Billy currently resides in upstate NY and is involved in session work, touring, writing and teaching.īilly on tune-bot – “The tuning tool that I’ve found to be the most helpful/accurate is the tune-bot.It’s based on pitch and not tension and can hear smaller differences in pitch than our ears can discern.At a time when hip-hop was determined to snap your neck, a young, hip trio from Brooklyn (by way of Seattle, Philly, and Brazil) conspired on an uncommonly smooth new sound and freaky way of speak, a titanically chill expression of Black bohemia loaded with jazz idiom and a subversive Marxist bent-and pushed it worldwide via an undeniable crossover hit.ĭigable Planets’ 1993 debut, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), unexpected to all involved, produced a massive radio hit in “Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”, which won the 1994 Grammy for Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group. He’s also appeared on The Tonight Show, The Grammy Awards, Austin City Limits, The Country Music Awards among others. In addition Billy has played on several shows for the Nashville Network including: Nashville Now, The Grand Ole Opry and Hee Haw. During that time he had a regular gig with Ricky Van Shelton and toured with numerous artists including: Reba, The Judds, Alabama, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Willy Nelson and many others. A weekend visit in 1985 turned into a 5 year stay.
After a very active period of being an “on call” drummer at 2 local recording studios, playing in bands and playing tympani in a symphony orchestra Billy moved to Nashville. He has also released several solo CDs: Big City, Getting Even, Outbreak, and Planet Earth.īilly grew up in Rochester, NY and after starting out on piano shifted his focus to drums by the time he was 8.
Some of his other projects include CAB, Tom Coster, Tetsuo Sakurai, supergroup Niacin, The Brecker Brothers, Andy Summers, Bob Berg, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, and continuing to record and tour with Santana. His deep groove can make you bite your bottom lip or he can broadside you with tom flurries that will make you shake your head in disbelief. After a brief stint in Special EFX, Dennis exploded onto the scene with John Scofield’s Blue Matter, Loud Jazz, and the incredible Pick Hits Live. It was there he started building the foundation of what was to become his signature sound.īetween the years 1978–1985, he was the force behind the ground-breaking musical forces of Parliament and Funkadelic.
Hailing from Baltimore, he started playing at age 4 and was performing in nightclubs by the time he celebrated his 6th birthday. What do John McLaughlin, The P-Funk All Stars, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Victor Wooton, Mike Stern, and Steely Dan all have in common? These are only a small portion of artists who have enlisted the amazing and inspiring drumming of Dennis Chambers.
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