The great improvisational guitarist, who has worked with a number of prominent Indian musicians, believes music is the sum of our life story. A few weeks ago, just before Israel started bombing Gaza, British-born guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin played a concert in Ramallah. This was the second time that he’d performed in Palestine since 2012, reiterating...
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The Palestinian territories are rarely a destination for jazz musicians let alone stars of an art form that is more at home in big cities such as New York and Chicago. Read more here...
Read MoreRecorded live last June at Boston’s Berklee Performance Center, « The Boston Record » (Abstract Logix) links John McLaughlin to his early days as a jazz-fusion pioneer. It includes a new take on « You Know You Know, » which appeared on his Mahavishnu Orchestra’s 1971 album, « The Inner...
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Encountering a guitarist whose breadth of spirituality and technical expertise far exceeds that of much more celebrated musicians like, say, Eric Clapton, or even his friend Carlos Santana, is doubly daunting. There is the astounding virtuosity on display, and then there is the awareness of how much influence he has exerted over the years. Read more here...
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Final Show in New York at the blue Note Jazz Club – June 18th-20th. Many thanks to Souvik Dutta, Sven Hoffman, John Mclaughlin, Etienne M’Bappe, Ranjit Barot, and all the other people that helped make John Mclaughlin and the 4th Dimension’s North American Summer Tour...
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John and the 4th Dimension at the Blue Note Club in New York City. Etienne Mbappe, Ranjit Barot, Gary Husband, and John Mclaughlin open begin their three day schedule with a fantastic show and many laughs. An unbelievable suprise at the end of the first show by Zakir Hussain and Shankar Mahadevan...
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