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Billy Cobham

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FunkJazz

Billy Cobham is a Funk and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Gino Vannelli, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Horace Silver and Jo Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Billy Cobham arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dave Weckl, Chick Corea, The Brecker Brothers and The Crusaders, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michał Urbaniak, David Coverdale, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Bill Bruford, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Billy Cobham, reaching back through Gino Vannelli and forward to Michał Urbaniak. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Billy CobhamGino VannelliBuddy RichMax RoachHorace SilverJo JonesLouie BellsonTony WilliamsElvin JonesMichał UrbaniakDavid CoverdaleMiles DavisMahavishnu OrchestraBill BrufordDanny CareyPrinceJeff BeckMahavishnu OrchestraDave WecklChick CoreaThe Brecker BrothersThe CrusadersMarcus MillerSoft MachineLenny White

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Billy Cobham connections

Billy Cobham grew out of Gino Vannelli, Buddy Rich, Max Roach and Horace Silver, shares an orbit with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dave Weckl, Chick Corea and The Brecker Brothers, went on to shape Michał Urbaniak, David Coverdale, Miles Davis and Mahavishnu Orchestra. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots14

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Legacy19

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