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1. What really makes this album a defining achievement of jazz fusion in the 70's is its rich sound-scape, that builds and calms with such ease just like the sea, with heavy opener 'Birds Of Fire' set ups a beautiful violin sequence with edgy piano and heavy guitar all powered by Cobham's monster drumming/5().

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2. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of The Real Birth Of Fusion on Discogs. Label: Columbia - 2 • Format: CD Compilation • Country: UK • Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul • Style: Fusion Various ‎– The Real Birth Of Fusion Birds Of Fire: /5(4).

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3. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Terre Haute Pressing Vinyl release of Birds Of Fire on Discogs. Label: Columbia - KC • Format: Vinyl LP, Album Terre Haute Pressing • Country: US • Genre: Jazz, Rock • Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock.

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4. Editors’ Notes Birds of Fire is the second and final studio album by the original, "classic" Mahavishnu lineup, but it's also a cornerstone of the jazz-rock fusion canon. For one thing, the interplay between the front line of guitar hero John McLaughlin, keyboardist Jan Hammer, and former Flock violinist Jerry Goodman is even more fiery and intense here than on the debut album.

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5. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Gram Vinyl release of Birds Of Fire on Discogs. Label: Friday Music - FRM ,Columbia - FRM • Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered Gram • Country: US • Genre: Jazz, Rock • Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock.

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6. Modal jazz to fusion Influenced generations of musicians She was the real jazz singer because she came from jazz. Made jazz accessible Fused pop and jazz. "Manteca": a bass pattern much different from the usual walking bass Percussion instruments were added. Salsa.

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7. Birds of Fire remains to this day my absolutely favorite fusion album. The classic line-up of MO couldn't have gotten any better: John McLaughlin on guitar (a master), Jerry Goodman on Violin (as good as John), Jan Hammer on keyboards, Rick Laird on Bass, and who can forget Billy Cobham (quite possibly the greatest drummer of all time).

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8. Aug 08,  · Birds of Fire brings overdue critical attention to fusion, a musical idiom that emerged as young musicians blended elements of jazz, rock, and funk in the late s and s. At the time, fusion was disparaged by jazz writers and ignored by rock critics. In the years since, it has come to be seen as a commercially driven jazz hoaclimkainagetvigarepsimapogsa.xyzinfo by:

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