Title: High energy and dazzling virtuosity
Product review: This live recording is a glimpse into what jazz fusion could have become had it not turned the corner into hopeless commercialization. Here you have the visceral, cathartic power of R&B and rock combined in working partnership with the elegance and subtlety of jazz and western formal music - not to mention guitarist John McLaughlin's strong eastern influences. It takes great musicians to pull this off, and if you want to know why so many people believe there has never been a better electric guitarist than Miles Davis alumnus McLaughlin, this recording will give you a good start. Also outstanding on this recording are drummer Billy Cobham, keyboardist Jan Hammer and former Flock violinist Jerry Goodman, whose appearances fall short only in that they are too brief.While not as polished as this great quintet's studio releases, this is great fun and recommended.
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