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Track: Celestial Terrestrial Commuters
Artist: Mahavishnu Orchestra
Album: Birds Of Fire
Artist Bio
Name: Mahavishnu Orchestra
Spotify Genres: jazz fusion, progressive rock, jazz
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Biography
One of the premiere fusion groups, the [b]Mahavishnu Orchestra[/b] 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 [a=John McLaughlin] had recently played with [a=Miles Davis] and Tony Williams' Lifetime. The original lineup of the group was McLaughlin on electric guitar, violinist [a=Jerry Goodman], keyboardist [a=Jan Hammer], electric bassist [a=Rick Laird], and drummer [a=Billy Cobham]. They recorded three intense albums for [l=Columbia Records] during 1971-1973 and then the personnel changed completely for the second version of the group. In addition to McLaughlin, the 1974 incarnation of the band consisted of violinist [a=Jean-Luc Ponty], [a=Gayle Moran] on keyboards and vocals, electric bassist [a=Ralphe Armstrong], and drummer [a=Narada Michael Walden]; by 1975 [a=Stu Goldberg] had replaced Moran and Ponty had left. John McLaughlin's dual interests in Eastern religion and playing acoustic guitar resulted in the band breaking up in 1975. Surprisingly, an attempt to revive the [b]Mahavishnu Orchestra[/b] in 1984 (using Cobham, saxophonist Bill Evans, keyboardist [a=Mitchel Forman], electric bassist [a=Jonas Hellborg], and percussionist [a=Danny Gottlieb]) was unsuccessful; one [l=Warner Bros. Records, Inc.] album resulted. However, when one thinks of the [b]Mahavishnu Orchestra[/b], it is of the original lineup, which was very influential throughout the 1970s.
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Discogs Release Info
Release: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Celestial Terrestrial Commuters
Year: 1972
Genres: Jazz, Rock
Styles: Fusion