MAHAVISHNU RE-DEFINED; A TRIBUTE TO JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA

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Just how do you rate such varied interpretations? A very difficult task, indeed.

Well, for some like me anyway. Considering that I am the first one to bother with typing out a few words, next to a lone rating of 5 without any supporting explanation by no other but one of the featured musicians. (Note that I am not using the term "artist" in this instance.) Yes, it's no other than the very Gianfranco Contenza again who gave me an earful of rather nasty and deeply offensive comments via previous Private Messages.. His Username is Fusion Guy and you can check out his self-serving and thankfully scarce inputs Chances are that more insults may follow - if only because I decline to admire his questionable interpretations of McLaughlin and Mahavishnu.

Suffice to say that his contribution brings down the overall value of an otherwise interesting and credible release. We are talking about interpretations here, as opposed to note-by-note copies.of the original tunes. Some tend to please very much, whereas others are good, but fail to excite.

I am a bit at a loss to note that the most pleasing artists here are not even featured at PA. Short of perusing Wikipedia, it leaves me wondering as who they are and how did they manage to be included in a project like this?

All in all, this is an interesting release and largely worthy of attention - if only for curiosity's sake. Easily 3.5, but rounded up to 4, due to the odd piece by people I've never heard of before. Funny that!.

BORA | 4/5 | 2013-5-10

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