and Massive Attack thought the same ;-)

Billy Cobham. Best drummer ever...

I do believe that I have a copy of this LP! I thought this was one of the finest LP's ever recorded. This is the record that helped to change drumming for ever!!! The bass track is so incredible!