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Spectrum is the debut album of fusion
Fusion (music)

A fusion genre is a music genre which combines two or more genres. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, Gospel music and country music....
 drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
, Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham

William C. Cobham , is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.Coming to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham is, in the words of critic Steve Huey, "generally acclaimed as jazz fusion greatest drummer, "and one of the best in the world" with...
. Released in 1973, Spectrum is regarded as one of the most important and essential albums within the fields of drummers and the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
 genre. The album contains much influence of the music of Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
 and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with whom Cobham had previously collaborated extensively. Generally, Spectrum is considered to be Cobham's best album up to this day, and does embody a role as important as the work by Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
, Weather Report
Weather Report

Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s combining jazz and latin jazz with art music, ethnic music, r&b, funk and Rock music elements ....
, or Mahavishnu Orchestra among the development of the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
 genre.

Allegedly, Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham

William C. Cobham , is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.Coming to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham is, in the words of critic Steve Huey, "generally acclaimed as jazz fusion greatest drummer, "and one of the best in the world" with...
 recorded this album with his infamous acrylic Fibes-drumkit, which he also used during his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.






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Spectrum is the debut album of fusion
Fusion (music)

A fusion genre is a music genre which combines two or more genres. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, Gospel music and country music....
 drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
, Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham

William C. Cobham , is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.Coming to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham is, in the words of critic Steve Huey, "generally acclaimed as jazz fusion greatest drummer, "and one of the best in the world" with...
. Released in 1973, Spectrum is regarded as one of the most important and essential albums within the fields of drummers and the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
 genre. The album contains much influence of the music of Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
 and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with whom Cobham had previously collaborated extensively. Generally, Spectrum is considered to be Cobham's best album up to this day, and does embody a role as important as the work by Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
, Weather Report
Weather Report

Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s combining jazz and latin jazz with art music, ethnic music, r&b, funk and Rock music elements ....
, or Mahavishnu Orchestra among the development of the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that merges jazz with elements of other styles of music, particularly funk, Rock and roll, R&B, electronic music, and world music, but also pop music, classical music, and folk music, or sometimes even Heavy metal music, reggae, ska, country music, hip hop...
 genre.

Allegedly, Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham

William C. Cobham , is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.Coming to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham is, in the words of critic Steve Huey, "generally acclaimed as jazz fusion greatest drummer, "and one of the best in the world" with...
 recorded this album with his infamous acrylic Fibes-drumkit, which he also used during his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Guitarist Tommy Bolin
Tommy Bolin

Thomas Richard 'Tommy' Bolin was an American-born guitarist best known for his work with Zephyr , The James Gang , Deep Purple , and his solo work....
 plays the lead guitar.

The song "Stratus" appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is a Nonlinear gameplay Action-adventure game video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto ....
 of the radio station "Fusion FM
Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack

The soundtrack of the game Grand Theft Auto IV, like the previous games in the Grand Theft Auto series, is mostly made up of in-game radio stations....
", as well as being the main sample in the Massive Attack
Massive Attack

Massive Attack are a United Kingdom trip hop group, founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Daddy G, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol, England. The trio were together prior to the formation of this band, as part of The Wild Bunch ....
 hit "Safe from Harm
Safe From Harm (single)

"Safe from Harm" is the third single from Blue Lines, the 1991 debut from Massive Attack. The bass, guitar, and drums are sampled from the song "Stratus" by Billy Cobham, from his album Spectrum ....
".

Personnel

  • Billy Cobham
    Billy Cobham

    William C. Cobham , is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.Coming to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham is, in the words of critic Steve Huey, "generally acclaimed as jazz fusion greatest drummer, "and one of the best in the world" with...
     - Percussion
    Percussion instrument

    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
  • Tommy Bolin
    Tommy Bolin

    Thomas Richard 'Tommy' Bolin was an American-born guitarist best known for his work with Zephyr , The James Gang , Deep Purple , and his solo work....
     - Guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  • Jan Hammer
    Jan Hammer

    Jan Hammer is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. His compositions have won him several Grammy awards. He is probably best known for playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 70s, as well as his "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s United States of America television program, Miami Vice....
     - Electric piano
    Electric piano

    An electric piano is an electric musical instrument. The popularity of the electric piano began to grow in the late 1960s, reaching its greatest height during the 1970s....
    , Acoustic piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
    , & Moog synthesizer
    Moog synthesizer

    Moog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for analog and digital music synthesisers....
  • Lee Sklar
    Leland Sklar

    Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an United States Musician, Singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician....
     - Fender bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • Joe Farrell
    Joe Farrell

    Joe Farrell was an United States jazz saxophone and flute. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI Records record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea's Return to Forever....
     - Flute
    Flute

    The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge....
    , Soprano sax
    Soprano saxophone

    The soprano saxophone was invented in 1840 and is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. The soprano is the second in size of the saxophone family which consists, as generally accepted, of the sopranino saxophone, soprano, Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, and contrabass saxophone....
    , & Alto sax
    Alto saxophone

    The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by the Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax. The alto, with the Tenor saxophone, is the most common size of saxophone....
  • Jimmy Owens
    Jimmy Owens (jazz)

    Jimmy Owens is a jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and music education. He has played with Count Basie, Hank Crawford, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Mann, and many more....
     - Flugelhorn
    Flugelhorn

    The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical Bore . Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the keyed bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus predating Adolphe Sax's innovative work....
     & Trumpet
    Trumpet

    The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
  • John Tropea
    John Tropea

    John Tropea is a guitarist with extensive experience in the rock, pop, and jazz genres. Tropea has written for and played with major recording artists from around the world....
     - Guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  • Ron Carter
    Ron Carter

    Ron Carter is an United States jazz double-bassist. His unique sound has made him a long sought after studio man. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar....
     - Acoustic bass
    Acoustic bass

    The term acoustic bass could refer either to;*Double bass - an upright contrabass violin*Acoustic bass guitar - the acoustic version of the bass guitar...
  • Ray Barretto
    Ray Barretto

    Ray Barretto a.k.a. King of the Hard Hands , was a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rico jazz musician, widely credited as the godfather of Latin jazz....
     - Congas


Track listing

(all tracks composed by William E. Cobham, Jr.
Billy Cobham

William C. Cobham , is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.Coming to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham is, in the words of critic Steve Huey, "generally acclaimed as jazz fusion greatest drummer, "and one of the best in the world" with...
)

  1. "Quadrant 4" – 4:20
  2. "Searching For the Right Door" – 1:24
  3. "Spectrum" – 5:09
  4. "Anxiety" – 1:41
  5. "Taurian Matador" – 3:03
  6. "Stratus" – 9:50
  7. "To the Women of My Life" – 0:51
  8. "Le Lis" – 3:20
  9. "Snoopy's Search" – 1:02
  10. "Red Baron" – 6:37


+ "All 4 One" (Outtake
Outtake

An outtake is a portion of a work that is removed in the editing process and not included in the work's final, publicly released version. In the digital era significant outtakes have been appended to CD and DVD reissues of many albums and films as bonus tracks or features....
) – 4:15