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Poor Quality, Billy has better DVD's

Ghetifal | San Mateo, CA USA | 08/12/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"If you are a fan of Billy Cobham, as I am, you may be disappointed with this DVD. The drums seem really low in the mix and you can see him doing a lot more than you actually hear unless you listen hard. I would have given it 4 stars for this but Michal Urbaniak and his electric saxophone ruined the performance further. He sounds so corny and smooth jazz-like=irritating. He doesn't have the groove in his playing that we get from Billy and the great Mike Stern (really young here, but an awesome performance). If you really crave a Cobham DVD as I did, go with the Culturemix Paris Concert. Get this only to complete you Cobham collection or hear young Mike Stern (his live DVD is worth checking out, too-by inakustik (they also put out Cobham's Paris concert--they always put out high quality concert videos)."