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The Mahavishnu Project

Back in 1971, when guitar-god John McLaughlin left Miles Davis and (Tony William’s Lifetime) to form the groundbreaking Mahavishnu Orchestra, he was the first to combine the fire of Hendrix-drenched rock with the groove of Coltrane’s modal jazz & the ethereal Indian ragas of Ravi Shankar. The critics called it “jazz rock” (of course it was much more) and the result was nothing less than a musical revolution. The Mahavishnu Orchestra has since been cited as a major influence on everyone from King Crimson to Phish, and was in many ways one of the first electric jam bands. Not surprisingly however, the music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra hasn’t gone on to be covered and re-interpreted by the many bands it has affected, largely due to its extreme technical demands

Mahavishnu Project: Phase 2

By The Mahavishnu Project

Label: Aggregate Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Disc One: Resolution; Meeting Of The Spirits; You Know, You Know; A Lotus On Irish Streams; Sanctuary; Awakening; Birds Of Fire
DiscTwo: Noonward Race; Lila's Dance/The Dance Of Maya; Miles Beyond; Within The Womb Of Night; One Word; Hope

Mahavishnu Project: Phase 2

by Andrey Henkin
May 6, 2005

Mahavishnu Project Phase Two Aggregate Music Being a Mahavishnu Orchestra (MO) cover band is a vastly different undertaking than playing the music of, say, Led Zeppelin or the Grateful Dead. By and large, those who would come to see a band like this (sticking to the first and only worthwhile incarnation) are ...

Mahavishnu Project: Live at The Point, Cardiff UK

by Marco Anderson
November 18, 2004

When Jimi Hendrix burst on the music scene in the late '60s, the then “gods of the guitar," idolised by thousands, knew that they had been found out; jaws dropping, they rushed to worship at the new shrine and to usurp as much as they could for their own future betterment. In 1972, the ...

Mahavishnu Project: Phase 2

by Walter Kolosky
May 5, 2004

The Mahavishnu Project considers the music from the original fusion gods, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, to be classical in nature. Therefore it is no surprise to see the band put out another CD that features four of the MO tunes that appeared on its first release, Live Bootleg. After all, a classical repertoire is a classical repertoire. ...

Live Bootleg

By The Mahavishnu Project

Label: Aggregate Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: The Dance of Maya; Celestial Terrestrial Commuters; Trilogy (The Sunlit Path/La Mere De La Mer/Tomorrow;'s Story Not The Same); Dawn/Open Country Jam; Birds of Fire; Resolution/The Noonward Race; Dream; One Word (conclusion).

Mahavishnu Project- Live Bootleg

By The Mahavishnu Project

Label: Aggregate Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: The Dance of Maya; Celestial Terrestrial Commuters; Trilogy: Dawn/Open Country Jam; Birds of Fire; Resolution/The Noonward Race; Dream: One Word

Mahavishnu Project: Mahavishnu Project- Live Bootleg

by Walter Kolosky
November 22, 2002

Over thirty years ago, John McLaughlin and his Mahavishnu Orchestra shocked the jazz and rock music world with their highly volatile electric fusion explosions. Now this music is being reprised by The Mahavishnu Project, a tribute band which recently released a live album. Recorded on tour directly from the house soundboards, Live Bootleg offers a raw, ...

Mahavishnu Project: Live Bootleg

by Todd S. Jenkins
August 6, 2002

The old soul classic pretty well says it all: “Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby." In this era of repertory projects, from Henry Kaiser and Leo Smith's Yo Miles! to Ken Vandermark's assays of Sun Ra and Albert Ayler, it seems only logical that some die-hard fusion fans would revisit the legacy of John McLaughlin's ...