🎷 AotW: Jazz Mahavishnu Orchestra - BIRDS OF FIRE

[Captain Bacardi]

Mahavishnu Orchestra
BIRDS OF FIRE
Columbia Records

Released 1973

Peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 Album chart (1973)

Produced by the Mahavishnu Orchestra

Songs:

1. Birds Of Fire - 5:50
2. Miles Beyond - 4:47
3. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters - 2:54
4. Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love - 0:24
5. Thousand Island Park - 3:23
6. Hope - 1:59
7. One Word - 9:57
8. Sanctuary - 5:05
9. Open Country Joy - 3:56
10. Resolution - 2:09

All compositions by John McLaughlin
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Musicians:
John McLaughlin - Electric Guitar, Synthesizer
Jan Hammer - Keyboards
Jerry Goodman - Violin
Rick Laird - Bass
Billy Cobham - Drums, Percussion

Recorded August 1972 at Trident Studios, London; Electric Lady Studios, New York City; and CBS Studios, New York City
Engineers: Jim Green, Ken Scott
Mastering Engineer: Mark Wilder
Photography: Urve Kuusik
The poem "Revelation" by Sri Chimnoy

Available at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Birds-Fire-Ma...rds=mahavishnu+orchestra+birds+of+fire&dpPl=1




Capt. Bacardi

 

[Captain Bacardi]

This is an album I hadn't listened to in a while. This is a very frenzied yet highly musical adventure. Playing in different time signatures, or switching styles within a tune (like "One Word", which is stunning) are quite common on this album. John McLaughlin's guitar and Jerry Goodman's fiddle are a great compliment to each other. Jan Hammer sets several textures on most tunes. He plays a gorgeous piano on "Thousand Island Park", with McLaughlin on acoustic guitar. Billy Cobham is just nuts on drums. These tunes can get crazy on you at first, but I'm still in awe when I listen to this album.



Capt. Bacardi

 

[Rudy]

This one is still on my bucket list--I have it but haven't cracked into it much. I'm still wrapping my head around Apocalypse.