Mahavishnu Orchestra
One of the premiere fusion groups, the Mahavishnu Orchestra were considered by most observers during their prime to be a rock band, but their sophisticated improvisations actually put their 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 during 1971-1973 and then the personnel changed completely for the second version of the group. In 1974, 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 Mitchell Forman, electric bassist Jonas Hellborg, and percussionist Danny Gottlieb) was unsuccessful; one Warner Bros. album resulted. However, when one thinks of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it is of the original lineup, which was very influential throughout the 1970s.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Jazz fusion en jazz rock - Released by Legacy - Columbia on 13 mei 1975
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Unreleased Tracks From Between Nothingness & Eternity (Live in Central Park, New York, NY - August 1973)
Pop - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 3 apr. 2012
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Love Devotion Surrender
John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra
Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 1 jan. 1972
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Inner Mounting Flame
Jazz fusion en jazz rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 1 jan. 1971
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Inner Worlds
John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Legacy - Columbia on 1 jan. 1975
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Essential Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin
Jazz - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 3 sep. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Apocalypse
Jazz fusion en jazz rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 4 sep. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Between Nothingness & Eternity
Jazz fusion en jazz rock - Released by Columbia on 1 nov. 1973
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live At the Berkeley Community Theater 1972 (Live)
Jazz - Released by equinox on 7 jul. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Complete Original Mahavishnu Orchestra Columbia Albums Collection
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 30 jul. 2013
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Festival de Chateauvallon, 1972 (Live)
Jazz - Released by Hi_Q on 28 jun. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
S.U.N.Y. '72 (Live Binghampton, New York)
Rock - Released by Juniper Recordings on 24 apr. 2023
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The Inner Mounting Flame - Birds of Fire - Between Nothingness and Eternity - Apocalypse - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Jazz fusion en jazz rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 26 okt. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo