Return to Forever performs “Sorceress” for the Old Grey Whistle Test studio audience in 1976.
Return to Forever is:
Chick Corea — Piano, Synthesizer, Clavinet
Stanley Clarke — Double Bass and Bass Guitar
Lenny White — Drums, Percussion
Al Di Meola — Guitar
Mahavishnu John McLaughlin & Carlos Santana – Live in Chicago (1.09.1973)
03 – A Love Supreme (J. Coltrane)
Musicians:
John McLaughlin – Guitar (double-neck)
Carlos Santana – Guitar
Khalid Yasin (aka Larry Young) – Organ, Keyboards
Doug Rauch – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums
Armando Peraza – Percussions
Two jazzrock Giants of ’70 – great Carlos Santana, hero from Fillmore East ’68 and Woodstock and John McLaughlin – English guitarist that redefined the guitar jazz fouinding jazzrock Mahavishnu Orchestra.
In the year ’72, both of them on the pick of abilities, they recorded an album together. Next year, after touring with their own band, the two Powers where united for a very short, but incredible tournee.
The concert given in Chicago Amphitheatre september 1st 1973, is the most popular bootleg.
This is a live concert unavailable on any official issue.
Footage of the Einstein of Bass and the Bad Boy of Jazz: Jaco Pastorius. His playing style was noteworthy for containing intricate solos in the higher register. His innovations also included the use of harmonics and the “singing” quality of his melodies on fretless bass. Pastorius suffered from mental illness and substance abuse, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1982. He died in 1987 at age 35 following a violent altercation at a Fort Lauderdale drinking establishment. Jaco was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only four bassists to be so honored (and the only electric bassist). He is regarded as one of the most influential bass players of all time.
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After the intro the track really lifts off at 2:55.
This beat and bassline of Stratus has been sampled by Massive Attack in their tune “Safe from Harm”. From Billy’s first solo album Spectrum. Amazing how the track keeps it’s tension.
In 1971, with fellow Davis alumnus McLaughlin, Cobham co-founded Mahavishnu Orchestra, a definitive jazz fusion ensemble. Cobham toured extensively from 1971 to 1973 with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, who released two studio albums and one live album. The original studio versions of tunes on the live album were later released as The Lost Trident Sessions in 1999.
In May 1973, while still with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham recorded his first solo album Spectrum with keyboardist Jan Hammer, from the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and guitarist Tommy Bolin, who later played with heavy rock band Deep Purple. Just before the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s last touring leg, in late 1973, Cobham recorded and toured with guitarists Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, in concerts which featured material from their album Love Devotion Surrender, and Cobham’s own material.
