The discography of jazz/jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham includes solo, collaborative, and work playing on other artists' albums.
Discography
As leader YearTitlePeak chart positionsLabelNotesUSUS R&BUS Jazz1973Spectrum26―1Atlantic1974Crosswinds23192Total Eclipse 36126Shabazz [live]74――1975A Funky Thide of Sings 7932151976Life & Times128――1976"Live" on Tour in Europe99――as The Billy Cobham–George Duke Band1977Magic―――Columbia1978Alivemutherforya [live]―――with Steve Khan, Alphonso Johnson, Tom Scott and Mark SosInner Conflicts172――AtlanticSimplicity of Expression: Depth of Thought166――Columbia1979B.C.―――1980Live: Flight Time [live]―――Inak1981Stratus―――as Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie1982Observations & Reflections―――Elektra/MusicianSmokin’ [live] ―――1985Warning—――GRP1985Consortium—――with Johannes Faber1986Power Play —――1987Best Of―――1987Picture This——―GRP1989Incoming——―K-Tel1990No Filters―――with Wolfgang Schmid1992By Design―――1994The Traveler―――1996Nordic―――Paradox―――1998Paradox, The First Second [live]―――Mississippi Nights Live [live]―――1999Focused ―――Ensemble New Hope Street―――Nordic: Off Color―――2001North by NorthWest―――2002Drum 'n' Voice ―――The Art of Three [live]―――Many Years B.C. [compilation]―――Culture Mix―――2004The Art of Five―――2005Caravaggio―――with Massimo Colombo2006Art of Four [live]―――Drum 'n' Voice 2 ―――2007Fruit from the Loom―――2008De Cuba y de Panama―――with Asere2010Palindrome―――Drum 'n' Voice 3 ―――2013Compass Point―――2014Tales From The Skeleton Coast―――2015Ayajala Live ―――Spectrum 40 Live―――2016Drum 'n' Voice 4―――Broad Horizon―――with Frankfurt Radio Big Band2020Tierra Del Fuego―――2022Drum 'n' Voice 5―――"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
As sideman
With Mose Allison Western Man (Atlantic, 1971) Lessons in Living (1982)
With Gene Ammons Got My Own (Prestige, 1972) Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1973)
With Ray Barretto The Other Road (1973)
With George Benson Giblet Gravy (1968) White Rabbit (CTI, 1972)
With Bobby and the Midnites Bobby and the Midnites (1981) Where the Beat Meets the Street (1984)
With The Brothers Johnson Look Out for #1 (1976)
With James Brown Make It Funky: The Big Payback 1971-1975 (1996)
With Kenny Burrell Night Song (Verve, 1969) God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971)
With Cargo Cargo (1982)
With Ron Carter 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 School Days (1976) Atlanta with George Duke (1983) Live at the Greek with Larry Carlton (1993)
With Larry Coryell Spaces (1974) The Essential Larry Coryell (1975) Spaces Revisited (1997)
With Miles Davis Bitches Brew (1970) Live-Evil (1970) A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970) Big Fun (1974) Get Up with It (1974) Circle in the Round (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 Prelude (1972) Deodato 2 (1973) Whirlwinds (1974)
With Dreams Dreams (1970) Imagine My Surprise (1971)
With Charles Earland Intensity (Prestige, 1972)
With Gil Evans Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (Trio, 1981)
With Fania All Stars Latin-Soul-Rock (1974)
With Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1980)
With Peter Gabriel 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 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 Sky Dive (CTI, 1973)
With Jackie and Roy Time & Love (CTI, 1972)
With Milt Jackson Sunflower (CTI, 1972)
With Jazz Is Dead Blue Light Rain (1998)
With Quincy Jones The Anderson Tapes (1971) I Heard That!! (1976) With Robin Kenyatta Gypsy Man (Atlantic, 1973) With Hubert Laws Morning Star (CTI, 1972) Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973)
With Mahavishnu Orchestra Inner Mounting Flame (1971) Birds of Fire (1973) Between Nothingness and Eternity (1973) The Lost Trident Sessions (recorded 1973, released 1999) Mahavishnu (1984)
With Junior Mance With a Lotta Help from My Friends (Atlantic, 1970)
With Arif Mardin Journey (Atlantic, 1974)
With Les McCann Comment (Atlantic, 1970)
With John McLaughlin My Goal's Beyond (Columbia, 1971) Love Devotion Surrender with Carlos Santana (Columbia, 1973) Electric Guitarist (Columbia, 1978)
With Mark-Almond Band Rising (1972) To the Heart (1976) With Jimmy Owens Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978) With Sonny Rollins 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 Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969)
With Carly Simon Hotcakes (1974) With Lonnie Smith Mama Wailer (Kudu, 1971) With Gábor Szabó 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 (CTI, 1970) Ain't No Way (Blue Note, 1980, recorded 1969)
With Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson Cherry (CTI, 1972)
With Miroslav Vitous Purple (1970)
With Grover Washington, Jr. All the King's Horses (Kudu, 1972) Soul Box (Kudu, 1973)
With Randy Weston Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)
With Paul Winter Traps on Sunwheel and on Whole Earth Chant (1972)
References
External links Album details of all Billy Cobham Albums