Post by cofi on Jul 30, 2007 20:45:39 GMT
John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra,
John McLaughlin guitar playing, was a really big influence on my guitar playing way back in the early 70s, after i first heard their Album "The Inner Mountain Flame"
That Album was like a frigging kick to the head, wow, that guy could play, and with Billy Cobham on the drums, Jan Hammer on keyboards, Jerry Goodman on violin, Rick Laird on Bass, Jean-Luc Ponty also on violin
Their musical style was an unprecedented blending of genres: they combined the high-volume electrified rock sound that had been pioneered by Jimi Hendrix, complex rhythms in unusual time signatures that reflected McLaughlin's interest in Indian classical music as well as funk, an improvisational concept that was rooted in jazz as well as Indian music, and harmonic influence from European classical music. The group's early music was entirely instrumental; their later albums had songs which sometimes featured R&B or even gospel/hymn styled vocals. In the aforementioned two albums, though, the group goes from this intense fusion of upbeat genres (the best example of which is "Vital Transformation") to very serene tunes such as "A Lotus On Irish Streams" and "Thousand Island Park", which are pieces for acoustic guitar, piano and violin, or from low-key to extremely busy in a single piece, such as "Open Country Joy."
Some folk's cant stand Jazz-Rock, but i like it (well some of it)
I really like'd this band back in it day's, also there where other great Jazz-Rock (today they call it fusion) band's, like Brand X, Isotope, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Colosseum, Colosseum II (with Garry Moore playing guitar) Weather Report, and others
John McLaughlin guitar playing, was a really big influence on my guitar playing way back in the early 70s, after i first heard their Album "The Inner Mountain Flame"
That Album was like a frigging kick to the head, wow, that guy could play, and with Billy Cobham on the drums, Jan Hammer on keyboards, Jerry Goodman on violin, Rick Laird on Bass, Jean-Luc Ponty also on violin
Their musical style was an unprecedented blending of genres: they combined the high-volume electrified rock sound that had been pioneered by Jimi Hendrix, complex rhythms in unusual time signatures that reflected McLaughlin's interest in Indian classical music as well as funk, an improvisational concept that was rooted in jazz as well as Indian music, and harmonic influence from European classical music. The group's early music was entirely instrumental; their later albums had songs which sometimes featured R&B or even gospel/hymn styled vocals. In the aforementioned two albums, though, the group goes from this intense fusion of upbeat genres (the best example of which is "Vital Transformation") to very serene tunes such as "A Lotus On Irish Streams" and "Thousand Island Park", which are pieces for acoustic guitar, piano and violin, or from low-key to extremely busy in a single piece, such as "Open Country Joy."
Some folk's cant stand Jazz-Rock, but i like it (well some of it)
I really like'd this band back in it day's, also there where other great Jazz-Rock (today they call it fusion) band's, like Brand X, Isotope, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Colosseum, Colosseum II (with Garry Moore playing guitar) Weather Report, and others
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