Up-date:

THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT:  

Interpreting the music of John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Gregg Bendian, drums     Pete McCann, guitar        Steve Hunt, keyboards

Rob Thomas, violin              Chris Tarry, bass

 “Just a little note of appreciation for what you are bringing back to life. This musical period was the beginning of finding my own way in music, and to hear you guys playing those tunes in such an unbelievable way is quite amazing. Great job!! Keep up the good work.” 

-John McLaughlin’s email to MahavishnuProject.com (Oct. 2002)

OFFICIAL MAHA UPDATE:

CHRIS TARRY JOINS THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT:

Bassist Stephan Crump has left the Mahavishnu Project and has been replaced by Chris Tarry (http://www.christarry.com/).  Chris, a former student of Gary Willis and John Pattitucci, has played with John Scofield, DJ Logic and the acclaimed Canadian fusion band, Metalwood.  We're very excited about what Chris will bring to the Mahavishnu music and we're looking forward to working with him.

TWO NEW JERSEY SHOWS:

The band will play two local shows in October before heading off to Europe at the end

of the month....

Mon. October 4, 2004 (7:30pm, sharp)
Stockton Performing Arts Center
Richard Stockton College of NJ 
Pomona NJ
609-652-4661
http://www.intraweb.stockton.edu/

Sat. October 23, 2004 (7:30pm)
NJ Proghouse
Old Franklin Schoolhouse
491 Middlesex Ave (Route 27)
Metuchen NJ 08840
Twenty-five dollar admission includes complimentary pre-show BBQ dinner.  Join the band for an "Eat & Greet" (6 - 7:30pm) courtesy of the fine folks at NJ Proghouse.  Enjoy a meal and chat about your favorite Mahavishnu albums, shows and songs with the MP guys on the eve of their first European tour .  Please note: Parking is directly across the street from the venue.  http://www.njproghouse.com/

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:

The European tour schedule is now completely set.  Here is the latest, most up-to-date schedule....  

Wed Oct 27         &nbs p; 

Spazio Aurora

Via Cavour 4

Milan (Rozzano) ITALY

www.spazioaurora.net 

musica@spazioaurora.net

Thu Oct 28      

AuditoriumFlog                                          

Via M. Mercanti, 24b

Firenze ITALY

www.flog.it

flogfi@virgilio.it

Tel: (055) 487 145

Fri Oct 29 

Magic Bus         &nb sp;

Via delle Industrie 118

Venice (Marcon) ITALY

www.magicbus.it

Tel: (39) 041 59 52 151                                       

Sat Oct 30

La Sacra Birra

C. so. Moncenisio 18 

Turin (Sant’ Ambrogio) ITALY           

http://www.cantine.org/locali/date.php?TO_la_sacra_birra                                   

Tel: (11) 93 98 62

Sun Oct 31 

Jailbreak

Rome ITALY

www.jailbreak.it

info@jailbreak.it

Tel: (06) 406 3155

Mon Nov 1 

Harmonie

Frongasse 28-30

Bonn GERMANY
www.harmonie-bonn.de

veranstaltungen@harmonie-bonn.de

Tel. 0228/61 40 42

Tue Nov 2 

Jubez

Am Kronenplatz 1

Karlsruhe GERMANY              

www.jubez.karlsruhe.de

jubez@stja.karlsruhe.de

Tel: (0721) 93 51 93

Wed Nov 3 

Capitol

Waldhofstr. 2

Mannheim GERMANY

www.capitol-mannheim.de

freundeskreis@capitol-mannheim.de

Tel: 06 21 / 40 17 14 - 0

Thu Nov 4 

Colos-Saal,

Rossmarkt 19,

Aschaffenburg (Frankfurt) GERMANY

www.colos-sal.de

info@clos-saal.de

Tel. 06021-27239

Fri Nov 5 

Café Cairo

Burkarderstr. 44
Würzburg GERMANY

www.cafecairo.de

info@cafecairo.de

tel: 0931- 416 933

Sat Nov 6 

Spirit of ‘66

Place du Martyrs 16

Verviers BELGIUM                                   

http://www.spiritof66.be/agendouble.php?dateaffichage=109952 2800

info@spiritof66.be

Tel: 0032(0)87 35 24 24

Sun Nov 7 

Jazzclub Unterfahrt

Einsteinstrasse 42
Munich GERMANY
www.unterfahrt.de

order@unterfahrt.de

Tel: Büro: 089-41902945
Club: 089-4482794

Mon Nov 8

Café Spielplatz

Muensterplatz 12

Schwabish Gmund (Stuttgart) GER   

www.cafe-spielplatz.de

info@cafe-spielplatz.de

Tel: 07171/62288

Tue Nov 9 

Kulturzentrum Buez

Seidenbeutel 1

Minden GERMANY

www.buezminden.de

mail@buezminden.de

Tel: 0571 – 23939

Thu Nov 11 

Swansea WALES UK 

confirmed, venue tba                                              

rhinoagency@btconnect.com

Fri Nov 12

MEAN FIDDLER (Formerly LA2)
165 Charing Cross Road
London, ENGLAND WC2H 0EN
Tel: 020 7434 9592

www.meanfiddler.com

Tickets: http://www.stargreen.com/artist/?THE_MAHAVISHNU

DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP THE NEW LIVE DISC, "PHASE 2" AT... http://mahavishnuproject.com/html/store.html

Just received the following, which should make MO fans happy:

THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT:  

Interpreting the music of John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Gregg Bendian, drums        Pete McCann, guitar        Steve Hunt, keyboards

Rob Thomas, violin            Stephan Crump, bass

 “Just a little note of appreciation for what you are bringing back to life. This musical period was the beginning of finding my own way in music, and to hear you guys playing those tunes in such an unbelievable way is quite amazing. Great job!! Keep up the good work.”
-John McLaughlin’s email to MahavishnuProject.com (Oct. 2002)

GREGG BENDIAN PRODUCING MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA SET:

Mahavishnu Project drummer and leader Gregg Bendian is co-producing (with the great Bob Belden) “The Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live in Cleveland 1972” for Sony/Legacy.  Sony is planning on releasing this classic show in the late summer of 2004 as a bonus disc to be paired with “The Inner Mounting Flame”.   

Belden is a big fan of The Mahavishnu Project and asked Gregg to come on board for the Cleveland project - first as a consultant and soon after, as co-producer.  The two went into Sony Studios with engineers Mark Wilder and Richard King in February and mixed the concert from an old 1-inch, 8-track reel.   

Gregg will also be helping Elliott Sears (Mahavishnu road manager and agent for Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman) put together the liner notes for the package, which will include interviews with each of the band members and some of the key protagonists of the jazz-rock fusion era, such as Stanley Clarke, Carlos Santana and Dickey Betts.   

Mr. Belden has now asked Gregg to oversee the archiving of many hours of Mahavishnu Orchestra live tapes that have not yet been digitally transferred or properly annotated.  This will be an ongoing project aimed at someday making way for a Mahavishnu Orchestra live box-set.  (There’s a lot of stuff in the vault there, and even Sony don’t know what they have!).  More on this as things progress.

COMING IN MAY: "MAHAVISHNU PROJECT: PHASE 2" (double live CD set)