Saturday, January 14, 2012

Power, Passion and Beauty- The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra: The greatest band that ever was

Power, Passion and Beauty- The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra: The greatest band that ever was Review



Starting in 1971 and lasting in one form or another for five years, the Mahavishnu Orchestra exploded onto the popular music scene while simultaneously trashing all existing conventions, forging a new direction that is still controversial to this day. The loudest and fastest band in the entire world, the MO literally could scare people yet also could create music of great beauty. Today, its genre-busting music serves as a foundation for many musical movements. All five members of the original band, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman and Rick Laird, cooperated with the author. In addition, almost 150 people, including some of the world's greatest musicians and artists, provide comments exclusive to this book. Among them are Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, Sir George Martin, Jean-Luc Ponty, Peter Max, Joe Zawinul, Bill Frisell, Dennis Chambers, Bill Bruford, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Herring, John Scofield, Steve Lukather, Lyle Mays, Steve Morse, Narada Michael Walden and many, many more. Experience this remarkable story through those that lived it and are still living it. You will be captured by the Power, Passion and Beauty of it all.


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