“Next, the Mahavishnu tune “Open Country Joy,” from that group’s Birds of Fire album.  Andrea Stewart slapped and drummed on a battered cello to recreate Billy Cobham’s percussive groove. Mr. Haimovitz took the role of violinist Jerry Goodman. Leanna Rutt played the high-speed John McLaughlin guitar part. The players tore into the funky, cyclic groove, trading rapid lines over the rhythm, stopping to break down and take another chorus.”

by Paul J. Pelkonen

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