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Shakti with John McLaughlin · 1977 · Ouverture de Natural Elements

Context

First track of Natural Elements, recorded in Geneva in July 1977 and written by McLaughlin. The album follows A Handful of Beauty (1976).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Indo-jazz. 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

• The Daffodil and the Eagle (1977)
• Happiness Is Being Together (1977)
• Joy (Shakti) (1976)

Sources

• EN: Natural Elements (Shakti album)

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