Birds of Fire
Context
Title track of the second album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, composed by John McLaughlin and placed as the opener. Recorded in August 1972, the album was released on Columbia on January 19, 1973; the last studio record by the original lineup, it reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200 and went gold in the United States.
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).