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Mahavishnu Orchestra: Mahavishnu

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Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 1984
Time:
 43:00
Category: Jazz Fusion
Producer(s): John McLaughlin
Rating:
Media type: CD
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Appears with: John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Evans
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Radio-Activity (J.McLaughlin) - 6:52
[2] Nostalgia (J.McLaughlin) - 5:56
[3] Nightriders (J.McLaughlin) - 3:47
[4] East Side West Side (J.McLaughlin) - 4:55
[5] Clarendon Hills (B.Evans) - 6:03
[6] Jazz (J.McLaughlin) - 1:43
[7] The Unbeliever (J.McLaughlin) - 2:47
[8] Pacific Express (J.McLaughlin) - 6:30
[9] When Blue Turns Gold (J.McLaughlin) - 3:19

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John McLaughlin - Synclavier II, Digital Guitar, Les Paul Special, Arrangements, Producer
Mitchel Forman - Fender Rhodes, Yamaha DX7, Yamaha "Blow Torch" Piano on [5]
Jonas Hellborg - Fretless Bass Guitar, Fretted Bass Guitar
Bill Evans - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute
Billy Cobham - Drums, Percussion

Danny Gottlieb - Percussion
Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Flute on [9]
Zakir Hussain - Tabla on [9]
Katia Labeque - Synclavier II with Velocity/Pressure Keyboard (VPK), Yamaha DX7, and Acoustic Piano on [9]

Albert Koski - Executive Producer, Engineer
Jean Louis Rizet - Engineer
Laurent Peyron - Assuistant Engineer
Brian Risner - Mixing
Jean-Louis Riset - Mixing
Arthur Elgort - Photography

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Recorded in April–May 1984 at Ramses Studios, Paris.



John McLaughlin resurrected the esteemed old Mahavishnu Orchestra for his mid-'80s quintet, even getting old mate Billy Cobham to fill the drum slot on the band's first album. But this is an entirely different conception than any of the '70s Mahavishnu outfits. The sound is cooler, less strident, more thoroughly dominated by advanced electronic textures -- including a sleekly elegant digital guitar played through a Synclavier. Instead of a violin, Bill Evans contributes some swirling and sometimes bop-flavored work on saxes, and McLaughlin gets mobile but not overly combustible support from keyboardist Mitch Forman and bassist Jonas Hellborg. The homages continue; the opening of "Nostalgia" is exactly that, a throwback to "In a Silent Way" as filtered through digital gear. While this is undeniably prog-minded, beautifully played electric music, it is not terribly absorbing; the quality of the material and the intensity level aren't too high.

Richard S. Ginell - All Music Guide



Mahavishnu is an album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, released in 1984 by Warner Bros. Records. During the 1980s, John McLaughlin reformed the Mahavishnu Orchestra for release of the two albums Mahavishnu and Adventures in Radioland. This band's overall sound was radically different from the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, in particular because of McLaughlin's extensive use of the Synclavier synthesiser system. This album features original Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer Billy Cobham.

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