Artist: Billy Cobham
Album: Inner Conflicts
Genre: Fusion, Jazz-Funk
Label: Atlantic/WEA/Warner
Released: 1978/2014
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Inner Conflicts (Cobham) - 10:43
- The Muffin Talks Back (Cobham) - 9:56
- Nickels and Dimes (Cobham) - 7:24
- El Barrio (Cobham) - 6:32
- Arroyo (Cobham) - 4:22
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- Personnel:
- Billy Cobham - drums, percussion, synthesizers, synthesizer programing
- John Bowen - synthesizer programing
- Steve Kahn, John Scofield - guitar
- Don Grolnick, Dawilli Gonga (George Duke) - keyboards
- Alfonso Johnson - bass
- John Williams - electric bass, acoustic bass
- Ernie Watts, Michael Brecker - woodwinds
- Julian Priester - trombone
- Jimmy Owens - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Randy Brecker - trumpet
- Ruth Underwood - xylophone, marimba
- Pete Escovedo - timbales, latin percussion
- Sheila Escovedo, Jose Najeira - latin percussion
A solid effort that has been dismissed based upon its associations with two Cobham lemons, Simplicity of Expression: Depth of Thought and B.C., all recorded around the same time. This recording finds Cobham continuing to explore the funk genre; however, the overall mood here is quite darker and more introspective, similar to Crosswinds. "Inner Conflicts" is a haunting song that includes Cobham's experimentation with electronic percussion and synthesizer. "Nickles and Dimes" is a page out of Cobham's early work, while "El Barrio" is heavily influenced by African rhythms. Of note, Prince's former sidekick Sheila E. performs here with her father Pete. The closer, "Arroyo," is another of Cobham's memorable compositions that he continues to perform.
Review by Robert Taylor