Mahavishnu Orchestra

Profile

Origin

New York, United States

Formed

1971

Founding members

John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, Rick Laird, Billy Cobham

Current status

Disbanded since 1987

Members through the years

• John McLaughlin — guitar (1971–1976, 1984–1987, the only constant member)
• Jan Hammer — keyboards (1971–1973)
• Jerry Goodman — violin (1971–1973)
• Rick Laird — bass (1971–1973)
• Billy Cobham — drums (1971–1973, 1984)
• Jean-Luc Ponty — violin (1974–1975)
• Gayle Moran — keyboards, vocals (1974–1975)
• Ralphe Armstrong — bass (1974–1976)
• Narada Michael Walden — drums, vocals (1974–1976)
• Stu Goldberg — keyboards (1975–1976)
• Bill Evans — saxophonephone (1984–1987)
• Jonas Hellborg — bass (1984–1987)
• Mitchel Forman — keyboards (1984–1986)
• Danny Gottlieb — drums (1985–1987)
• Jim Beard — keyboards (1987)

Discography