Billy Cobham Magic CD Bonus

Magic Music

Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Fusion
Label	Phantom
Orig Year	1977
All Time Sales Rank	61299
CD Universe Part number	6714195
Catalog number	512895
Discs	1
Release Date	May 25, 2004
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Additional Info	Bonus Tracks

Billy Cobham Magic Songs

	1.	On A Magic Carpet Ride
	2.	AC/DC
	3.	Leaward Winds
	4.	Puffnstuff
	5.	'Antares' - The Star
	6.	Magic/Reflection In The Clouds/Magic Recapitulation
	7.	Indigo (Bonus Track)
	8.	Guernica (Bonus Track)

Magic Music Review

Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars With Two New tracks this is Great Jazz Rock Fusion
This is a Great 24bit remaster with the Two Early Outakes in a Style like the great Drummer is playing now. This recording has a great Engineer Dennis MacKay who miked up the massive drum kit so well. Marks Soskin & Joachim Kuhn on Keyboards. Pete Maunu on Guitars. Randy Jackson on Bass. Sheila & Pete Escovedo on Congas & Timbales. Billy Cobham on drums. The Track 'Puffnstuff' is a great highlight. And the Early take bonus track 'Guernica' is a 5mins gem. Two new photos from that time in the booklet.
Submitted by London UK (Colin)
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5 stars Billy's Best!!!!
In the mid-seventies, Billy Cobham went south to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he picked up the musical director of Southern University, the late-great Alvin Baptiste and three of his prize students, Randy Jackson (yes, the same Randy that hosts American Idol), Charlie Singleton (Cameo) and Ray Mouton (MIA). Sheila E also makes an appearance with her father Pete Escovedo. This album should have been printed up by Columbia Records a long time ago. Shame on you. Get it now if you can.
Submitted by budnell (Pineville, Louisiana, USA)
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4 stars BC's fusion is one of a kind
I heard this BC collection for the first time in the 1970s. My LP is worn out. Magic is unique hard-hitting jazz-rock. Tracks like Leaward Winds, AC/DC and Antares The Star bring home BCs exclusive style and energy.
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