1) AC DC 00:00 2) Flight time 09:50 3) Vanessa 20:31 4) Crosswinds 28:02 5) All Hallows eve 38:35 6) Total eclipse 49:55 7) Wrapped in a cloud 59:37 8) Brooze 01:13:00
i saw Billy w/ this band about 40+ yrs ago at the Tralf in Buffalo NY....blew me away.....saw him again couple weeks ago at the same venue and Tim Landers was on bass.....musical magic.....thank God they still out there playing
Michael Urbaniak tackles a jazz violin solo with a fluid, harmonically rich voice rarely found in an instrument grounded in classical roots. Familiar with his previous recordings, I was struck by this collaboration with Cobham and am happy to find this group playing an inspired and very well recorded session. The sound engineer and technicians did a remarkable job.
theydidn't do it out of kindness! it's like all the states legalizing weed: not ONE did it to obey Freedom or the 14th Amendment! they did it solely as cash grab, sigh.
@@dumpygoodness4086 I wish there was a way to let you know how much your comments revulse me. They represent those bad emanations eradiated by wanton marginals of entropy.
@@oblomurg WHY ARE YOU QUOTING ADOLF HITLER? You seem a bit...um... EVIL. BOTH HITLER AND STALIN AGREED WITH YOU: "anyone saying NEGATIVE things should be silenced! ALL our critics are haters who should be hung!" ONLY DICTATORS hate negative, opposing viewpoints. But at least you ADMIT you're a neo-nazi, so that's progress! WE LIBERALS LOVE CRITICISM AND TRUTH. Only you trumpsters and CONservatives hate truth and criticism, b/c you're EGOs can't take it.
Urbaniak is a mile stone in Polish jazz history, his music is like a passage from Dixie to COOL... his observatons are jazz manual for Poles in Poland. He is hip and COOL... no more no less...
Tim landers is soooooooo professional, he may not be the gifted master level, but definitely the super talented professional one, dude really knows how to lay down the solid groove, add the meaningful notes and giving the music some space.
Floored. I am fortunate enough to be one of the last generations that knew to go back and do my homework, and soak up the great like Mr. Cobham and company.....it's sad that talent like this has been replaced by computers, protools, and dj's claiming to be musicians by sequencing a bunch of blips and blurps.... Thank you for posting this.
There's still cats playing amazingly well. Check out the pianist Hiromi, either with her first band Sonic Bloom in the 2000s, her solo work, or her current Trio.
Interesting. I live in GV, NYC. I know Mike pretty well, as he lives around the corner. First time I saw an older video of him at this era. I did not recognize him as the slim dude with the Telecaster. He played almost every Wednesday at The 55 Bar on Christopher Street, Greenwich Village. Covid stopped that. Check out him playing with his wife! She can kick ass like he does. A great duo. When he fell over some snow covered construction debris a few years back, he broke both arms, and destroyed his right hand. Took a year or more before he could play again. Now better than ever! Anyway, seriously two different people from back then. Except for the talent part....
Yoda says'....Hmmm.A sense of humor lacking on this one is...' I did't mean mean musically sounding like Gilmour....take a good look @ 5:56 for example...then take a look at Glmour 's profile pics from live 1970s shows....Can you see the light?@@pascaljeanne8002
Can you believe how incredible this ensamble is? When i was intoduced to jazz/fusion in the '70's, Billy Cobham and Chick Corea & Return to Forever were the first artists i was turned on to. This absolutely insane!!!! Thanx a million!!! crazy8sdrums.
So great that you uploaded this. Of the many bands that Billy Cobham has led over the years, Glass Menagerie is one of my absolute favorites. The band is smokin. Literally!
this whole band is smokin' I love them so much. thank you so much for this upload. There's something beautiful happening with all of these fantastic musicians. Legends
I had a band in college. We played a lot of Billy Cobham music. We also played a lot of Weather Report, hence I named the group FORECAST. I left Syracuse in '76, and by the time I returned in '81, the band changed from playing fusion jazz and blues to rock and top 40. I was disappointed, to say the least. Especially because every original member had more talent in their left, little toe, than any of the new musicians. I even requested that the band change their name, out of respect for my old band members. We all were attending Onondaga Community College when we founded the group.
Michal Urbaniak, Polish fellow who made remarkable jazz in the 1970s, some with his wife, Ursula Dudziak. Still have an album they worked on. He's rocking the Lyricon, the first wind instrument controller designed for its specialized "woodwind."
now,30 yrs later I;m really realizing why cobham had such a big name back then....better late than never...a rediscovery for this fender rhoades always keyboard man
grande bella musica, bei tempi, altro che Smartphone !!!! grande Cobham, che assieme a tanti altri del genere fusion , in quei tempi hanno fatto la storia !
URBANIAK!!!! So happy to see that name again! Wildest violin ever! Gotta go dig up his albums now! (His ex-, Urzsula Dudziak is likewise amazing as a vocalist)
I saw michael and his wife back in around 1973 with steve gadd on drums sporting a giant afro and a visualite drum set..i got my jazz cherry popped that day...oh..it was called the SMILING DOG SALOON in the flats of Cleveland Ohio....
Just have to add to the accolades...WOW, most impressive Cobham display i think, and that is saying a lot! Cob throws in some really cutting edge fills for the time. The supporting cast our geniuses in their own right
I have this on vinyl and now I get to see it many years later...always wanted to see BC live. I have been into BC for many many years. Never styled my playing after him...different worlds. I think Glass Menagerie was the best work he did. Thanks for sharing. Made my old day new again. :-)
I actually saw Tim and Mike play at a small local club in Boston before they were snatched up by Bill for the European tour. Mike was playing Tele exclusively back then. Tim and Mike were more than ready for this gig.
Que imponente !! , Impresionante , Gracias Maestro y demás Músicos un Placer !! , qué carajo importan los nombres de los temas ésto ES MUSICA ESCUCHARLA ES MAGIA PURA !!
I don't mean to start a debate, but I humbly submit that there were a good number of drummers in the 80s who were as good if not better than Cobham. Rather than listing people I admired more, I'll simply tell a story drummers might be able to appreciate. I got to see a Cobham clinic at a decent sized drumshop in eastern MA; it was billed as him and another drummer I'd never heard of, which sounded cool. I get to the place, and I see a crazy Cobham kit set up with the toms "out of order" - but the other drummer opened first. He walked out to us with a pair of sticks and a practice pad, and if no one did it out loud, it felt like every drummer in the place groaned "oh no!" To everyone's shock, Dom Famularo literally got everyone standing on their feet and cheering him as he played on a rubber practice pad. He was good enough to take the drummer's most boring "instrument" and entertain an entire room with it. Anyhoo, Billy eventually came out and did his thing. I remember being a little disappointed - but he was still great. The clinic ended with Dom on a small 5 piece kit playing with Billy on his double bass Tama monster, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that Dom won. It wasn't a competition; he was simply a better drummer and entertainer. ps. please note: I came here looking for a live Cobham performance, not a live Famularo performance - which speaks for itself :)
Thanks C8sD for the upload. Billy's team were tops in those days. Just a grand listening experience. Of course you have to have a good computer sound system! :^)
38:39-49:52 does it for me. Especially Stern's bit. The guy fucking kills here! Top Tune, too! Been playing it on iTunes all week. The entire Stratus LP, in fact.
Anyone else heard the 'Stratus' album (released in 1981 on the Inakustik label) that they were touring around this time? I've got all his albums on CD from 'Spectrum' (1973) to 'Smokin' (1983) and the studio version of Gil Goldstein's 'Wrapped In A Cloud' is one of the most gorgeous things Billy did during that time. BTW loving the Tim Landers-penned 'All Hallows Eve' - it captures the kitsch spookiness of Oct 31st perfectly. WooOOOoohh!
Wow! I had no idea Billy C. played his hi-hats with his right hand! I'm a lefty but play a regular kit and no crossing over hands... which makes my right handed drummer friends jealous as hell. Haha!
Dystopia66 Yeah, Billy plays left hand lead and he's got his crash on the left too, just above the hi-hat. Billy in my opinion is the best ever, his power, speed, versatility and innovate style can't be beat, he's the man!
I totally agree. His current tone is a turn-off for me but his technique and ability to hit those fast clear notes is right up there with Benson and Gambale.
~Greatest drummer in the history of civilization!
1) AC DC 00:00
2) Flight time 09:50
3) Vanessa 20:31
4) Crosswinds 28:02
5) All Hallows eve 38:35
6) Total eclipse 49:55
7) Wrapped in a cloud 59:37
8) Brooze 01:13:00
Billy Cobham plays so effortless, unbelievable.
Love Mike Sterns playing!
One of Cobham’s best bands. Chops all over the place. The man himself was in top shape.
. Michal Urbaniak bio is crazy , played with Herbie , Billy , Zawinul , Corea so don't let the weird out fit fool you , the guy is one of the best ...
He played also with Miles (Tutu)
Saw Fusion once with 11th House and loved their music. His blend of jazz, funk (Kyuviak Gets Funky)
I saw right away hes a mean mf.
So good. This helps with de-stressing. Music is medicine.
Man, give the bassist some love. He is simply phenomenal!!! Not a note out of place and so fluid.
+Paul Medley
Tim Landers, now on the west coast. Still grooving big time.
As could be said for the whole line-up.
Top shelf players!!
i saw Billy w/ this band about 40+ yrs ago at the Tralf in Buffalo NY....blew me away.....saw him again couple weeks ago at the same venue and Tim Landers was on bass.....musical magic.....thank God they still out there playing
Yes, even when he puts up his sleeve.
00:31
Michael Urbaniak tackles a jazz violin solo with a fluid, harmonically rich voice
rarely found in an instrument grounded in classical roots. Familiar with his previous
recordings, I was struck by this collaboration with Cobham and am happy to find this
group playing an inspired and very well recorded session. The sound engineer and technicians did a remarkable job.
WHOA!!! A YOUNG Mike Stern!!!! Didn't know he played for Billy. I need to pull that album out and spin it!
Dean Brown was the guitarist on the Glass Menagerie albums, and there is a video of a gig somewhere with that band.
@@fusionfan6883 I have that album with Dean!!
He even played with Miles Davis. A song is named after him, i.e. Fat Time
He's coming to my city next month with Dennis Chambers on drums.
i saw this band in geneva ! 1981 ! new morning !
Wow. Thank heaven for UA-cam preserving great performances like this and making them so easily available for us to enjoy.
theydidn't do it out of kindness!
it's like all the states legalizing weed: not ONE did it to obey Freedom or the 14th Amendment! they did it solely as cash grab, sigh.
@@dumpygoodness4086 I wish there was a way to let you know how much your comments revulse me. They represent those bad emanations eradiated by wanton marginals of entropy.
@@oblomurg WHY ARE YOU QUOTING ADOLF HITLER?
You seem a bit...um... EVIL.
BOTH HITLER AND STALIN AGREED WITH YOU: "anyone saying NEGATIVE things should be silenced! ALL our critics are haters who should be hung!"
ONLY DICTATORS hate negative, opposing viewpoints.
But at least you ADMIT you're a neo-nazi, so that's progress!
WE LIBERALS LOVE CRITICISM AND TRUTH.
Only you trumpsters and CONservatives hate truth and criticism, b/c you're EGOs can't take it.
@@holygeneration7 This is very true 👍
@@dumpygoodness4086lighten up Francis
Urbaniak is a mile stone in Polish jazz history, his music is like a passage from Dixie to COOL... his observatons are jazz manual for Poles in Poland. He is hip and COOL... no more no less...
the greatest drummer, period ...........
Never seen Mike stern at that time.........great\.....thanks so much for sharing
Tim landers is soooooooo professional, he may not be the gifted master level, but definitely the super talented professional one, dude really knows how to lay down the solid groove, add the meaningful notes and giving the music some space.
Groovy fellaw, he's neat, first time i heard this and it's soo fcking good, god damnn, i'm loving it
Here's Tim with Tommy Campbell. Great rhythm section.
ua-cam.com/video/1qZBzn1k5bk/v-deo.html
Floored. I am fortunate enough to be one of the last generations that knew to go back and do my homework, and soak up the great like Mr. Cobham and company.....it's sad that talent like this has been replaced by computers, protools, and dj's claiming to be musicians by sequencing a bunch of blips and blurps.... Thank you for posting this.
hope rap takes a back seat.
@@ghart56 it's all love tho eh?
...and other drummers
There's still cats playing amazingly well. Check out the pianist Hiromi, either with her first band Sonic Bloom in the 2000s, her solo work, or her current Trio.
A bunch of blips and blurps haha well said my friend..!!
Mike Stern in his 'David Gilmour-on-Speedball' period.
Interesting. I live in GV, NYC. I know Mike pretty well, as he lives around the corner. First time I saw an older video of him at this era. I did not recognize him as the slim dude with the Telecaster. He played almost every Wednesday at The 55 Bar on Christopher Street, Greenwich Village. Covid stopped that. Check out him playing with his wife! She can kick ass like he does. A great duo. When he fell over some snow covered construction debris a few years back, he broke both arms, and destroyed his right hand. Took a year or more before he could play again. Now better than ever! Anyway, seriously two different people from back then. Except for the talent part....
@@peterpedersen1641 55 bar!
You know he knows a lot about Chinese medicine it helped him get healthy and he sure loves his cats
lol no he was gilmour with such technical stuff lol ! gilmour never could play this kinda stuff lol !
Yoda says'....Hmmm.A sense of humor lacking on this one is...' I did't mean mean musically sounding like Gilmour....take a good look @ 5:56 for example...then take a look at Glmour 's profile pics from live 1970s shows....Can you see the light?@@pascaljeanne8002
Can you believe how incredible this ensamble is? When i was intoduced to jazz/fusion in the '70's, Billy Cobham and Chick Corea & Return to Forever were the first artists i was turned on to. This absolutely insane!!!! Thanx a million!!! crazy8sdrums.
Billy Cobham is the greatest drummer of all time. He has more skill than all other drummers combined!
Great video! Billy Cobham is the best! love the bass too...
So great that you uploaded this. Of the many bands that Billy Cobham has led over the years, Glass Menagerie is one of my absolute favorites. The band is smokin. Literally!
Fantastic
Thank you! Fantastic band.
this whole band is smokin' I love them so much. thank you so much for this upload. There's something beautiful happening with all of these fantastic musicians. Legends
Fantastic drummer.Far out music. Excellent line-up.Great post.Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for posting, this is excellent, pure music performed by some of the best musicians then (and now)...
i saw this concert in geneva , was great in 1981!
I had a band in college. We played a lot of Billy Cobham music. We also played a lot of Weather Report, hence I named the group FORECAST. I left Syracuse in '76, and by the time I returned in '81, the band changed from playing fusion jazz and blues to rock and top 40. I was disappointed, to say the least. Especially because every original member had more talent in their left, little toe, than any of the new musicians. I even requested that the band change their name, out of respect for my old band members. We all were attending Onondaga Community College when we founded the group.
Dan Warwick that is so cool 🔥👌😍
Michal Urbaniak, Polish fellow who made remarkable jazz in the 1970s, some with his wife, Ursula Dudziak. Still have an album they worked on. He's rocking the Lyricon, the first wind instrument controller designed for its specialized "woodwind."
now,30 yrs later I;m really realizing why cobham had such a big name back then....better late than never...a rediscovery for this fender rhoades always keyboard man
grande bella musica, bei tempi, altro che Smartphone !!!! grande Cobham, che assieme a tanti altri del genere fusion , in quei tempi hanno fatto la storia !
Gil Goldstein on keyboards, what a career he's had.
Yeah love Michal Urbaniak, came across his Live "Polish Jazz" L.P some years ago, interesting to find him here. Thanks for sharing.🎻🥁🎸🎹🎶
URBANIAK!!!!
So happy to see that name again! Wildest violin ever! Gotta go dig up his albums now!
(His ex-, Urzsula Dudziak is likewise amazing as a vocalist)
I saw michael and his wife back in around 1973 with steve gadd on drums sporting a giant afro and a visualite drum set..i got my jazz cherry popped that day...oh..it was called the SMILING DOG SALOON in the flats of Cleveland Ohio....
Just have to add to the accolades...WOW, most impressive Cobham display i think, and that is saying a lot! Cob throws in some really cutting edge fills for the time. The supporting cast our geniuses in their own right
Consegui ver o Billy no Festival de Jazz de Garanhuns 2015. Fantástico. E o povão não entende.
They dont make them how they used to! Truly amazing stuff. thanks
I have this on vinyl and now I get to see it many years later...always wanted to see BC live. I have been into BC for many many years. Never styled my playing after him...different worlds. I think Glass Menagerie was the best work he did. Thanks for sharing. Made my old day new again. :-)
I actually saw Tim and Mike play at a small local club in Boston before they were snatched up by Bill for the European tour. Mike was playing Tele exclusively back then. Tim and Mike were more than ready for this gig.
I still say this lineup was BC's best.
taikoking1 no sens
Grande Artista
Thanks for posting this. I just saw Billy this week in Seattle, and it was sooooo cool.
Ive shook hands with the man..what a grip..and he has really great blood pressure...inside joke
At last this legendary concert in full.
i have been listening to this version of AC DC for days now at least once a day, fantastic!
the best drums of the world .......
Que imponente !! , Impresionante , Gracias Maestro y demás Músicos un Placer !! , qué carajo importan los nombres de los temas ésto ES MUSICA ESCUCHARLA ES MAGIA PURA !!
Ah...the early days. My old feels my young again.
Agreed. Their LP from that year is incredible! My turntable LOVES it!
Billy havin' some fun...Effortless amazing speed...
Great stuff! I like hearing Stern playing a strat
Du pur Jazz-Rock : merci Billy....
5:08 - 8:39 Stern shows you how to get it done....Amazing .
saw this band in switzerland at this time lol ! in geneva ! new morning , was in geneva at this time ; later in paris ! agreat show i was 20 !!!
love when urbaniak played lyricon !
oh man stern ouch ! in , out in out ! oh sh...in 1981 lol !
What a kick ass band.!!!
Un concierto hermoso con unos musicos increibles...Gracias Crazy...
Saw this tour at the Chestnut Cabaret in philly... Using that behind the head downview was state of the art in 81...:)
BC owned the 80's.. not a drummer alive could touch him
Even today very few could. He was doing the gospel chops thing before they had a name for it.
viktor muerte As much as I love the gospel guys, a lot of them don’t have Billy’s pocket and taste. Too many look-at-me fills
I don't mean to start a debate, but I humbly submit that there were a good number of drummers in the 80s who were as good if not better than Cobham. Rather than listing people I admired more, I'll simply tell a story drummers might be able to appreciate. I got to see a Cobham clinic at a decent sized drumshop in eastern MA; it was billed as him and another drummer I'd never heard of, which sounded cool. I get to the place, and I see a crazy Cobham kit set up with the toms "out of order" - but the other drummer opened first. He walked out to us with a pair of sticks and a practice pad, and if no one did it out loud, it felt like every drummer in the place groaned "oh no!"
To everyone's shock, Dom Famularo literally got everyone standing on their feet and cheering him as he played on a rubber practice pad. He was good enough to take the drummer's most boring "instrument" and entertain an entire room with it.
Anyhoo, Billy eventually came out and did his thing. I remember being a little disappointed - but he was still great. The clinic ended with Dom on a small 5 piece kit playing with Billy on his double bass Tama monster, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that Dom won. It wasn't a competition; he was simply a better drummer and entertainer.
ps. please note: I came here looking for a live Cobham performance, not a live Famularo performance - which speaks for itself :)
@@sanityinaseaofmadness7353 You are right my friend, that 80's decade was loaded with top drummers in all genres, too many to mention!
I respectfully and strongly disagree friend!!
fusion JAZZ, AT IT'S VERY BEST..........these SOUNDS are SO refreshing IN 2019,& BEHOND.....PS MUCHO GRACIAS AMIGOS
Un complesso che è una macchina da guerra!😊
Great concert!
Thanks C8sD for the upload. Billy's team were tops in those days. Just a grand listening experience. Of course you have to have a good computer sound system! :^)
Great performance
Magic!
One of my sisters' boyfriends bought me my first cassette of Billy Cobham in 1982 and some Steps Ahead. Great stuff.
38:39-49:52 does it for me. Especially Stern's bit. The guy fucking kills here! Top Tune, too! Been playing it on iTunes all week. The entire Stratus LP, in fact.
This is awesome. Some classic Mike Stern phrases in that last cut!
Wow, never knew David Gilmour played with BC !
Mike's 'David Gilmour-on-Speedball' period.
Michael Urbaniak solo, incredible....
o Mike Stern Fenomenal!!
Yep, i never realized how fantastic he was back then !!
Theyre phenomeal cant believe I didn hear this earlier.
The keyboard over the piano is a Crumar Toccata.
o7
Billy is back with Tama and all seems right with the world....How many people know he played drums on "Afternoon Delight"?
Very Special Nice. .. Great Stuff. .. 😊😀😁/👍👌👏
Love this lineup.
Superhuman...simply superhuman.
Anyone else heard the 'Stratus' album (released in 1981 on the Inakustik label) that they were touring around this time? I've got all his albums on CD from 'Spectrum' (1973) to 'Smokin' (1983) and the studio version of Gil Goldstein's 'Wrapped In A Cloud' is one of the most gorgeous things Billy did during that time.
BTW loving the Tim Landers-penned 'All Hallows Eve' - it captures the kitsch spookiness of Oct 31st perfectly. WooOOOoohh!
I have that very same CD on a German Master CD. Freaking awesome.
Yeah! Spotted it a few years before the DVD came out and loved it - 'Wrapped In A Cloud' is one of the loveliest things Billy's ever played on.
I found it in pristine condition on vinyl probably 10 years ago.
Outstanding performance! I’ve got a huge smile on my face listening to this! It is a shame the mix of the drums isn’t great.
A Billy Cobham setlist without Red Baron. Imagine that!
Just great! Thx
What a musicions ... Genius !
01. AC/DC
02. Flight Time
03. Vanessa
04. Crosswind
05 All Hallows Eve
06. Total Eclipse
07. Mendocino
08. Wrapped in a Cloud
09. Brooze
I couldn't get into jazz as a young fella. Closest i got was FZ. This stuff is very easy on the ears..
Wow! I had no idea Billy C. played his hi-hats with his right hand! I'm a lefty but play a regular kit and no crossing over hands... which makes my right handed drummer friends jealous as hell. Haha!
He doesn't, he plays the same as you. Lucky! That apparently right-handed shot is taken in the mirrors above his head.
Dystopia66 Yeah, Billy plays left hand lead and he's got his crash on the left too, just above the hi-hat. Billy in my opinion is the best ever, his power, speed, versatility and innovate style can't be beat, he's the man!
Michael O'Gorman You are right. Makes some of the best drumming ever look effortless. Great band too.
Great upload,Mike Sterns guitar tone was so much better then.
Check out Stern with Brecker Brothers in Barcelona! I thought he always played a tele.
I totally agree. His current tone is a turn-off for me but his technique and ability to hit those fast clear notes is right up there with Benson and Gambale.
@HPM Boss check out Mike Stern with Miles Davis..... he also played with Blood Sweat and Tears.
Michael Stern between 13:22-15:40, ABSOLUTELY, FLAT OUT COOKS !!🎼🎶🎵🎹🔥🔥🔥🔥
Mike stern!
Thanks so much for uploading, man!!!
Nice Upload - Thanks! All great players.
BON DIEU QUEL REGAL !!! merci
mike stern ah il s'est bonnifié !!! avec le temps
GENIOS!!!!!!!!
I STRUCK GOLD
Landers is the, hands down, perennial "most under-rated bassist ever".
jjjb9098 he is quite amazing, didn't he also play for Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin?
Good band!
So tight, so right...
thanx
Billy Cobham,Shawn Lane,Jonas Hellborg...now that would have cracked the universe
Urbanism as always, is amazing. Nice to hear Stern without the chorusing.
I love almost everything about this. The only thing missing is the low end. The Kick is barely audible. Otherwise this is fantastic.
this mix is period correct for a jazz setting.....time and technology marches on.....
@@lsd25records Naaaaaa, drums were waaaaaaaaaayyy to muchin the background in the mix....after all its Billys band.
The drummer with the six million dollar hands,what speed and control!
Why 6 millions dollar hand ???
Is it a bc nicknamed ?