A Lotus on Irish Streams

Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin) · 1971 · comp. John McLaughlin

Context

Track 4 of side 1 of The Inner Mounting Flame, the first studio album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, recorded on 14 August 1971 at CBS Studios in New York and released by Columbia on 3 November 1971. An acoustic piece, described as "fragile" by JazzTimes (Bill Milkowski, 1998).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Meeting of the Spirits (1971)
• Dawn (1971)
• The Noonward Race (1971)
• Vital Transformation (1971)
• You Know You Know (1971)
• Birds of Fire (1973)

Sources

• EN: The Inner Mounting Flame

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