Inner Worlds
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| Studio album by Mahavishnu Orchestra | ||||
| Released | January 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Jazz Fusion | |||
| Length | 44:07 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  |
Inner Worlds is an album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It was the group's sixth album release.
In 1975, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and keyboardist Gayle Moran left the band. Stu Goldberg was brought in as a replacement for Moran. Although they were not officially recorded, initially this version of the group still retained Norma Jean Bell, Carol Shive, Phillip Hirschi, Russell Tubbs and Steve Kindler. After some hasty rehearsals, this line-up toured with Jeff Beck. After the tour, McLaughlin pared the band down to a quartet of himself, Goldberg, Walden and Armstrong, and then the album was recorded.Goldberg interview
This would be the last album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra for nearly ten years, when leader and guitarist John McLaughlin re-formed the group in 1984.
The track "Planetary Citizen" was often used by early hip-hop DJs and producers for its drum break and vocals . One example is the use of the vocals as a significant feature of the Massive Attack track "Unfinished Sympathy".
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