The Mahavishnu Orchestra
 

Good Jazz. I recently bought the cd Birds of Fire. It is awesome. I would recommend it to any people out there who want to listen to a really good jazz-fusion record. If you've heard of them or have the cd then post something...:)

Fantastic Jazz Fusion Band. The first album Inner Mounting Flame is also incredible. Both John Mclaughlin (guitarist) and Billy Cobham (drummer) have had great solo careers in jazz fusion after Mahavishnu Orchestra. If you want to listen to some phenomenally intense drumming, check out Cobham's solo stuff. Another great fusion band of the 70's is Chick Corea's band Return to Forever with Stanley Clark on Electric bass and the legendary Airto Moreira on percussion.

Both of them are really great bands. I checked out some more stuff on Return To Forever, and liked it. On another note Billy Cobham has such an amazing style of drumming. He's been a big influence for a lot of drummers, including Jon Theodore from The Mars Volta.

The Mahavishnu Orchestra were a solid band. i listened to them a fair bit back in the seventies. McLaughlin came from the Miles Davis rock jazz fusion period. Don't know where Cobam came from but he certainly put his mark on drumming thoughout the seventies. Goodman the violinist came from a band called Flock and the keyboardist Hammer went on to do some Great stuff with Jeff beck. Can't recall who the bassist was though.

Great fusion. I can't decide which is better Birds of Fire or Inner Mounting Flame none the less both essential jazz albums.

Mahavishnu Orchestra
 

I just got all four of thier good albums with thier original line-up thanks to my friend. Man, you just don't hear music like that anymore. John McLaughlin, as Frank Zappa so elegantly put it, "Plays like a ****ing machinegun" and Jerry Goodman tears up on that violin. I consider them Rock really, not much jazz as they are usually billed. Billy Cobham a monster, any Mahavishnu Orchestra fans out there? If not, then definetly check out

Inner Mounting Flame
Birds of Fire
Between Nothingness and Eternity
Lost Triden Sessions

And just see if you can listen to **** like System of a Down or White Stripes after that.

I have heard Mahavishnu Orchestra and i still listen to **** like System of a Down and White Stripes.

Why?

Because thats the kind of taste in music i was born with...I do love MO though, and Birds of Fire is especialy great, i take you like prog?, because if you do, i could use your help for something. ;)

Mahavishnu Orchestra = The Shi.t such a tight prog band

They were marvelous. Apparently they are prog, but regardless, their unique fusion sound makes them worth checking out.

Mahavishnu is just awesome music. John Mclaughlin was the first shred player.

Yeah, Mahavishnu's a great band, probably the best non-Miles fusion group, in my opinion (interestingly enough, almost all notable fusion groups had ex-Miles Davis sidemen as leaders). I'm not a huge fusion fan (outside of Miles' stuff, Bitches Brew is my favorite album), but early Mahavishnu Orchestra is some fine stuff indeed. I've only got Inner Mounting Flame, I'll get Birds of Fire one of these days. McLaughlin's one of my favorite guitarists.


And I also, despite listening to mostly jazz these days, still listen to **** like the White Stripes (not too big of a fan of **** like System of a Down, but everyone's got a right to listen to whatever **** they want ;) ).

I'm sure they are on MySpace.

anyone have links? i'd be interested in hearing some songs.

:laughing: I doubt it.

Any Mahavishnu Orchestra fans in here?
 

I'd love to meet some

Right here.

The first time I heard 'The Inner Mounting Flame', I nearly fell off my chair!
WHAT THE FU** WAS THAT!!! Never been anything like it- before or since...

Now that's a reunion I'd like to see....

is this the orchestra that has that wicked drummer in it. I don't recall his name at the moment....if so then, yes I am a fan

Love 'em.

Billy Cobham.

They are amazing. Everything fusion should be.

yeah, that's his name....Billy Cobham....awesome drummer

If you dig billy you should check out the rest of his music. His wiki entry lists his discography:
Billy Cobham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I've heard some of his other work.....my mother's friend wanted me to make a mix cd of his stuff. I'm going to look into seeing if I can purchase some of his work though.

Great!! nice to see someone is still supporting musicians and buying cds (unless you were being sarcastic about "buying" the music.)

No, I wasn't being sarcastic about buying his cds.....I have income so I can afford to do so. Especially for artists of his caliber

I also noticed that you have common sense. :clap:

You Rock!!:dj:

God, I haven't listened to them in ages. I use to really dig them though.

hells yeah, son
 

:drummer: cobham is god- i love it when he's playing a solo, and his big ass 70s glasses start to slip off of his face, and he readjusts them without missing a beat...

i just got into this band like a few weeks ago. yet another band i can't talk to anyone about cause nobody knows who the heck they are. great stuff though. i love Open Country Joy

All of "Birds of Fire" is pretty excellent

"Inner Mounting Flame" is also a good one.

If you like Mahavishnu Orchestra check out Weather Report (with legendary bass player Jaco Pastorius) and Return to Forever (with Chick Corea and another legendary bassist Stanley Clark)

As is Between Nothingness and Eternity. It was the first album I heard from them and it's a live one... it is completely flawless though, I mistook it for a studio album. :D

Sadly this is one of those bands that has passed me by. If only I could hear music 24/7 and not work!

Birds of Fire is very good. I can appreciate it for what it is, even if it does not stimulate me as much as other albums may.

Last time I visited a close friend in Oxford we had, Birds of Fire blasting out into the street. We were just laughing at how mad it was...where do you draw the line between jazz-influenced prog and jazz fusion? more improv? only here could i ask this question...:D