Total Eclipse
Billy Cobham
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Solarization: Solarization / Second Phase / Crescent Sun / Voyage / Solarization-Recapitulation | Billy Cobham | 11:10 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Lunarputians | Billy Cobham | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Total Eclipse | Billy Cobham | 5:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bandits | Billy Cobham | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Moon Germs | Billy Cobham | 4:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Moon Ain't Made of Green Cheese | Billy Cobham | 0:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sea of Tranquility | Billy Cobham | 10:43 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Last Frontier | Billy Cobham | 5:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Album Review
This is Billy Cobham's third solo recording under his own name and is a fine follow-up to Crosswinds. The mini-suite "Solarization" not only showcases the band's technical abilities, but also Cobham's strong compositional skills. It also features a schizophrenic piano solo ("Second Phase") from the underrated pianist Milcho Leviev, who sounds like a mutation of Cecil Taylor and Bill Evans. The funky "Moon Germs," on which John Abercrombie is pushed to inspiring new heights, became a Cobham classic. "The Moon Ain't Made of Green Cheese" is a beautiful flugelhorn solo by Randy Brecker backed by Cobham's debut on piano. The band stretches out on the lengthy "Sea of Tranquility," while "Last Frontier" is a gratuitous drum solo. This recording is highly recommended as Cobham still sounds inspired.
Customer Reviews
Total Eclipse
Having been a Cobham fan for thirty years, this was his best album.John Abercrmbie's guitar work (according to him in an interview I read) was his best ever. Solarization is not offered on this CD. But it is offered on BC's Anthology CD/Rudiments If you want to experience 70's fusion at it's BEST I recommend Total Eclipse and Rudiments
Total Eclipse
Great album recorded during the height of the jazz fusion era. Fantastic band including one of the most underrated Electric/Acoustic Bassist in Alex Blake. Check out the cut "Bandits" for an example of Alex's unique and incomparable strumming abilities on the four string electric bass. One of Cobham's best produced albums of all time.
Biography
Born: May 16, 1944 in Panama
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Billy Cobham
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Red Baron | Spectrum | 6:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Stratus | Spectrum | 6:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Quadrant 4 | Spectrum | 4:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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To the Women In My Life / Le Lis | Spectrum | 0:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Snoopy's Search / Red Baron | Spectrum | 1:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Spectrum | Spectrum | 5:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Funky Kind of Thing | A Funky Thide of Sings | 9:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Taurian Matador | Spectrum | 3:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Le Lis | Spectrum | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Searching for the Right Door / Spectrum | Spectrum | 6:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
