Mahavishnu Orchestra

Mahavishnu Orchestra
Formed: 1971
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Group Members: Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, John McLaughlin, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stu Goldberg, Bill Evans, Ralph Armstrong, Danny Gottlieb, Billy ...View All
Biography: One of the premiere fusion groups, the Mahavishnu Orchestra was considered by most observers during its prime to be a rock band, but its sophisticated improvisations actually put its high-powered music between rock and jazz. Founder and leader John McLaughlin had recently played with Miles Davis and ...Read full biography
The Inner Mounting Flame
Released: 1971
Label: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
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This is the album that made John McLaughlin a semi-household name, a furious, high-energy, yet rigorously conceived meeting of virtuosos that, for all intents and purposes, defined the fusion of jazz and ...Read full review
Birds of Fire
Released: 1972
Label: Sony Japan
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Emboldened by the popularity of Inner Mounting Flame among rock audiences, the first Mahavishnu Orchestra set out to further define and refine its blistering jazz-rock direction in its second -- and, no ...Read full review
More Mahavishnu Orchestra albums: Main Albums (8), Compilations (4), DVD/Video (1)
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