1979 Billy Cobham – B.C.
B.C. is the eleventh album by Billy Cobham, released in 1979.
William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian-American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Tracks
1 Oh Mendocino (Billy Cobham) 06:59
2 Dana (Billy Cobham) 04:44
3 What Is Your Fantasy (Augie Johnson; David Oliver; Paul Allen; Wayne Henderson) 03:41
4 A Little Travelin’ Music (Billy Cobham) 04:25
5 The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro) (Sol Lake) 06:42
6 I Don’t Want To Be Without You (Billy Cobham) 04:21
7 Bring Up The House Lights (Billy Cobham) 04:39
8 Vlastar – An Encounter (Billy Cobham) 07:37
Media
Musicians
1 Oh Mendocino
Bass | Nathaniel Phillips |
Electric Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Flugelhorn | Steve Madaio |
Flute | Ernie Watts |
French Horn | David Duke |
Trombone | Wayne Henderson |
Trombone | Garnett Brown |
Trombone | Ernie Tack |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Trumpet | Steve Madaio |
Tuba | Ernie Tack |
Woodwinds | Ernie Watts |
Woodwinds | Pete Christlieb |
Woodwinds | William Green |
Percussion | Billy Cobham |
Background Vocals | Donna Fein |
Background Vocals | Joe Croyle |
Background Vocals | Mary Green |
Background Vocals | Michael Wright |
Background Vocals | Muffy Hendrix |
Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
2 Dana
Bass | Nathaniel Phillips |
Drums | Billy Cobham |
Electric Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Synthesizer | Bobby Lyle |
Flugelhorn | Steve Madaio |
French Horn | David Duke |
Trombone | Garnett Brown |
Trombone | Ernie Tack |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Trumpet | Steve Madaio |
Tuba | Ernie Tack |
Woodwinds | Ernie Watts |
Woodwinds | Pete Christlieb |
Woodwinds | William Green |
Percussion | Billy Cobham |
3 What Is Your Fantasy
Bass | Nathaniel Phillips |
Bass | Ed Reddick |
Drums | Billy Cobham |
Guitar | Michael McGloiry |
Electric Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Synthesizer | Bobby Lyle |
Background Vocals | Augie Johnson |
Background Vocals | Louie Patton |
Vocals | Miki Howard |
4 A Little Travelin’ Music
Bass | Nathaniel Phillips |
Electric Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Flugelhorn | Steve Madaio |
French Horn | David Duke |
Trombone | Garnett Brown |
Trombone | Ernie Tack |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Trumpet | Steve Madaio |
Tuba | Ernie Tack |
Woodwinds | Ernie Watts |
Woodwinds | Pete Christlieb |
Woodwinds | William Green |
Timbales | Billy Cobham |
Percussion | Billy Cobham |
5 The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)
Bass | Nathaniel Phillips |
Bass | Ed Reddick |
Guitar | Michael McGloiry |
Electric Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Timbales | Billy Cobham |
Background Vocals | Alex Brown |
Background Vocals | Augie Johnson |
Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
Background Vocals | Miki Howard |
Vocals | Miki Howard |
6 I Don’t Want To Be Without You
Bass | Nathaniel Phillips |
Drums | Billy Cobham |
Guitar | Michael McGloiry |
Electric Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Synthesizer | Bobby Lyle |
Flugelhorn | Steve Madaio |
French Horn | David Duke |
Trombone | Garnett Brown |
Trombone | Ernie Tack |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Trumpet | Steve Madaio |
Tuba | Ernie Tack |
Woodwinds | Ernie Watts |
Woodwinds | Pete Christlieb |
Woodwinds | William Green |
Percussion | Billy Cobham |
Background Vocals | Donna Fein |
Background Vocals | Joe Croyle |
Background Vocals | Jon Joyce |
Background Vocals | Mary Green |
Background Vocals | Michael Wright |
Background Vocals | Muffy Hendrix |
7 Bring Up The House Lights
Bass | Nathaniel Phillips |
Drums | Billy Cobham |
Guitar | Michael McGloiry |
Electric Piano | Bobby Lyle |
Background Vocals | Alex Brown |
Background Vocals | Augie Johnson |
Background Vocals | Jim Gilstrap |
Background Vocals | Miki Howard |
Vocals | George Duke |
Vocals | Billy Cobham |
8 Vlastar – An Encounter
Synthesizer | Billy Cobham |
Synthesizer | Dave Yost |
Strings
Cello – Douglas Davis, Paula Hochhalter, Robert Adcock, Selene Hurford (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Harp – Catherine Gotthoffer, Dorothy Remsen (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6)
Violin – Bonnie Douglas, Carroll Stephens, Clayton Haslop, Glenn Dicterow, Gordon Marron, Ilkka Talvi, Israel Baker, Jack Pepper, James Getzoff, Janet Lakatos, Nathan Ross, Stephen Bryant (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Liner Notes
Producer – Billy Cobham, Wayne Henderson
Arranged By – George Del Barrio (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Conductor – George Del Barrio (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Engineer – Richard Barcellona, Allen Sides, Michael Evans
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Allen Sides
Orchestrated By – George Del Barrio (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Copyright (c) – Wounded Bird Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Columbia Records
Manufactured For – Wounded Bird Records
Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment
Produced For – At-Home Productions, Inc.
Produced For – Columbia Records
Produced For – Bilham Cobly Productions
Recorded At – Total Experience Studios
Overdubbed At – One Step Up Recording Studio
Mixed At – Ocean Way Recording
Mastered At – A&M Studios