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Billy Cobham - Magic (1977)

Posted By: KGmB

Date: 28 Jun 2009 07:55:24

In the 1970s, Billy Cobham was one of the most dynamic names in jazz-rock fusion. He recorded with Miles Davis and John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra before striking out on his own. He became highly influential in jazz and rock drum sounds, with his high pitched, tuned drums and his interesting mixtures of traditional beats with experimental melodic drumming. This album is a re-release of the second of five albums that he cut for CBS records, released now by Sony with two additional tracks and a new attempt at mixing and mastering with all that digital equipment can bring to the original analog recordings.

This album was made with a fairly impressive cast of musicians including Randy Jackson on bass, Pete Escovedo on percussion, as well as Pete Maunu on guitar and Mark Soskin on keyboards. Additionally Alvin Baptiste adds clarinet on several tracks, which seems to alternate between truly innovative and simply out-of-place. Much of this album feels dated to the modern listener, especially when songs will be broken out of for extended grooves with the band doing a vocal shout chorus.
The bonus material consists of two additional tracks: "Inigo" and "Guernica".
…There is a reason that this album was out of print for so long. In the interest of completeness and as a testament to the greatness of this rhythm section it needed to be pressed on CD at some point. And there are some truly outstanding highlights here if one wants to listen. Alas, there is a large portion of the album which also sounds dated and stale. Weather Report, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Miles Davis’s forays into jazz-rock are all better at accomplishing what Billy Cobham was attempting. On the other hand, there are some moments where he achieves the greatness that he is capable of. Although the album will never achieve a broad appeal, anyone who is already a fan of jazz-rock should enjoy much of the album, and can forgive the rest. After all, it was the ‘70s… he probably just didn’t know any better.
–Patrick Gary.

Tracklist:

1. On A Magic Carpet Ride (5:08)
2. AC/DC (5:27)
3. Leaward Winds (3:39)
4. Puffnstuff [6:23)
5. ‘Antares’ – The Star (5:11)
6. Magic / Reflection In The Clouds / Magic Recapitulation (13:33)
7. Indigo (6:50)
8. Guernica (5:05)

Musicians:

Billy Cobham: drums and vocals
Joachim Kuhn: Electric piano, acoustic piano, mini moog
Mark Soskin: acoustic piano, oberheim synthesizer, acoustic tack piano, keyboards, electric piano
Pete Maunu: guitars
Randy Jackson: bass
Alvin Baptiste: clarinet, vocals
Pete Escovedo: vocals, timbales
Sheila Escovedo: congas
Kathleen Kaan: vocals

Produced by Billy Cobham

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