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[David Morris]

Thanks Otto,

Rykodisc is a great label.  They used to have one of my all-time
favorites on their label, now at KnitMedia:

http://www.starpulse.com/music/Mahavishnu_John_McLaughlin/P7100/0/R143534/3/0/

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
My Goal's Beyond
Release Date: 1970
Running Time: 41:12
Label: Rykodisc

After bouncing around on a couple of labels (Douglas/Polydor/Ryko,)
the CD reissue of this album ultimately ended up on KnitMedia. The
startling thing about this record is that it points the way toward two
directions McLaughlin would take in the future -- exploring Indian
music and the acoustic guitar -- and this while he was in the thick of
the burgeoning electronic jazz-rock movement. The first half is a John
McLaughlin acoustic guitar tour de force, where he thwacks away with
his energetic, single-minded intensity on three jazz standards and
five originals (including one genuine self-penned classic, "Follow
Your Heart") and adds a few percussion effects via overdubbing. The
second half is devoted to a pair of marvelously intricate fusions of
Indian rhythms and drones called "Peace One" and "Peace Two," with
jazz flights from flutist/soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman, a
simpatico encounter with future Mahavishnu cohorts Billy Cobham on
drums and Jerry Goodman on violin, and Airto blending his sounds
seamlessly with the Indian tambura and tabla. Throughout, McLaughlin's
acoustic lines faultlessly straddle the line between the subcontinent
and jazz, and the ethereal results still hold up beautifully today.
Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide


2008/2/9 Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>:
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