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'80s music with John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Joe Zawinul, plus new releases
by Len Davis
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" ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin: The Montreux Years
by Ian Patterson
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 ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin: Where Fortune Smiles
by Maurizio Comandini
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 ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin, Matthew Garrison,Tim Miller and Birelli Lagrene
by Len Davis
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 ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin, Beledo, Spherical Agenda and Reza Tajbakhsh. Favourites with Project Z and Lorenzo Feliciati
by Len Davis
Spherical Agenda with their new release Arcane Wisdom, Beledo from Seriously Deep, Lorenzo Feliciati, Project Z, Omar Hakim and John McLaughlin. Playlist Project Z “Mud Bug" from Project Z (Terminus) 00:00 Lorenzo Feliciati “Thief Like Me" from Elevator Man (Rare Noise) 07:35 Omar Hakim “Transmigration" from We Are One (Ozmosis) 15:14 Reza Tajbakhsh “Chickology" from Chickology (Masterpiece Studio) 22:51 Beledo “Maggies Sunrise" from Seriously Deep (Moonjune) 30:43 {Spherical Agenda “Arcane Wisdom" from arc and Wisdom (Lunar Signal) 38:25 ...
Continue ReadingNiacin, Mike Stern, Bob Berg, Dave Weckl, Lee Riteniour
by Len Davis
John McLaughlin from The Boston Record, the late Bob Berg, Mike Stern and Wayne Krantz.Playlist John McLaughlin & 4th Dimension"Call & Answer" from The Boston Record (Abstract Logix) 00:00 Niacin “Revenge" from High Bias (Stretch) 07:45 Bob Berg"American Gothic" from Back Roads (Denon) 15:30 Dave Weckl “7th Avenue South" from Heads Up (GRP) 23:26 Lee Ritenour “Night Rhythms" from Collection (GRP) 31:24 Mike Stern “Odds or Evens" from Odds or Evens (Atlantic) 39:49 Wayne Krantz “War-Torn Johnny" from ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Teymur Phell, Justin Rothberg
by Len Davis
New music with John McLaughlin Liberation Time and Justin Rothberg, Steps Ahead, Teymur Phell, Mike Stern and Matt Twaddle.Playlist John McLaughlin “Lockdown Blues" from Liberation Time (Abstract Logix) 00:00 Steps Ahead “Tee Bag" from Live Under The Sky 1980 (Equinox 09:02 Teymur Phell “Master Volume" from Master Volume (Music TP) 18:05 Mike Stern “All Over The Place" from All Over The Place (Heads Up) 27:09 MSM Schmidt “Hymn of the Seventh Dwarf" from Utopia (Laika) 36:09 Matt Twaddle ...
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