John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Now Here This (2012) By IAN PATTERSON, Guitarist John McLaughlin and his 4th Dimension group’s studio debut, To The One (Abstract Logix, 2010), mined the past for inspiration. The spirit of saxophonist John Coltrane‘s A Love Supreme(Impulse!, 1965) drove McLaughlin’s most charged electric...
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John McLaughlin has hit 70, but age hasn’t slowed him, not one jot and Now Here This is filled with his trademark guitar runs, fleet of finger and high on precision. Somehow, despite the alarming flurry of notes, there’s a calmness and a sense of everything in its place. Economy is hardly the first word that might spring to mind, yet there is...
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McLaughlin never fails to leave us awestruck by his incredible finger play, and with the philosophically-titles NOW HERE THIS he unlocks yet another cosmic chapter of...
Read Moret is most surely a good thing that John McLaughlin has been devoting much of his attention to the electric guitar. Not to take away from his acoustic playing, which has had some wonderful periods (I like the Shakti sides and the trio with Trilok Gurtu best), but after all it was as a musical electrician that John originally revolutionized the music world,...
Read MoreFor nearly a half-century, England’s John McLaughlin has nobly served as one of the most exciting and innovative guitarists in the history of jazz. His resume includes such pivotal gigs as his debut stint in UK crooner Georgie Fame’s big band, a term in the celebrated Graham Bond Quartet, and key roles in Miles Davis’ groundbreaking...
Read MoreAs it says on the sleeve, as opposed to the tin: file under jazz/rock. These words, as well as the crackling electrified sounds that they invariably conjure up, are the devil itself for those who see jazz as a purely acoustic, swing-based art. But even they would have to concede that British guitarist McLaughlin is one musician who has brought grace as well...
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