Release Date: 27 October 2008
Label: ESC Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 718750372321
Genres: Jazz
Description
A compilation featuring an incredibly wide assemblage of musicians, most of whom, although likely unknown to listeners, have not only been influenced by the Mahavishnu Orchestra but have gone on to create spectacular and unique music that ventures far beyond that of their mentors - some of the new material is equally compelling.
Paying affectionate homage to jazz greats is a tricky business, especially when it comes to an artist like John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, considered by many to be the greatest Jazz-fusion group of all time. The group was formed in late 1970-early 1971 by McLaughlin, a brilliant guitarist with a jazz-rock pedigree that included work with the Graham Bond Organisation in the mid-60s, and with the electrified Miles Davis on his landmark "Bitches Brew" LP in 1969. Their musical style was an unprecedented blending of genres, combining high-volume electrified rock with complex rhythms in unusual time signatures, an improvisational concept that was rooted in jazz as well as Indian music, and harmonic influence from European classical music.
CD1: Gary Husband - Celestial Terrestrial Commuters / Nguyen Le - Dding Dek / Mitchel Forman - Thousand Island Park / Pascal Bournet - Guardian Angels / Hr Big Band Feat. Billy Cobham - Eternity’s Breath Pt. 1+ 2 / Ron Thaler - Some Timeless / Mahavishnu Project – Sanctuary / Jim Beard - In All Her Finery / Pete Mccann – Jm / John Stowell - A Lotus On Irish Streams / Trinity - Visions Of Fire / Lucas Pickford & Steve Hunt - The Wish / Gustavo Assis-Brasil - The Same Day.
CD2: Wild Strings Quartet - Trilogy / John Bruschini - Way Down / Radio.String.Quartet.Vienna - Meeting Of The Spirits / Dennis Chambers - Paris On Mine / Göran Klinghagen Trio - Do You Hear The Voices That You Left Behind / Mahavishnu Project String Quartet - La Mere De La Mer - Smile Of The Beyond / Vic Stevens - Would You Like To Dance ? / Kimo Williams & Kimotion - John’s Blues / Pascal Bournet & 10. Enrique Alberti - Open Country Joy / Gianfranco Continenza - One Word / Mads Tolling - Song For John / Richard Smith - Cosmic Strut.
Tracklisting
Tribal Tech
Joe Zawinul
Mathias Haus & Philipp Van Endert Duo
Bejamin Leuschner & Matthias Goebel
Hiram Bullock
Jim Beard
Gerald Gradwohl
Allen Hinds
Various Artists
Various Artists
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