John McLaughlin News

Five Peace Band in Monaco

John Bouchet — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:14:58 +0000

Dear Friends,

on the 22nd of October 2008 John and Chick Corea are giving a benefit concert at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco with their new group called ‘ FIVE PEACE BAND’.

It is an event not to be missed and for a very good cause. The entire profit of the concert will go to the humanitarian organisation CAAP AFRIKA.

Fnac

Grimaldi Forum

Drum Magazine review

John Bouchet — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:04:22 +0000

Five Peace Band

John Bouchet — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:03:28 +0000

‘Five Peace Band’ ( Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett and Vinnie Colaiuta) start their world tour with a benefit concert for Caap Afrika in Monaco on the 22nd of October 2008. To see the european tour dates of the Five Peace Band

	FIVE PEACE BAND Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, Vinnie Colaiuta
22/10/2008	Benefit Concert CAAP AFRIKA, Grimaldi Forum Monte Carlo Monaco
24/10/2008	Cork Jazz Festival - Cork Opera House Cork IRELAND
26/10/2008	Palace Hall Bucharest ROMANIA
27/10/2008	Vienna Stadthalle, Halle F Vienna AUSTRIA
29/10/2008	Azerbaijan State Philharmonie Baku AZERBAIJAN
30/10/2008	C R R Concert Hall Istanbul ISTANBUL
31/10/2008	Anatolia Show and Congress Center Ankara TURKEY
02/11/2008	Pallas Theatre Athens GREECE
03/11/2008	World Forum The Hague THE NETHERLANDS
04/11/2008	Queen Elizabeth Hall Antwerpen BELGIUM
06/11/2008	Leverkusen Forum Leverkusen GERMANY
07/11/2008	Festaal Ingolstadt Ingolstadt GERMANY
09/11/2008	Grobers Festspielhaus Salzburg AUSTRIA
10/11/2008	Teatro Manzoni Milan ITALY
12/11/2008	Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival - Utena Leisure Arena Vilnius LITHUANIA
14/11/2008	Wroclaw Guitar Festival/centennial Hall Wroclaw POLAND
16/11/2008	Parco Della Musica, Sala S. Cecilia Roma ITALY
19/11/2008	Palacio De La Opera La Coruna SPAIN
20/11/2008	Palacio Euskalduna Bilbao SPAIN
11/23/2008	London Jazz Festival - Royal Festival Hall London ENGLAND

Downbeat magazine

John Bouchet — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:06 +0000

John with the 4th Dimension in Juan les Pins

John Bouchet — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:28:37 +0000

John meeting ‘Return to Forever’ in Nice Cimiez

John Bouchet — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:28:11 +0000

Latest press reviews

John Bouchet — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:50:08 +0000

1. Floating Point reaches No 2. on XM Satellite Radio : Beyond Jazz show by Russ Davis. Americas most popular listening station.
Chart Link : http://www.xmradio.com/pdf/beyondjazz_chart.pdf

2. 5 Star Review in Guardian (UK)
Link : http://www.johnmclaughlin.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/guardian-276.jpg

3. 4 Star Review in the Financial Times (UK)
Link: http://www.johnmclaughlin.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/financial-times-286.jpg

4. Guitar Player Interview on Floating Point by Anil Prasad
Link http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/john-mclaughlin/may-08/35319

5.   All About Jazz Features on Floating Point and Meeting of the Minds
      Link : http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29357
            http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29540
            www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29562

6. Global Rhythm Interview of John McLaughlin in the August/Sep Issue hitting stores in Mid July

7. Review on Guitar Channel
http://www.guitar-channel.com/rich_murray/2008/06/review-john-mclaughlin—floating-point.html

8. BBC Review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/43w6/

9. Jazz.com Interview
http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2008/5/6/in-conversation-with-john-mclaughlin

10. Jazz.com Review
http://www.jazz.com/music/2008/4/30/john-mclaughlin-five-peace-band

Review of Floating Point in the Financial Times

John Bouchet — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:01 +0000

Floating Point Review in ‘The Guardian’

John Bouchet — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:22:13 +0000

Here is a 5 star review of Floating Point in the english newspaper The Guardian.

Tour in July (update)

John Bouchet — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:11:33 +0000

John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension are :
Gary Husband -> keyboards and drums
Mark Mondesir -> drums
Dominique di Piazza -> bass

• 03/07/2008 Enghien / France - Enghien Jazz Festival

• 04/07/2008Wiesbaden / GermanyRheingau Musik Festival

• 05/07/2008Duisburg / GermanyLandschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

• 07/07/2008Vienne / FranceJazz à Vienne

• 09/07/2008Getxo-Vizcaya / SpainGetxo Festival

• 10/07/2008Collado-Villalba / SpainVillalba Festival

• 11/07/2008Ludwigshafen / GermanyLimburgerhof-Rehhütte

• 13/07/2008Juan Les Pins / FranceJazz à Juan

• 14/07/2008Grugliasco-Torino / ItalyGru Arena

• 16/07/2008Napoli / ItalyArenile di Bagnoli