John McLaughlin and Chick Corea win the Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group Category.
Chick Corea and John McLaughlin are truly kindred spirits. Both are brave musical explorers and singular virtuosos on their respective instruments. As young jazz artists, they both did stints with the legendary Miles Davis and appeared together on the groundbreaking jazz/rock/funk classic Bitches Brew.
Each later ventured out to form his own revolutionary band: McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra and Corea’s Return to Forever. The innovative music played by these two groups attracted huge audiences in the ‘70s and helped shape a new genre of music, turning multitudes of rock fans on to a new form of jazz.
Since then they have both had extraordinarily prolific careers, with continual creative output spanning many genres of music and in a host of different musical settings, while maintaining unparalleled artistic integrity–and becoming legends in their own right.
This musical pairing is one of the most important collaborations for jazz in our times.
The much anticipated album from John McLaughlin entitled To the One (Abstract Logix/Mediastarz) will be released on April 20, 2010.
Congratulations, dear Mahavishnu.
Great news!
Dear Johnji, Congratulations!
I’m dying to hear ‘To The One’!!
Congratulations! And many thanks for incredibly wonderful stream of music over the years.
As a bit of a fusion guitarist hack, I also want to let you know I am thoroughly enjoying the hard work and care you put in to « this is the way i do it. » Much appreciated !!
With best wishes,
Peter
(Lama Thapkhay)
California, USA
Congratulations for Grammy Maestro.
We’re waiting to see you again in Rome next May.
(I hope you’ll bless my 335 by your sign…I dream that for years..:-).
All the best with Love & Respect Mahavishnu.
Congratulations maestro Johnji
your admirer
Ruben Diaz
Congratulations Maestro John & Maestro Chick.
Hamid.
Tehran-Iran.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
It’s good to see that even the highest quality in music can win such an award – a sign for a better taste?!
All my best wishes + stay in the light
Johannes
Congrats on the Grammy ! As always you continue to inspire us all Mr. McLaughlin. Loved seeing you at the Bottom line in 1993 with Free Spirits and especially loved the last tour with Chick and company. I listen to Floating point almost every day and I’m sorry that you didn’t tour with that lineup on the record.
Congratulations, John! You are the best, and you have always been! You are such an inspiration in my life and for my own music, ever since I heard and bought the first Mahavishnu Orchestra LP. I wish all the best for you, John!