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The Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame - Extended Play Lounge (Episode 26) (Patreon)

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2022-08-21 00:44:00
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2023-05

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I was quite pleased to listen to this album...my first time hearing this group. What amazing musicianship! This music is bursting at the seams, even when it's slow and tender. 

Thankfully, I was able to access some sheet music to these songs. It helped to be able to see some of the riffs and melodies going by. I hope you enjoy!

Unlisted Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/741496045/e3796e661a

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Comments

John Barnett

To be regretfully crude because there's really no other way to say it, kind of feels like getting your cherry popped for the second time, doesn't it? I agree with Hoyet about Birds of Fire. 'One Word' from this album has the most remarkable interplay between the soloists in the break where after starting out trading off every few bars, but they ultimately trade off in the middle of phrases and it barely matters that there are three soloists because they are so much in sync. McLaughlin is a master of voice. Billy Cobham is considered one of the leading drum players of all time. I saw the band live shortly after this album and the experience could only be described as astonishing.

MrWondrous David Beckwith

Very excited for this. Rick Beato once interviewed Jon Anderson who said this: "“Me and Chris saw King Crimson, their first gig, playing their first album In The Court Of The Crimson King. I looked at Chris and said we gotta practice better, these guys are amazing…” “5 years later we were on tour with The Kinks in America, the opening act was Mahavishnu Orchestra. I looked at Chris and said we gotta rehearse better…”"

Peter Tutak

You can imagine what it was like to hear this for the first time around early 1972. It was astounding, and that's putting it lightly. It was like electricity in the form of music - we never heard anything like this. And the grooves ! Rick Laird was the unsung hero in this group. He kept everything grounded while the world - even Cobham at times - flew around him. It's still an amazing work, more than 50 years later. Nice work, Doug, and thank you.

Claudio Fernandes

That was a great, Doug. Welcome to the realm jazz purists refuse to call it jazz and rock purists refuse to call it rock, but it's mainly a blend of these 2 musical styles. That's why it's easier to call it fusion. Nobody gets angry hahaha. It all changed when Miles Davis came across Jimi Hendrix and decided to go electric. Now you need to jump in the other 2 great names of this style: Return to Forever and Weather Report. If I could suggest anything from those 2 groups, I would suggest Hymn of The 7th Galaxy by RTF and Heavy Weather by Weather Report. A fun fact: all these 3 bands were formed by ex Miles Davis support musicians. My favourite one is RTF because of its blend of jazz, rock, Latin and classical music. It was a lot of fun. Thanks for that, Doug

Anonymous

This makes me very happy. When I was about 19 I first heard Mahavishnu, after being dominantly a metal dude, and it changed my entire scope of what music could be. This world of music has so much to explore, and I'm looking forward to many more fusion listens with you.

Kathy Ratino

I've read that Jerry Goodman is Benny Goodman's son, but that is not true. Benny Goodman had only daughters. Jerry Goodman's parents were both members of the Chicago Symphony. Jerry was eventually replaced with Jean-Luc Ponty. Great article on the band: https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-the-mahavishnu-orchestra

bobj

This is a wonderful start of a jazz-fusion and Dr. Doug relationship. I recommended Return to Forever’s Romantic Warrior quite awhile ago and a few other jazz-fusion pieces, but I’m glad to see Dr. Doug jump into this genre with Mahavishnu. I understand his comment at the end of this about lyrics, but he has such a handle on music, he doesn’t always need lyrics to give an accurate analysis. If he is more comfortable having sheet music for Romantic Warrior, I would be glad to purchase it and provide it to Dr. Doug to make it a “Behind the Score” episode. Maybe this genre lends itself to having a score to accompany the music? Of course, I will continue to enjoy all other genres that Dr. Doug analyzes, but I really look forward to more of this one! Nice job Doc!

BrianTheJeepGuy

At some point you need to listen to Bitches Brew by Miles Davis, a true groundbreaking recording. It is a double album. This is the album in which Miles created the genre for others to follow and expand upon. One of the several times he completely redefined jazz.

Anonymous

It was great fun to watch Doug react to an album that I've listened to probably hundreds of times and one that still leaves me in awe. I can still feel the wall of sound I experienced at my first Mahavishnu concert. There is no group quite like this original lineup. Their ensemble playing is truly remarkable. I agree that Rick Laird was the foundation that kept it together. Cobham is simply a monster player. All have chops that we can only dream about. It is worth watching a couple of their live performances on Youtube. I've never seen such intense music made by a more relaxed group. They play like there's nothing to it. Looking forward to more from this genre.

Philip B

Really enjoyed this, Doug. Truly an Earthshaking album. Much as I love this first incarnation of the M.O., I think the second one came closer to what the band’s title promised, particularly on the ‘Visions of the Emerald Beyond’ album. ‘Apocalypse’, which preceded it, actually features the London Symphony Orchestra, and is undeniably excellent, but I think the smaller string and brass sections on ‘Visions…’ were more successfully integrated into the compositions. Sensational stuff. It’s also the best produced album I’ve ever heard. And that includes ‘Aja’.

Anonymous

This album had a tremendous impact on the progressive rock of the time. Phil Collins, for example, was blown away by Billy Cobham's drumming and simply the complexity of the group's songs. You can hear this on the early Genesis and Brand X records.

Scot Poland

What a great choice for an EPL! I saw this Mahavishnu lineup summer of '72 opening for Yes on the Close to the Edge tour. I already had the album, I was familiar with John from Miles Davis, with Billy from Dreams, and Jerry from The Flock (their two albums are criminally obscure). Still one of the best concerts I've seen (opening act was a band from California no one had heard of called the Eagles. A weird mixture to be sure).

Hoyet Hemphill

So glad you reviewed this. Their next album, Birds of Fire, is astonishing. The lineup changed later, with virtuoso violinist Jean-Luc Ponty on the Apocalypse album. Please consider the brilliant jazz fusion composer, Don Ellis, influenced by Stockhausen, Bill Evans, Indian scales with quarter tones (4-valve trumpet with electronic modulation), even Slavic folk music. Electric Bath is most famous, but Tears of Joy is astonishing. Won Oscar for score to French Connection. There have been dissertations based on his compositions (Strawberry Soup).