Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Lost Trident Sessions
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Artist: Mahavishnu OrchestraEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-09-21
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Dream
- Trilogy;The Sunlit Path/La Mer de la Mer/Tomorrow's Story Not the Same
- Sister Andrea
- I Wonder
- Steppings Tones
- John's Song
Music reviews of The Lost Trident Sessions
Music Review: brilliant, but not the best album
Rating: 5 Stars
My feelings on this album is that, while I'm glad it was released (because you can NEVER have enough classic Mahavishnu Orchestra) it's not as good of an album compared to the Inner Mounting Flame and Birds of Fire. Some of the guitar playing is once again extraordinary and reminds me of John McLaughlin standing on the moon, knowing he deserves to be above and beyond what most guitarists are capable of. The only problem is that, since there was tension going on with the band at the time, his guitar playing doesn't sound as exciting compared to the previous albums.
Still, I love the album from beginning to end and wish there was more of this legendary lineup. But stick with the first two Mahavishnu Orchestra albums to get a taste for the classic stuff. It's still amazing how drastically different this band is compared to every other orchestra I know. It's not even an orchestra really- just insanely dangerous heavy rock music.
Description of The Lost Trident Sessions
Recorded during a brief stopover in London on June 25, 1973, these unprepossessing studio performances, despite (or maybe because of) the heavy compression (particularly on the drums) and a mixed-on-the-fly feel, convey far more of the edgy, go-for-broke energy, ferocious solo intensity, and telepathic interplay of Mahavishnu's peak 1973 live shows than their only live album (the August 12, 1973, Central Park performance caught on Between Nothingness & Eternity). McLaughlin's extended forms, "Dream" and "Trilogy," are made up of hyperkinetic blues vamps, classical elements from both the Western art music and Carnatic traditions, shifting minor modes and complex rhythmic cycles, while keyboardist Jan Hammer's "Sister Andrea" adds a welcome touch of funk to the formula. Unreleased tunes by violinist Jerry Goodman and bassist Rick Laird shed new light on their contributions to the band's overall repertoire, and everyone plays like their life depends on it--no one more so than Billy Cobham, whose ability to swing rock rhythms and depict a wide range of dynamic nuances is simply remarkable. Cobham's ferocious exchanges with the guitarist walk the line between Hendrix-style psychedelia and Coltrane-like dervish dances. A thrilling snapshot of fusion's musical possibilities before it all went sour. --Chip SternGeneral CDs
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