BETWEEN NOTHINGNESS & ETERNITY

In a Billly Cobham concert during the late 1970s, he stated, "If you think it smells sweet now, the last time I was here in 1973 the Mahavishnu Orchestra opened for Pink Floyd." If you wonder why Gen Xer's are jealous of baby boomers, one reason is that concerts like this were prevalent and in small theaters and clubs, not arenas and football stadiums. This album, of course, was the last album by a band that was born to explode and destined to implode. Four of its members went on to outstanding careers in music. This document gives you a glimpse into what it would have been like back in 1973 to be sitting beneath the stars in NY's Central Park while Mahavishnu took the stage. The three tracks made up the better part of the studio album that was not released after the bands break up. They are intense and glorious . The ensemble is really beginning to sound like an orchestra. The original Mahavishnu Orchestra became one of the what ifs of musical history. Its successor was brillliant , but not as great as the original. It dissipated into R and B tunesmithary. But if the original had gone on to make just two more albums . . . .