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1974: King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham and Miles Davis

By Len Davis | Bitches Brew
January 19, 2024
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1974, fifty years ago with King Crimson, Isotope, Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Return to Forever, Joe Farrell, Jerry Goodman with Jan Hammer, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jaco Pastorius with Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas and Paul Bley.

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King Crimson "Red" from Red (Island Records) 00:00
Isotope "Rangoon Creeper" from Illusion (Gull) 06:47
Larry Coryell "Bird Fingers" from Eleventh House with Larry Coryell (Vanguard) 13:34
Miles Davis "Rated X" from Get Up with It (Columbia) 20:18
Billy Cobham "Crosswind" from Crosswinds (Atlantic) 26:59
Weather Report "Cucumber Slumber" from Mysterious Traveller (Columbia) 33:22
Herbie Hancock "Spank-A-Lee" from Thrust (Columbia) 39:49
Return To Forever "Vulcan Worlds" from Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor) 46:20
Joe Farrell "Canned Funk" from Canned Funk (CTI) 53:00
Jerry Goodman-Jan Hammer "Topeka" from Like Children (Nemperor) 59:44
The Mahavishnu Orchestra "Sister Andrea" from Between Nothingness and Eternity (Columbia) 1:06:08
Pastorius-Metheny-Ditmas-Bley "Vashkar" from Pastorius-Metheny-Ditmas-Bley (Improvising Artists) 1:12:52

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