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Don Ellis: Connection
by Jim Santella
In the early 1970s, Don Ellis reshaped his big band, dropping the three acoustic basses and substituted one Fender bass. His guitarist added echoplex effects and wah-wah sensations, taking the group away from its straight-ahead big band sound and plunging it into the electronic decade. The band got connected to pop culture. Ellis made ...
Music Spoken Here
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Aspan; Blues for L.W.; The Translators; Honky-Tonk Haven; Viene
Clareando; David; Negative Ions; Brise De Coeur; Loro
Mahavishnu
By Mahavishnu
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Radio-Activity; Nostalgia; Nightriders; East Side West Side; Clarendon
Hills; Jazz; The Unbeliever; Pacific Express; When Blue Turns Gold
Belo Horizonte
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Belo Horizonte; La Baleine; Very early; One Melody; Stardust on Uour
Sleeve; Waltz for Katia; Zamfir; Manitas D'Oro
John McLaughlin: Music Spoken Here
by Walter Kolosky
Finally available from Wounded Bird Records, 1982's Music Spoken Here features the same line-up as the previous year’s Belo Horizonte. MSH is a little rougher around the edges than the earlier effort. This may be seen as an improvement to some, as the music is a bit wilder. But to others, the compositions may seem a ...
Mahavishnu: Mahavishnu
by Walter Kolosky
1984's Mahavishnu was supposed to mark the return of drummer Billy Cobham to John McLaughlin's side, in an attempt to recreate the spirit of the original Mahavishnu Orchestra. Although business disagreements led to the reunion ending badly behind the scenes, the record did manage to display some of the historic interplay these musicians had shared in ...
John McLaughlin: Belo Horizonte
by Walter Kolosky
Shame, shame, shame on Warner Brothers for not releasing 1981's Belo Horizonte on CD until more than 18 years after it went out of print! Belo's original claim to fame was that McLaughlin played acoustic and the rest of the band played electric--apparently a new technological breakthrough! (The fact was announced loudly by a big sticker ...