Visions Of The Emerald Beyond

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 41:43

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Oh Mahaa-RAHAAA

edmaury

Guitar work on Eternity's Breath would make Jeff Beck blush. The new core of bandmenbers play with the same intensity but a bit more polish than their predecessors. Cosmic Strut is the Shiz-nit.

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The LP would eventually define...

kupitero

Jean-Luc Ponty's transition from being an traditional jazz violinist to an avant-garde, electric jazz violinist. His recordings after he left the group would sound very, very close to this Mahavishnu LP. A fine example would be "Aurora" and, maybe, "Cosmic Messenger". Listening to this LP is like seeing a good, old friend. Thanks, eMusic!

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As the second album to document the second Mahavishnu Orchestra, this one isn’t as, well, apocalyptic as its predecessor, yet it does focus more intently on the band itself. Jean-Luc Ponty’s curling electric violin lines help give this Mahavishnu band a more European sound than its predecessor, and some of the orchestral concepts of Apocalypse work their way into the picture via comments by a string trio and trumpet/sax duo. This band also had some interest in a bombastic funk direction that may have been borrowed from Mr. “Chameleon” Herbie Hancock, and would later be followed by Mahavishnu Two’s drummer, Michael Walden. Gayle Moran’s ethereal vocals don’t date as badly as those on many jazz-rock records; at least she can sing. Overall, this Mahavishnu edition is more refined and not as aggressive as the first — although they could charge ahead pretty hard, as “Be Happy” and “On the Way Home to Earth” demonstrate — yet they were still capable of making memorable electric music. – Richard S. Ginell

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