Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
  • Recorded live in Syracuse, New York on April 29, 1972
    Meeting of the Spirits - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
    John McLaughlin - guitar
    Jan Hammer - keyboards
    Jerry Goodman - violin
    Rick Laird - bass
    Billy Cobham - drums

Комментарии • 79

  • @chadkelham5034
    @chadkelham5034 3 года назад +12

    Billy Cobham = beast mode activated

  • @DAGDRUM53
    @DAGDRUM53 6 лет назад +31

    At 11:02 watch Cobham's stick explode in his left hand and see how he recovers---brilliant.

    • @markrobinson6129
      @markrobinson6129 6 лет назад +10

      Yeah! Never noticed that before. Listening to it you'd never notice.

    • @srb-ef3zs
      @srb-ef3zs 2 года назад +4

      this made my day!

    • @jdmresearch
      @jdmresearch Год назад +3

      It almost seems on purpose.

  • @fords_nothere_100
    @fords_nothere_100 3 года назад +27

    What a gem of a performance. So powerful. There's a great interview with Ruth Underwood, Zappa's brilliant percussionist, where she describes seeing Mahavishnu when they were Frank's opening act. Billy, John and the band were so powerful and overwhelming, espec Billy, Ruth says, Frank quickly replaced his drummer, hired Jean Luc Ponty, etc. She suggests Mahavishnu weren't just loud - they were - but they also released vast amounts of energy, and notes. As a percussionist she said she'd never seen anyone like Cobham.
    Great upload!

    • @JohnSmith-lg2ie
      @JohnSmith-lg2ie 3 года назад +4

      Saw them in 74 in Providence. By then Zappa was the opener. What an amazing night!

    • @grokeffer6226
      @grokeffer6226 Год назад +2

      @@JohnSmith-lg2ie I think they alternated from night to night. First one would open, then the other.

  • @M3Besh
    @M3Besh 2 года назад +9

    Violent drummer. Totally brilliant.

  • @flstudiopresents
    @flstudiopresents 6 лет назад +14

    Cobham breaks a stick it looks like at 10:56 , love the recovery

  • @jeffbogue3718
    @jeffbogue3718 Год назад +4

    Face melting of the spirits

  • @domokunbogle
    @domokunbogle 12 лет назад +25

    its a shame that times like that have passed, where jazz could (and did) connect with so many people that it became somewhat mainstream (and i don't use that word at all in a negative way).. and i'm not one of those "everything was better then" people, seeing as my musical taste is quite varied.

  • @michaelmarino3013
    @michaelmarino3013 3 года назад +5

    Ambidextrous BILLY.I SEEN THIS BAND 15X no bullshit. They just toured hard and for those 2 or 3 years they were everywhere. Then came solo Cobham SHAKTI ANOTHER REVAMPED MAHAVISHNU.SEEN THEM ALL.50 YEARS AGO.and here they are on the mighty RUclips.

  • @5hinobiGaijin
    @5hinobiGaijin 2 года назад +7

    This is some furious stuff!! It was a mutual effort, but damn John's solo here produced enough energy to power an entire city!!!

  • @doogal1234
    @doogal1234 12 лет назад +12

    Mr. Explosive, Billy Cobham. Absolutely amazing. Saw him live in the Main Point in Philly, about 4 feet away, he was absolutely stunning -
    .

  • @Azihayya
    @Azihayya 11 лет назад +8

    You can't hold a candle to that.

  • @cburns3256
    @cburns3256 11 месяцев назад +1

    You had to be mentally and spiritually ready to hear this band !

  • @makeperceive
    @makeperceive 2 года назад +6

    Must be one of the best Mahavishnu line-ups

    • @mnbv990
      @mnbv990 Год назад

      absolutely.

    • @mrJimCharles
      @mrJimCharles 6 месяцев назад +1

      Not "one of the", just plain "the"

    • @darrylbrown634
      @darrylbrown634 21 день назад

      I saw them,1972,open for ELP @ Winterland. Also,the last lineup W/Ponty & Gail Moran /big one,W/worst ever sound @ RIT.Awesome original group!!!!!!!!!!ROCK ON JM!!!!!!!!!?

  • @snavs420
    @snavs420 5 лет назад +14

    Nobody plays quite like Cobham.

  • @petermaxwell2965
    @petermaxwell2965 6 лет назад +8

    Billy is tripping on those drums..

  • @fearlessstudios1
    @fearlessstudios1 2 года назад +5

    These guys made absolute magic together 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @moltonrocka1784
    @moltonrocka1784 7 лет назад +11

    Cobham = Beast

  • @anantsundaram452
    @anantsundaram452 2 года назад +3

    John McLaughlin is just pure art here.

  • @erickirk6542
    @erickirk6542 11 лет назад +11

    thank god for real musicians and real music

    • @cameron_fairchild
      @cameron_fairchild 3 года назад +1

      and thank god that i love it. i could have been someone with no taste for this.

  • @keith7754
    @keith7754 2 года назад +2

    this is the greatest video of all time

  • @srb99100
    @srb99100 2 года назад +2

    So Cobhams’s stick vaporizes at 11:02 and courtesy of a fellow commenter this made my absolute day ✌️

  • @CarlosGonzalez-yv1tg
    @CarlosGonzalez-yv1tg Год назад +1

    What a challenge for any drummer to follow such a complex and changing composition

  • @silverfir7471
    @silverfir7471 5 лет назад +4

    just great...brilliant Cobham...

  • @tevevid
    @tevevid 6 лет назад +25

    Another extremely good version of this song. Can fusion be better ? No

  • @fintanwardell
    @fintanwardell 4 года назад +4

    Beyond compare.

  • @rattlecage666
    @rattlecage666 6 лет назад +4

    thank you for posting.....jaw dropping good

  • @evertvanderhik5774
    @evertvanderhik5774 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wish there was a HQ version of this

  • @brunovallesmunoz4757
    @brunovallesmunoz4757 6 лет назад +7

    Absolute power!!

  • @roy_funk
    @roy_funk 6 лет назад +5

    Superb magicians

  • @jerryblades
    @jerryblades 11 лет назад +6

    So badass powerful

  • @JonesyTheCat
    @JonesyTheCat 2 года назад +1

    God bless Mahavishnu

  • @DrummerDanVa
    @DrummerDanVa 7 лет назад +8

    Strange seeing Cobham with Mahavishnu and not behind his clear Fibes kit. But he kicked butt with a single bass drum kit. Got to see them live in 1972 or 1973. It was an eye opening experience.

    • @markrobinson6129
      @markrobinson6129 7 лет назад

      Where was this? What do you remember?

    • @DrummerDanVa
      @DrummerDanVa 7 лет назад +1

      Saw them live in Pittsburgh at I believe the Syria Mosque in 1972 or 1973. I was more into big band (Buddy Rich, etc) at the time but I remember Cobham behind the big clear Fibes kit. I remember the raw energy and the volume. I had never really seen anyone play the way Cobham did up until that point in my life. He was one of a few drummers I saw in a couple of years period playing Fibes drums so bought a 5 piece (black acrylic) in 1975. Great drums but the bd spurs and tom mount sucked. I found info about that concert (May 6, 1973 which sounds about right) that said they shared the bill with Frank Zappa but I think I would have remembered that so I think that "fact" is bogus. Also saw Return to Forever a few times a few years later and thought they were cleaner and more song oriented if that makes any sense.

    • @markrobinson6129
      @markrobinson6129 7 лет назад +1

      Wow - must have been something to witness. Hope you're still knocking the paint off your drums! I've heard some RTF from around 1976 and I know what you mean about songs - they were a good band too, though I'm far too young to have seen either of them live. They were different to Mahavishnu though I very much like what they did.

    • @DrummerDanVa
      @DrummerDanVa 7 лет назад

      Mark Robinson Check out videos from RTF from a few years ago when they reunited. They still played their asses off. Also saw Chase and Maynard Ferguson with Peter Erskine in that same period. The 70s were a great time for music. Bands playing sophisticated stuff could tour and make a living. You would have loved it.

    • @markrobinson6129
      @markrobinson6129 7 лет назад

      I will be sure and look for those vids wish I'd been there! btw there's some good stuff at jazzfusion.tv including Maynard and RTF off you like that kinda thinas well as MO. Oh and sugarmegs too.
      g

  • @kurtcochran
    @kurtcochran 14 лет назад +2

    Badass...Thanks

  • @Bakunin53
    @Bakunin53 Год назад

    amazing Mahavishnu!

  • @delfinastral
    @delfinastral 4 года назад +1

    incredible!

  • @cameron_fairchild
    @cameron_fairchild 3 года назад +2

    excellent live version. even with b.c. on that limited kit (for him), he still sounds like himself.

    • @DAGDRUM53
      @DAGDRUM53 2 года назад +1

      It's kinda tough to see but he's got three floor toms in a triangle configuration. About twenty seconds into the vid you can make it out if you look over the right side of the snare rim.

  • @kyleiveglia6284
    @kyleiveglia6284 2 года назад +1

    11:04 that was so perfect oh my god lol

  • @srb99100
    @srb99100 Год назад +1

    Not sure the people ambling around in the background off camera have atoned for their sins ignoring Billy C’s monstrous fills 😜

  • @oldunion
    @oldunion 5 лет назад +5

    This makes 1972 Grateful Dead look like Katy Perry.

    • @RocketKirchner
      @RocketKirchner 4 года назад

      mahavishnu burned a hole in the sun live !

    • @mrJimCharles
      @mrJimCharles 6 месяцев назад +1

      So you can imagine how the Dead felt when these guys opened for them

  • @spicyMcHAGGIS9green
    @spicyMcHAGGIS9green 12 лет назад +8

    How I feel:
    Your name isn't John McLaughlin?
    Please tell me how progressive your band is.

  • @mjm5081
    @mjm5081 2 года назад

  • @martinnelson8382
    @martinnelson8382 Год назад

    Did the people going past in the background ( you know, walking the dog, on their way home with the shopping, that kind of thing) realise they were witnessing one of the greatest performances by any group of musicians in history.
    One wonders if bach or beethoven had to put up with the same sort of indifference.

  • @markrobinson8410
    @markrobinson8410 Год назад

    Sounds good, someone should remaster the picture though.

  • @alexstephen5695
    @alexstephen5695 2 года назад +1

    I want to give it 2 👍

  • @RocketKirchner
    @RocketKirchner 4 года назад +3

    white hot and laying the law down .

  • @wadysawukaszewicz7529
    @wadysawukaszewicz7529 Год назад

    Stare majstry.Młodzi uczyć się do roboty

  • @user-xg4tf4vk7i
    @user-xg4tf4vk7i 4 месяца назад

    Pippi Calzelunghe!!!!!😂🎉😢😮😅

  • @guthrie_1
    @guthrie_1 10 месяцев назад

    Certain genre’s shouldn’t be blended 😂

  • @HWYHELL2
    @HWYHELL2 6 лет назад +2

    I'm sorry..but Jan Hammer is a worst keyboard player ever...I can imagine Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson player this stuff..wow......kkkkkkkk

    • @kalelvigil1510
      @kalelvigil1510 5 лет назад +9

      Nope, Rick Wakeman is not in improvisational shape for this music. This requires more than classical music quotes, blues scales, and rock improvisation.

    • @FreeCorps1984
      @FreeCorps1984 4 года назад

      And Elton John also. Possibly McCoy Tyner and Oscar Peterson as well....maybe

    • @Joshualbm
      @Joshualbm 3 года назад +5

      What a dumb and ignorant comment.

    • @cameron_fairchild
      @cameron_fairchild 3 года назад

      He can compose but he's not a good soloist.

    • @Joshualbm
      @Joshualbm 3 года назад +9

      @@cameron_fairchild You and RUY are truly dopes. It's hysterical how people who know little about this music, what it takes to play at this level try to dumb it down with stupefyingly inept comments. Jan is not only a prodigy with eastern classical training, his early career saw him touring with Sara Vaughn, Elvin Jones, Jermey Stieg and his own trio,. His abilities were world-class, hip and virtuosic to get those gigs. What he pioneered on various electric keyboards with MO, John Abercrombie, Jeff Beck et al is among the greatest jazz and jazz-rock keyboard work ever recorded. You absolutely cannot make a useful comparison of Jan to any rock keyboardist. Jan's abilities took him to the top of much more technically and musically challenging music than what the likes of anyone in the pop, prog rock scene. Elton John? Jesus H. Get a clue.

  • @gerardonoriega1309
    @gerardonoriega1309 Год назад +1

    Esta versión de meeting of the spirits es grandiosa . Gracias compañeros .