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Mahavishnu Orchestra

Active

1970s - 1980s

Formed

1971 in New York City, NY

Genre

Jazz

Styles

Fusion Jazz-Rock

Group Members

Billy Cobham John McLaughlin Jan Hammer Jerry Goodman Rick Laird Narada Michael Walden Ralph Armstrong Stu Goldberg Bill Evans Danny Gottlieb Jonas Hellborg Gayle Moran Jean-Luc Ponty
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Mahavishnu Orchestra

Biography by Scott Yanow

Led by guitarist John McLaughlin, a band whose sophisticated improvisations and high-powered music helped pioneer the jazz-rock fusion of the '70s.
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