Jazz Articles about John McLaughlin

About John McLaughlin

Album Review

Forty-six years is a hefty chunk of time between studio releases. Half a lifetime, in fact. Shakti, however, is no ordinary band. The lengthy hiatuses that have punctuated the pioneering Indo-jazz band's fifty-year journey have not dimmed the collaborative flame of co-founders John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain. Following its 2012-13 tour, they placed the dust covers over the band--redubbed Remember Shakti in 1997--once more. That hiatus soon seemed set to be permanent following the premature death of mandolinist Uppalapu Srinivas ...

Liner Notes

Larry Coryell: Improvisations: Best of the Vanguard Years

by Josef Woodard
February 6, 2023

There have been many smoother operators in the world of jazz guitar than Larry Coryell, the brainy rough rider who was a natural-born fusioneer, in the best sense. There have been cleaner technicians on the instrument, with a more lucid sense of identity and careers that have followed a logical, rolling landscape. But not many have quite attained Coryell's strange, madly eclectic state of grace: into music he came, he saw and heard things not yet articulated, he conquered on ...

Radio & Podcasts

John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Antonio Sanchez and Louis Sicilliano

by Len Davis
January 13, 2023

Celebrating the Birthday of John McLaughlin with music from The Heart Of Things Live in Paris, Miles Davis, plus new music from Antonio Sanchez, Louis Siciliano, Sixun from France, Wasafiri from Texas, and guitarist B D Lenz from New York. Playlist Miles Davis “John McLaughlin" from Bitches Brew (Columbia) 00:00 John McLaughlin “The Heart Of Things" from The Heart Of Things—Live In Paris (Verve) 07:32 Antonio Sanchez “Waiting" from Shift-Bad Hombre 2 (Warner Music)15:06 Louis Siciliano “Translucent Dodecahedron" ...

Radio & Podcasts

'80s music with John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Joe Zawinul, plus new releases

by Len Davis
July 3, 2022

Continuing with music from the '80s with John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu, Billy Cobham and Joe Zawinul. Plus new releases from Lo Greco Brothers, Aaron Parks, Ron Trent and Alberto Rigoni.Playlist John McLaughlin “The Wait" from Adventures In Radioland (CBS) 00:00 Billy Cobham “Jackhammer" from Flight Time (Inak) 06:31 Joe Zawinul “The Harvest" from Dialects (Columbia) 12:57 Lo Greco Brothers “Afro Feel" from Afro Feel (IMA) 19:18 Aaron Parks “Cartoon Element" from Volume 2 (Ahem) 25:47 Ron Trent “Sphere" ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years

Read "The Montreux Years" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
May 22, 2022

Montreux Jazz Festival and John McLaughlin have shared a special bond since the English guitarist first performed at the internationally renowned Swiss festival in 1972, with The Mahavishnu Orchestra. Since then, the ever-searching McLaughlin has returned numerous times, with almost every formation he has ever led. This double vinyl or single-CD release is effectively a sampler, as all bar one of these tunes appeared on the mammoth 17xCD box set John McLaughlin Montreux Concerts (Warner Bros Records, 2003). The one ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin: Where Fortune Smiles

Read "Where Fortune Smiles" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
May 2, 2022

L'invito che Tony Williams fece a John McLaughlin, chiamandolo a New York per far partire l'intensa avventura musicale denominata 'Tony Williams Lifetime,' arrivò proprio quando lo stesso McLaughlin aveva magicamente trovato un suo punto di equilibro. Dopo aver lasciato intravedere interessanti bagliori nell'eccellente disco Things We Like di Jack Bruce (registrato a Londra a fine agosto del 1968, con Dick Heckstall-Smith ai saxofoni e Jon Hiseman alla batteria) il suo talento esplose nel bellissimo album di esordio Extrapolation, registrato a ...

Radio & Podcasts

John McLaughlin, Matthew Garrison,Tim Miller and Birelli Lagrene

by Len Davis
January 16, 2022

Happy birthday to John McLaughlin, with music from The Boston Record and more. Birelli Lagrene with Dennis Chambers, bassist Matthew Garrison and guitarist Tim Miller.Playlist John McLaughlin and 4th Dimension"Call and Answer" from The Boston Record (Abstract Logix) 00:00 John McLaughlin and 4th Dimension “Take It Or Leave It" from Now Hear This (Abstract Logix) 07:43 John McLaughlin “The Divide" from The Heart Of Things-Live In Paris (Verve) 15:35 Tetsuo Sakurai “Brainstorm" from Gentle Hearts (JVC) 23:30 Front ...