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Radio String Quartet

Celebrating the Mahavishnu Orchestra

ACT

Description

The biggest surprise of the 2006 Berlin Jazz Festival came from Austria with the radio.string.quartet – celebrating the powerful sounds of the Mahavishnu Orchestra in a refreshingly unconventional way.

The main goal of the radio.string.quartet is to transfer the power and the energy, which characterize the original recordings of the Mahavishnu Orchestra from the 70s into our decade.

Content-wise, John McLaughlin's compositions remain what they are, so does the dedicated and uncompromising way of playing. However, shape and appearance are presented in a new way by this classical and historically important ensemble type and the compositions become accessible to a much larger audience, which is what this powerful and influential music deserves.

This is not simply "playing it again", but an overdue and loving new interpretation, justified by the fascination of the original music.

" An absolutely excellent album!“ (Jazzwise)

"This is no ordinary string quartet. The love of, and the dedication they have to their respective istruments is marvellous, and the fact they have taken what was electric jazz fusion music, fused it with their training in 'Classical' music, and conserved the 'electric' atmosphere is outstanding." (John McLaughlin)