Mahavishnu Orchestra

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Meet the Beatles!

The Gary Burton Quartet remembers its roots
Swallow says that when he first picked up an electric bass, "My immediate impression was: 'Oh, shit! I'm in deep trouble here!' "
By JON GARELICK | June 17, 2009

Chick Corea and John McLaughlin | Five Peace Band Live

Concord (2009)
Chick Corea and John McLaughlin first encountered each other in Miles Davis's group in the late '60s before taking his electric-jazz lessons and going on to invent fusion with Return to Forever (Corea) and the Mahavishnu Orchestra (McLaughlin).
By JEFF TAMARKIN | April 21, 2009

Marc Ribot

Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 — Marc Ribot Plays Masada Book Two | Tzadik
If you know Ribot only through his brilliant sidemanning with Burnett and Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, you don’t really know Ribot.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | November 27, 2007

The Mahavishnu Project

Return to the Emerald Beyond | Cuneiform
John McLaughlin’s groundbreaking Mahavishnu Orchestra never played the material from their most symphonic album, 1975’s Visions of the Emerald Beyond , live.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | March 19, 2007

Power players

The story of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
Prog-rock, art rock, and jazz rock have their equivalent of hardcore Trekkies, the Spock-eared enthusiasts who help populate Star Trek conventions.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | December 15, 2006