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Spectrum is the debut solo album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham. The album was heavily influenced by the music of Miles Davis, with whom Cobham had previously collaborated extensively, and Cobham’s previous band Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Reception.

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars out of 5 and wrote, that Spectrum remains Cobham’s best and an exceptional jazz fusion album with “rock-ish rhythms and jazz improvising”.

Personnel:
Billy Cobham – drums, percussion, production
Jan Hammer – electric and acoustic pianos, Moog synthesizer
Ken Scott – recording and re-mix engineering
Tommy Bolin – guitar
Lee Sklar – electric bass
Joe Farrell – soprano and alto saxes, flute
Jimmy Owens – flugelhorn, trumpet
John Tropea – guitar on “Le Lis”
Ron Carter – acoustic bass
Ray Barretto – congas

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Released: October 1, 1973
Recorded: May 14–May 16, 1973
Studio Electric Lady Studios, New York City; mixed at Trident Studios, London
Length: 37:17
Label: Atlantic
Producer: Billy Cobham