Like almost every year we are spending our summer holidays in Montreux during the time of the Jazz Festival. It is the greatest festival in Europe thanks to the founder Claude Nobs.
On the second day , while we were biking along the lake, I got a phone call from Claude asking if I could be jamming that evening with Billy Cobham, before the concert of Roxy Music. The opening act ‘Melissa auf der Maur’ couldn’t make their flight from Canada, and Claude needed a ‘replacement’. I hadn’t seen Billy for 25 years and immediately liked the idea.
Claude called Billy , who lives in Bern and he also was happy to play. I didn’t have my guitar, and there was no rehearsal, it was a very spontaneous jam and we had lots of fun as you can see on these photos.
Photos by Anton Antonov
3 responses so far ↓
1 Carlos Romero // Jul 21, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Incredible!!! dear John,two of the greatest Musicians together finally,all the Best from Mexico City!
2 bramah // Jul 31, 2010 at 2:15 pm
I had a dream last night that I met Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix. They told me to tell you to get on the phone to the other three, even if just for one night. Jimi and Miles pointed out that if Led Zeppelin could manage it, so could the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It sounded fair enough to me…
It is marvellous to hear a decent hard electric sound again. Not quite the double neck (yet) but we are heading firmly in the right direction! Fantastic!
3 Bill Flynn // Aug 2, 2010 at 2:56 am
It looks like John and Billy played at least two sets (note change in clothes).
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