John McLaughlin - Extrapolation "Binky's Beam"

[RoyMRandall]

i wouldn't call it "free form". There's a strict chord progression throughout and a composed melody played by the guitar and sax on the second chorus and repeated at the end. Pretty traditional form. The Mahavishnu Orchestra recorded this at breakneck speed under another name.

[iladijas]

Yes, @maglev375 an absolutely cracking album; was really foreign texture to me listening to this about 8 years ago!

Still love it much...

[peeler77]

interesting like it

[maglev375]

my understanding is, he recorded this before heading to NY and being 'discovered' by Miles Davis. There's an absolute integrity to J McL's early stuff, he has the technique and chops of a champion but it's only there to serve the music, there's no display of virtuosity for its own sake. And on 'Extrapolation' there's total generosity to the other players, they're all allowed to shine. Cracking album.

[bzbzob]

This is almost the same as Mahavishnu Orchestra's Celestial Terrestrial Commuters, check it out sometime! CTC is played about 4 times as fast as this earlier version. I love this album so much.

[zhokandawe]

this was recorded & released in the UK in '69, i suspect before the "bitches' brew" sessions in NYC.

[videocanone]

Great early free form jazz romp by John and Co.! Very raw and primal, first heard this in the early 70's ... it has weathered the years well... I like this kind of quartet in jazz as it allows for alot of space to improvise.

[gasparovsky1]

ach this is brilliant, never heard it before. every time you think youve heard everithing from john, some masterpiece like this one hits you behind the corner

[hsteen1]

C'est superbe mais qu'est ce que c'est que le" mclo"pardon pour cette question de béotien .

[theHellzapoppin]

@clipperwing same trip. i bought it i was 16. i'm now 54. such a wonderfull piece.

[thebansheeman]

Nice, Very nice, the album Extrapolation was first released in 1969, that's when I bought mine.

[clipperwing]

Bought this album when I was 16 or 17 years old, this was my favorite song on it, and now at 54 years can still get into the same grove. Brings you to a higher level.

[theHellzapoppin]

@clipperwing same trip. i bought it i was 16. i'm now 54. such a wonderfull piece.

[gammaGTgammajereste]

@clipperwing

excuse me for my english (i'm a froggy) but i bought this album when I was 16/17 too and I still think that it's the best of JML

[jetbur1417]

Man. You need to Improvise.

[CristiaanC]

First off the chord progression outline is I -IV-I-V-I. Follow the bassline. The first 3 notes, land on 1,3 and 5. Then the sequence is played again, the next three notes also land on 1,3 and 5. but you can count the second sequence in 7 beats, because there is a little pause. then to finish it up. the last notes in the section are all on the beat, 1-2-3-4-5-6. Then it drops back down to tonic. Hope this helps.

[donnellobrien]

@CristiaanC - It's in 19/8 and broken up 6 - 7 - 6.