1979 Billy Cobham – B.C.

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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

BassNathaniel Phillips
Electric PianoBobby Lyle
FlugelhornSteve Madaio
FluteErnie Watts
French HornDavid Duke
TromboneWayne Henderson
TromboneGarnett Brown
TromboneErnie Tack
TrumpetOscar Brashear
TrumpetSteve Madaio
TubaErnie Tack
WoodwindsErnie Watts
WoodwindsPete Christlieb
WoodwindsWilliam Green
PercussionBilly Cobham
Background VocalsDonna Fein
Background VocalsJoe Croyle
Background VocalsMary Green
Background VocalsMichael Wright
Background VocalsMuffy Hendrix
VocalsJim Gilstrap


2 Dana

BassNathaniel Phillips
DrumsBilly Cobham
Electric PianoBobby Lyle
SynthesizerBobby Lyle
FlugelhornSteve Madaio
French HornDavid Duke
TromboneGarnett Brown
TromboneErnie Tack
TrumpetOscar Brashear
TrumpetSteve Madaio
TubaErnie Tack
WoodwindsErnie Watts
WoodwindsPete Christlieb
WoodwindsWilliam Green
PercussionBilly Cobham


3 What Is Your Fantasy

BassNathaniel Phillips
BassEd Reddick
DrumsBilly Cobham
GuitarMichael McGloiry
Electric PianoBobby Lyle
SynthesizerBobby Lyle
Background VocalsAugie Johnson
Background VocalsLouie Patton
VocalsMiki Howard


4 A Little Travelin’ Music

BassNathaniel Phillips
Electric PianoBobby Lyle
PianoBobby Lyle
FlugelhornSteve Madaio
French HornDavid Duke
TromboneGarnett Brown
TromboneErnie Tack
TrumpetOscar Brashear
TrumpetSteve Madaio
TubaErnie Tack
WoodwindsErnie Watts
WoodwindsPete Christlieb
WoodwindsWilliam Green
TimbalesBilly Cobham
PercussionBilly Cobham


5 The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)

BassNathaniel Phillips
BassEd Reddick
GuitarMichael McGloiry
Electric PianoBobby Lyle
TimbalesBilly Cobham
Background VocalsAlex Brown
Background VocalsAugie Johnson
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsMiki Howard
VocalsMiki Howard


6 I Don’t Want To Be Without You

BassNathaniel Phillips
DrumsBilly Cobham
GuitarMichael McGloiry
Electric PianoBobby Lyle
SynthesizerBobby Lyle
FlugelhornSteve Madaio
French HornDavid Duke
TromboneGarnett Brown
TromboneErnie Tack
TrumpetOscar Brashear
TrumpetSteve Madaio
TubaErnie Tack
WoodwindsErnie Watts
WoodwindsPete Christlieb
WoodwindsWilliam Green
PercussionBilly Cobham
Background VocalsDonna Fein
Background VocalsJoe Croyle
Background VocalsJon Joyce
Background VocalsMary Green
Background VocalsMichael Wright
Background VocalsMuffy Hendrix


7 Bring Up The House Lights

BassNathaniel Phillips
DrumsBilly Cobham
GuitarMichael McGloiry
Electric PianoBobby Lyle
Background VocalsAlex Brown
Background VocalsAugie Johnson
Background VocalsJim Gilstrap
Background VocalsMiki Howard
VocalsGeorge Duke
VocalsBilly Cobham


8 Vlastar – An Encounter

SynthesizerBilly Cobham
SynthesizerDave 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