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...injected into jazz. Enter Miles. And the rest, as they say, is history. The six ensembles that have resulted from Miles's own experiments form a mini-spectrum making up one end of a larger spectrum of all jazz. At the rock end of the small one lies The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Zawinul's Weather Report, from what little I've heard, seems a bit ethereal. Herbie Hancock's music is similar to what Miles himself is doing now. And Tony Williams's old Lifetime added a harsh virtuosity that set it apart from McLaughlin's more lyrical intensity, while retaining...
...MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA--If you listen to any other reviewer, you'll run to hear the Mahavishnu Orchestra Friday night. I am simply not excited by them at all. Their instrumental virtuosity is undeniable, but I find their kind of esoteric, mystic rock inaccessible. It's the kind of music I find myself trying to talk myself into enjoying. But that opinion is eccentric; let your taste be your guide...
...MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA--Fri. Oct. 19 at the Music Hall...
John McLaughlin/Carlos Santana. Somebody's trying to sell records here. The only thing these guys have in common is a spiritual master, and that don't assure good music. What I've heard features Mahavishnu, with Carlos struggling to stay in the studio. It's not bad, but it's not getting McLaughlin out what's going to become a spiritual rut; more of the same intense, spiralling music with distinctive Eastern flavoring. There's no point at all for a live version of the album, featuring a mishmash of two very good bands. Except greed. Besides, I liked Santana...
John McLaughlin/Carlos Santana. Somebody's trying to sell records here. The only thing these guys have in common is a spiritual master, and that don't assure good music. What I've heard features Mahavishnu, with Carlos struggling to stay in the studio. It's not bad, but it's not getting McLaughlin out what's going to become a spiritual rut; more of the same intense, spiralling music with distinctive Eastern flavoring. There's no point at all for a live version of the album, featuring a mishmash of two very good bands. Except greed. Besides, I liked Santana...