SOLD OUT - Billy Cobham - Palindrome Tour, Support: The Ronnie Scotts All Stars Wednesday 17th February - Saturday 20th February

Buying jazz tickets in London this month just got bigger with the return of jazz drummer Billy Cobham on his Palindrome 2010 tour.

The legendary drummer, with his matchless, dazzling, ambidextrous skills has applied the same insistent fervor to his long list of monumental achievements. He’s an accomplished composer and record producer.
It is a rarely known fact that he was at the forefront of the electronic music industry and its development through Jazz. He was one of the first percussionists, along with Max Roach and Tony Williams to utilize the Electronic Drum Controller made in 1968 by the Meazzi Drum Company in Milano, Italy, while on concert tour with Horace Silver in Europe. He is one of the few Percussionists, specializing in the Jazz drum set to lead his own band. The award winning Cobham has custom designed trend setting acoustic and electronic drum sets and has endorsed products that he created and refined.

Performing soon at Ronnie Scott’s, Cobham will enjoy speedy ticket sales and we recommend our guests book early to buy some of the best jazz tickets in London this year.

                      Band Members

Billy Cobham - Drums

Jean-Marie Ecay - Guitars

Christophe Cravero - Keyboards/Violin

Camelia Ben Naceur - Keyboards

Fifi Chayeb - Bass

Junior Gill - Steel pan/KAT Mallets

“PALINDROME”

Billy Cobham’s 2^nd installment in the “Fruit From The Loom” series is set to be released at the beginning of 2010 through his production company “CREATIVE MULTIMEDIA CONCEPTS.” The album features guest performances by Ernie Watts – Woodwinds, Michael Rodriguez – Trumpet, Marshall Gilkes – Trombone, Jean-Marie Ecay and Dean Brown at Guitars, Philippe Chayeb - Bass, Wilbert ‘Junior Gill Steel Pan and PanKat, Christophe Cravero – Keyboards and Violin and Marco Lobo – Percussion.

The compositions in “Palindrome” represent Billy’s re-engagement with music that he created as far back as thirty years ago: songs like “Moon Germs” (from “Total Eclipse”, 1975), “A Days Grace” (“Flight Time”, 1981) are presented in updated arrangements along with “Two For Juan” (1987, “Picture This”), “Alfa Waves” (“The Traveler”,1995) and “Mirage” (“Focused”, 1997). Rounding out this musical portfolio are never before released compositions: “Obliquely Speaking”, “Isle Of Skye”,  “Cancun Market”, “Torpedo Flo” and “Saippuakivikaupias”, the Palindrome song. So, as Billy returns to his roots so does he continue to move forward with fresh ideas for old themes to accompany his most recent musical compositions.