John McLaughlin News

Guitarist John McLaughlin has been shredding for 47 years. He’s a bonafide jazz great that has met, and performed with, most of the greats. McLaughlin played with Tony Williams’s Lifetime, backed up Miles Davis, and founded spiritual-prog-jazz behemoth, Mahavishnu Orchestra. He even jammed with Jimi Hendrix. And he doesn’t regret any of it. At least, [...]

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When lightning-fast guitar shredding is experiencing a revival by indie buzz acts like Marnie Stern and PS I Love You, the timing’s good for legendary jazz rock guitar god John McLaughlin to crank up his amp and show the kids how to wail like Coltrane. When lightning-fast guitar shredding is experiencing a revival by indie [...]

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(Québec) Plus qu’un artiste solo, John McLaughlin est musicien de groupe. En 45 ans de métier, il a donné naissance à main-tes formations marquantes, dont le mythique Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, et le Guitar Trio avec Paco de Lucía et Larry Coryell. Ces jours-ci, c’est au sein du 4th Dimension que le respecté guitariste évolue et [...]

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There are jazz guitarists, and there is John McLaughlin. The 68-year-old Englishman has been a standout since he changed the sound and feel of Miles Davis’s band on In a Silent Way in 1969, not only through the speed and agility of his playing, but also through the power and audacity of his sound. He [...]

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(Québec) C’est hier, au Palais Montcalm, que John McLaughlin amorçait sa nouvelle tournée en compagnie de son ensemble The 4th Dimension. Le respecté jazzman a offert un voyage à travers son répertoire, où les cascades de notes et les envolées virtuoses étaient reines. Read more > Segnala presso:

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Played with Miles Davis, check. Helped invent the jazz-fusion movement and played on the genre’s most important album, check. Introduced millions of Western listeners to the wonders of Indian classical music and improvisation, check. Exponentially raised the level of rhythmic diversity in jazz, check. Recorded one of the most commercially successful jazz albums of all [...]

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