Billy Cobham discography

The discography of jazz/jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham includes solo, collaborative, and work playing on other artists' albums.

As leader

 * Spectrum (1973)
 * Crosswinds (1974)
 * Total Eclipse (1974)
 * Shabazz [live] (1974)
 * A Funky Thide of Sings (1975)
 * Life & Times (1976)
 * The Billy Cobham–George Duke Band: "Live" on Tour in Europe (1976)
 * Magic (1977)
 * Alivemutherforya [live] with Steve Khan, Alphonso Johnson, Tom Scott and Mark Soskin (1978)
 * Inner Conflicts (1978)
 * Simplicity of Expression: Depth of Thought (1978)
 * B.C. (1979)
 * Live: Flight Time [live] (1980)
 * Stratus (1981)
 * Observations & Reflections (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
 * Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie: Smokin’ [live] (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
 * Warning (1985)
 * Consortium with Johannes Faber (1985)
 * Power Play (1986)
 * Best Of (1987)
 * Picture This (1987)
 * Incoming (1989)
 * No Filters w/Wolfgang Schmid (1990)
 * By Design (1992)
 * The Traveler (1994)
 * Nordic (1996)
 * Paradox (1996)
 * Paradox, The First Second [live] (1998)
 * Mississippi Nights Live [live] (1998)
 * Focused (1999)
 * Ensemble New Hope Street (1999)
 * Nordic: Off Color (1999)
 * North by NorthWest (2001)
 * Drum 'n' Voice (2002)
 * The Art of Three [live] (2002)
 * Many Years B.C. [compilation] (2002)
 * Culture Mix (2002)
 * The Art of Five (2004)
 * Caravaggio w/Massimo Colombo (2005)
 * Art of Four [live] (2006)
 * Drum 'n' Voice 2 (2006)
 * Fruit from the Loom (2007)
 * De Cuba y de Panama with Asere (2008)
 * Palindrome (2010)
 * Drum 'n' Voice 3 (Spring 2010)
 * Tales From The Skeleton Coast (2014)
 * Spectrum 40 Live (2015)
 * Compass Point (2013)
 * Drum 'n' Voice 4 (2016)
 * Broad Horizon with Frankfurt Radio Big Band (2016)
 * Tierra Del Fuego (2020)
 * Drum 'n' Voice 5 (2022)

As sideman
With Mose Allison
 * Western Man (Atlantic, 1971)
 * Lessons in Living (1982)

With Gene Ammons
 * Got My Own (Prestige, 1972)
 * Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1973)

With Ray Barretto
 * The Other Road (1973)

With George Benson
 * Giblet Gravy (1968)
 * White Rabbit (CTI, 1972)

With Bobby and the Midnites
 * Bobby and the Midnites (1981)
 * Where the Beat Meets the Street (1984)

With The Brothers Johnson
 * Look Out for #1 (1976)

With James Brown
 * Make It Funky: The Big Payback 1971-1975 (1996)

With Kenny Burrell
 * Night Song (Verve, 1969)
 * God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971)

With Cargo
 * Cargo (1982)

With Ron Carter
 * Uptown Conversation (Embryo, 1970)
 * Blues Farm (CTI, 1973)
 * All Blues (CTI, 1973)
 * Spanish Blue (CTI, 1974)
 * Yellow & Green (CTI, 1976)
 * New York Slick (Milestone, 1980)
 * Empire Jazz (RSO, 1980)

With Stanley Clarke
 * School Days (1976)
 * Atlantis with George Duke (1973)
 * Live at the Greek with Larry Carlton (1993)

With Larry Coryell
 * Spaces (1974)
 * The Essential Larry Coryell (1975)
 * Spaces Revisited (1997)

With Miles Davis
 * Bitches Brew (1970)
 * Live-Evil (1970)
 * A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970)
 * Big Fun (1974)
 * Get Up with It (1974)
 * Circle in the Round (1979)
 * Directions (recorded 11.3.1960-27.2.1970, released 1980)

With Richard Davis
 * Way Out West (recorded 1977, Muse, 1980)
 * Fancy Free (Galaxy, 1977)

With Eumir Deodato
 * Prelude (1972)
 * Deodato 2 (1973)
 * Whirlwinds (1974)

With Dreams
 * Dreams (1970)
 * Imagine My Surprise (1971)

With Charles Earland
 * Intensity (Prestige, 1972)

With Gil Evans
 * Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (Trio, 1981)

With Fania All Stars
 * Our Latin Thing (1972)
 * Latin-Soul-Rock (1974)

With Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
 * Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1980)

With Peter Gabriel
 * Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (1989)

With Johnny Hammond With Billy Harper
 * Breakout (Kudu, 1971)
 * Wild Horses Rock Steady (Kudu, 1971)
 * The Prophet (Kudu, 1972)
 * Capra Black (Strata-East, 1973)

With Donald Harrison
 * Heroes (Nagel Heyer, 2004)
 * New York Cool: Live at The Blue Note (Half Note, 2005)
 * This Is Jazz: Live at The Blue Note (Half Note, 2011)

With Freddie Hubbard
 * Sky Dive (CTI, 1973)

With Jackie and Roy
 * Time & Love (CTI, 1972)

With Milt Jackson
 * Sunflower (CTI, 1972)

With Jazz Is Dead
 * Blue Light Rain (1998)

With Quincy Jones With Robin Kenyatta With Hubert Laws
 * The Anderson Tapes (1971)
 * I Heard That!! (1976)
 * Gypsy Man (Atlantic, 1973)
 * Morning Star (CTI, 1972)
 * Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973)

With Mahavishnu Orchestra
 * Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
 * Birds of Fire (1973)
 * Between Nothingness and Eternity (1973)
 * The Lost Trident Sessions (recorded 1973, released 1999)
 * Mahavishnu (1984)

With Junior Mance
 * With a Lotta Help from My Friends (Atlantic, 1970)

With Arif Mardin
 * Journey (Atlantic, 1974)

With Les McCann
 * Comment (Atlantic, 1970)
 * Invitation to Openness (Atlantic, 1971)

With John McLaughlin
 * My Goal's Beyond (Columbia, 1971)
 * Love Devotion Surrender with Carlos Santana (Columbia, 1973)
 * Electric Guitarist (Columbia, 1978)

With Mark-Almond Band With Jimmy Owens With Sonny Rollins
 * Rising (1972)
 * To the Heart (1976)
 * Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)
 * The Way I Feel (Milestone, 1976)
 * Don’t Stop the Carnival (Milestone, 1978)

With Michel Sardaby
 * Michel Sardaby in New York (Sound Hills, 2002)

With Don Sebesky
 * Giant Box (CTI, 1973)

With Horace Silver
 * Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968)
 * You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969)

With Carly Simon With Lonnie Smith With Gábor Szabó With Leon Thomas With McCoy Tyner
 * Hotcakes (1974)
 * Mama Wailer (Kudu, 1971)
 * Mizrab (CTI, 1972)
 * The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 * Fly with the Wind (Milestone, 1976)

With Stanley Turrentine
 * Sugar (CTI, 1970)
 * Ain't No Way (Blue Note, 1980, recorded 1969)

With Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson
 * Cherry (CTI, 1972)

With Miroslav Vitous
 * Purple (1970)

With Grover Washington, Jr.
 * All the King's Horses (Kudu, 1972)
 * Soul Box (Kudu, 1973)

With Randy Weston
 * Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)