It marked a continuation of the fusion he had begun to explore in his collaborations with Miles Davis, as well as something of a break from the traditional idioms of jazz, incorporating progressive notions of jazz, funk and rock, enriched with tinges of the avant-garde. Herbie Hancock, Mwandishi (Warner Bros.) Mwandishi is a landmark album in Herbie Hancock's oeuvre as a bandleader, reflecting his then-new aesthetic and spiritual direction. Yet, in the eyes and ears of many, none could match the tight-knit unit of this first incarnation of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, helmed by the profoundly influential guitarist and featuring Rick Laird on bass, Billy Cobham on drums and percussion, Jan Hammer on organ and keyboards, and Jerry Goodman on violin. Its incendiary marriage of fusion and electricity immediately inspired several copycat acts. The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia) While primarily targeting young rock fans at the time of its release, The Inner Mounting Flame was a sophisticated culmination of John McLoughlin's studies of various music genres and traditions, complete with odd time signatures and rhythms. The resulting prayer-like aura is a solemn meeting of Eastern and Western cultures, making ingenious use of an amalgamation of varied instruments - including the oud, tamboura and harp, rarely heard within a jazz context up to that point, and the soaring saxophone of Pharoah Sanders. The guitar-centric, genre-defiant end result may, incidentally, also be the best workout jazz record ever created.Īlice Coltrane, Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse!) Journey in Satchidananda further established Alice Coltrane's reputation as a trailblazing bandleader, marking a significant evolution of her idiosyncratic musical idiom by integrating teachings of guru Swami Satchidananda within the compositional structure of her previous recordings. Composed for an Oscar-nominated documentary on the life of the title boxer, whom the trumpet legend greatly looked up to, the album consists of two extended tracks spliced together by Teo Macero from audio from four incendiary sessions.
Miles Davis, A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Columbia) While it may have been almost ignored at the time of its original release, A Tribute to Jack Johnson is now regarded as a landmark recording of Miles Davis’ fusion period and one of the greatest jazz-rock recordings of all time. Wishing you a happy new year, this week we bring you a list of six great albums that turn 50 in 2021. Write-ups of individual albums and sample tracks follow. You can watch a full-length discussion of the albums via the video player below. Just jazz fans sharing records with other jazz fans.
It’s social media in the truest sense of the term: no algorithms, no computer-generated playlist. That’s why we’re rebooting that tradition for the digital age with our “Crate Digging” video series, in which we’ll search through crates of our memories to bring you a handful of album recommendations on a given theme. Remember record stores? Remember the thrill of turning your friends on to new music by swapping vinyl and CDs? Yeah, we do too.
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