# Billy Cobham discography

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

## Discography
### As leader

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Label | Notes |
| Year | Title | US | US R&B | US Jazz | Label | Notes |
| 1973 | Spectrum | 26 | ― | 1 | Atlantic | |
| 1974 | Crosswinds | 23 | 19 | 2 | Atlantic | |
| 1974 | Total Eclipse | 36 | 12 | 6 | Atlantic | |
| 1974 | Shabazz [live] | ― | ― | ― | Atlantic | |
| 1975 | A Funky Thide of Sings | 79 | 32 | 15 | Atlantic | |
| 1976 | Life & Times | ― | ― | ― | Atlantic | |
| 1976 | "Live" on Tour in Europe | ― | ― | ― | Atlantic | as The Billy Cobham–George Duke Band |
| 1977 | Magic | ― | ― | ― | Columbia | |
| 1978 | Alivemutherforya [live] | ― | ― | ― | Columbia | with Steve Khan, Alphonso Johnson, Tom Scott and Mark Sos |
| 1978 | Inner Conflicts | ― | ― | ― | Atlantic | |
| 1978 | Simplicity of Expression: Depth of Thought | — | ― | ― | Columbia | |
| 1979 | B.C. | ― | ― | ― | Columbia | |
| 1980 | Live: Flight Time [live] | ― | ― | ― | Inak | |
| 1981 | Stratus | ― | ― | ― | Inak | as Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie |
| 1982 | Observations & Reflections | ― | ― | ― | Elektra/Musician | as Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie |
| 1982 | Smokin’ [live] | ― | ― | ― | Elektra/Musician | as Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie |
| 1985 | Warning | — | ― | ― | GRP | |
| 1985 | Consortium | — | ― | ― | GRP | with Johannes Faber |
| 1986 | Power Play | — | ― | ― | GRP | |
| 1987 | Best Of | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1987 | Picture This | — | — | ― | GRP | |
| 1989 | Incoming | — | — | ― | K-Tel | |
| 1990 | No Filters | ― | ― | ― | | with Wolfgang Schmid |
| 1992 | By Design | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1994 | The Traveler | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1996 | Nordic | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1996 | Paradox | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1998 | Paradox, The First Second [live] | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1998 | Mississippi Nights Live [live] | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1999 | Focused | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1999 | Ensemble New Hope Street | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 1999 | Nordic: Off Color | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2001 | North by NorthWest | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2002 | Drum 'n' Voice | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2002 | The Art of Three [live] | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2002 | Many Years B.C. [compilation] | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2002 | Culture Mix | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2004 | The Art of Five | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2005 | Caravaggio | ― | ― | ― | | with Massimo Colombo |
| 2006 | Art of Four [live] | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2006 | Drum 'n' Voice 2 | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2007 | Fruit from the Loom | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2008 | De Cuba y de Panama | ― | ― | ― | | with Asere |
| 2010 | Palindrome | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2010 | Drum 'n' Voice 3 | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2013 | Compass Point | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2014 | Tales From The Skeleton Coast | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2015 | Ayajala Live | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2015 | Spectrum 40 Live | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2016 | Drum 'n' Voice 4 | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2016 | Broad Horizon | ― | ― | ― | | with Frankfurt Radio Big Band |
| 2020 | Tierra Del Fuego | ― | ― | ― | | |
| 2022 | Drum 'n' Voice 5 | ― | ― | ― | | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||

### 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
* Breakout (Kudu, 1971)
* Wild Horses Rock Steady (Kudu, 1971)
* The Prophet (Kudu, 1972)
With Billy Harper
* 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
* The Anderson Tapes (1971)
* I Heard That!! (1976)
With Robin Kenyatta
* Gypsy Man (Atlantic, 1973)
With Hubert Laws
* 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
* Rising (1972)
* To the Heart (1976)
With Jimmy Owens
* Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)
With Sonny Rollins
* 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
* Hotcakes (1974)
With Lonnie Smith
* Mama Wailer (Kudu, 1971)
With Gábor Szabó
* Mizrab (CTI, 1972)
With Leon Thomas
* The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
With McCoy Tyner
* 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)
With Paul Winter
* Traps on Sunwheel and on Whole Earth Chant'