Mahavishnu Orchestra's The Inner Mounting Flame was the first jazz-rock album that found favour among significant numbers of ...

“The idea to bring the Mahavishnu music ... whose first exposure to the Orchestra came as a teenager when his older brother played him The Inner Mounting Flame, the band served as a bridge ...

Laird’s work was part of pioneering groups the Mahavishu Orchestra and Return to Forever ... including the classic debut, The Inner Mounting Flame, and its follow-up, Birds of Fire.