- Bill Cobham was born on May 16, 1944 in Panama. He is a composer and producer, known for Definitely, Maybe (2008), Always Be My Maybe (2019) and The Insider (1999).
- Open-handed (ambidextrous) style of playing the drums
- He was the first person to approach the drums with the so called "Open-handed" (ambidextrous) style of playing the drums. He started playing with this technique when he was only 15 years old (1959).
- Even though a right-handed person, he can play the drums as if he was ambidextrous.
- He recorded music for the advertisements of Shaft (1971), which was for a special promotion while being in New York.
- Was voted as the best over-all drummer in 1987 by the Modern Drummer magazine.
- Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Jazz isn't dead. It's how I make my living.
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