Mahavishnu Orchestra

Profile: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 Tony Williams' Lifetime. The original lineup of the group was McLaughlin on electric guitar, violinist Jerry Goodman, keyboardist Jan Hammer, electric bassist Rick Laird, and drummer Billy Cobham. They recorded three intense albums for 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 Jean-Luc Ponty, Gayle Moran on keyboards and vocals, electric bassist Ralphe Armstrong, and drummer Narada Michael Walden; by 1975 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 Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1984 (using Cobham, saxophonist Bill Evans, keyboardist Mitchel Forman, electric bassist Jonas Hellborg, and percussionist Danny Gottlieb) was unsuccessful; one Warner Bros. Records, Inc. album resulted. However, when one thinks of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it is of the original lineup, which was very influential throughout the 1970s.
Members:Billy Cobham, Danny Gottlieb, Gayle Moran, Jan Hammer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Jonas Hellborg, Narada Michael Walden, Ralphe Armstrong, Rick Laird, Stu Goldberg
Name Variations: All | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Mahavishnou Orchestra, The | Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu Orchestra, The
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Releases:
The Inner Mounting Flame (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   CBS ... 1971
Between Nothingness & Eternity (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Columbia ... 1973
Birds Of Fire (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Columbia ... 1973
Apocalypse (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   CBS ... 1974
Can't Stand Your Funk (7", Promo)   Columbia 1975
Visions Of The Emerald Beyond (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1975
Inner Worlds (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   CBS ... 1976
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - John McLaughlin (LP, Comp)   AMIGA 1979
The Best Of The Mahavishnu Orchestra (Comp) ◄ (2 versions)   CBS 1980
Adventures In Radioland (CD, Album)   Sound Service 1987
The Collection (CD, Comp)   Castle Communications 1991
The Lost Trident Sessions (CD, Album, RM)   Columbia, Legacy 1999
Appears On:
Greatest Hits (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   CBS 1990
Tracks Appear On:
Mar Y Sol (2xLP, Comp, Gat) The Noonward Race Atlantic, ATCO Records 1972
The Music People (3xLP, Comp) Dawn Columbia 1972
Rockwork (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Can't Stand Your Funk CBS 1975
Rock Storia E Musica (Cass, Comp) The Noonward Race, Bir... CBS, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, CBS Dischi S.p.A. 1983
Sofistifunk - Jazzrock Club Classics (2x12", Comp) Vital Transformation Irma 1999
Blueprint - Digital Blueprint Of Abstract Dance (2xCD) Miles Beyond Blueprint (6) 2000
The Digital Blueprint Of Abstract Dance (3xLP) Miles Beyond Blueprint (6) 2000
In Bed With Nova, Première Nuit (CD, Comp, Dig) You Know, You Know Nova Records 2005
Massive Classics Volume 01 (CD, Comp) You Know, You Know Nocturne 2005
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol.3 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) The Inner Light The Pod Room 2008
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 - Cosmic Space Music (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) You Know, You Know Platipus 2008
The Music People (3xLP) Dawn CBS  
Unofficial Releases:
Black Sheep Collection (2xLP, Comp) You Know, You Know Strictly Breaks Records 2006
Moton Long Play Vol.1 (LP) Vital Transmission Moton Records Inc.  
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