| Summary: | Heard with Miles Davis via Bitches Brew and A Tribute To Jack Johnson, on equal footing with Jack DeJohnette, then alongside guitarist John McLaughlin in the very fusion Mahavishnu Orchestra, American drummer Billy Cobham is an inseparable figure of jazz from the 1970s. Captured at the Palais Des Festivals in Cannes in 1989, the drumming virtuoso gives us a clear demonstration of expertise with his very particular touch. Accompanied by a solid band including his own brother Wayne Cobham on keyboards, Rita Marcotulli on piano, and Wolfgang Schmid on bass, the instrumentalist and composer builds various arrangements typical of jazz-rock. Often more groovy than some of his counterparts at the time (he later released a live album with George Duke), Billy Cobham assimilates notably the Latin elements - a cultural legacy transmitted by a family of Panamanian origin. Illustrated by short interviews with the main players and opening shots of the very photogenic Mediterranean coast, this forty-five-minute scenic document sets the record straight with the hectic "Incoming," an extract from the very recent eponymous opus, and with "Tinseltown," a bewitching sequence fueled by the interventions of Nippy Noya on percussion. Vincent Caffiaux.
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