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David Axelrod – Holy Thursday

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David Axelrod – “Holy Thursday” from the album “Song of Innocence”

David was born on 17 April 1933 in Los Angeles, California. He initially started out as a boxer, but then found work in the film and television industry. He joined Capitol Records in 1963 as a producer and A&R man.

After successfully producing Lou Rawls and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley Capitol allowed him to produce solo albums, the first two of which, “Song of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience”, were homages to the mystical poetry and paintings of William Blake. He is considered a visionary and the father of fusion.

“Song Of Innocence”

1) Urizen; 2) Holy Thursday; 3) The Smile; 4) A Dream; 5) Song of Innocence; 6) Merlin’s Prophecy; 7) The Mental Traveler

David Axelrod - Holy Thursday

Performers – Al Casey, Allen Di Rienzo, Alvin Dinkin, Anne Goodman, Arnold Belnick, Arthur Maebe, Benjamin Barrett, Bobby Bruce, Carol Kaye, Douglas Davis, Earl Palmer, Freddie Hill, Gareth Nuttycombe, Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Harold Schneier, Harry Bluestone, Harry Hyams, Henry Roth, Henry Sigismonti, Howard Roberts, Jack Shulman, Leonard Malarsky, Lew McCreary, Marshall Sosson, Myron Sandler, Nathan Ross, Ollie Mitchel, Pete Wyant, Raphael Kramer, Richard Leith, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, Tony Terran, Vincent de Rosa, Bill Hinshaw

John Scofield – A Go Go

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John Scofield – “A Go Go” from the album “A Go Go”

He was born on 26 December 1951 in Dayton, Ohio, studied at Berklee College of Music and left to record with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan.
He spent two years with the Billy Cobham/George Duke Band, recorded with Charles Mingus in 1976 and then replaced Pat Metheny in Gary Burton’s Quartet. He joined Miles Davis in 1982 and appears on Star People, You’re Under Arrest and Decoy.
Here he is supported by the avant garde jazz groovesters Medeski, Martin and Wood.

John Scofield – A Go Go

1) A Go Go; 2) Chank; 3) Boozer; 4) Southern Pacific; 5) Jeep on 35; 6) Kubrick; 7) Green Tea; 8) Hottentot; 9) Chicken Dog; 10) Deadzy
John Scofield - A Go Go

John Scofield – electric & acoustic guitar, whistle
John Medeski – organ, wurlitzer, clavinet, piano
Chris Wood – acoustic & electric bass
Billy Martin – drums, tambourine

Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mountain Flame

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The Mahavishnu Orchestra – “You Know, You Know” from the album “The Inner Mountain Flame”
John McLaughlin was born on 4 January 1942 in Doncaster. He studied violin and piano as a child and took up the guitar at the age of 11.  He moved to London in the early 1960s and played with Alexis Korner, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, the Graham Bond Organisation and Brian Auger.

He moved to the US in 1969 to join Tony Williams’ group Lifetime and formed The Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1971.
He played on the following Miles Davis albums; In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Live-Evil, On The Corner, Big Fun and A Tribute to Jack Johnson.
Jeff Beck called him “the best guitarist alive” and he gave guitar lessons to Jimmy Page.

The Inner Mountain Flame

1) Meeting Of The Spirits; 2) Dawn; 3) The Noonward Race; 4) A Lotus On Irish Streams; 5) Vital Transformation; 6) The Dance Of Maya; 7) You Know, You Know; 8) Awakening

The Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mountain Flame

John McLaughlin – Guitar
Rick Laird – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums, Percussion
Jan Hammer – Keyboards, Organ
Jerry Goodman – Violin