ABOUT

Billy Cobham

William Emanuel Cobham Jr. 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 Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.

Born: May 16, 1944 (age 80 years), Colón, Panama

Music groups: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dreams, Jazz Is Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, Mark-Almond, New York Jazz Quartet

Genre: Jazz

Parents: William Cobham, Ivy Cobham

Instrument(s): Drums, percussion