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Radio & Podcasts

John McLaughlin, Beledo, Spherical Agenda and Reza Tajbakhsh. Favourites with Project Z and Lorenzo Feliciati

by Len Davis
December 10, 2021

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 ...

Radio & Podcasts

Niacin, Mike Stern, Bob Berg, Dave Weckl, Lee Riteniour

by Len Davis
October 15, 2021

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 ...

Radio & Podcasts

John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Teymur Phell, Justin Rothberg

by Len Davis
July 23, 2021

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 ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin: Liberation Time

Read "Liberation Time" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
July 17, 2021

Perhaps the biggest success of Liberation Time is that its title feels sincere and not ironic. Such a sentiment could have easily come out as a cute bit of wishful thinking under the restrictions of pandemic life. Being who he is, though, John McLaughlin inevitably finds the value and positivity even in this strange state of affairs. “The wonderful thing about music is that you put the headphones on and you are all in the same room," he says in ...

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John McLaughlin, Gary Willis, Tribal Tech, David Binney, Tom Coster

by Len Davis
May 21, 2021

Today a fusion fest with some of the finest releases over the last 30 years John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Niacin, David Binney and much more.Playlist Niacin “Prelude & Funky Opus" from Krush (Prosthetic) 00:00 John McLaughlin"Mr DC" from The Heart Of Things (Verve) 07:24 Chick Corea “El Stephen Parts 1&2" from The Ultimate Adventure (Stretch) 14:44 Gary Willis “Armageddon Blues" from Bent (Alchemy) 22:13 Tribal Tech “Salt Lick" from Face First (Blue Moon) 29:40 David Binney “Massive Humanity" ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jazz-Rock-Fusion, Early Days: 1967-1971

by Len Davis
February 26, 2021

We look at the early days of jazz-rock -fusion with music from 1967-1971 by Joe Zawinul Miles Davis John McLaughlin and Soft Machine. Playlist John McLaughlin “Extrapolation" from Extrapolation (Polydor) 00:00 Tony Williams Lifetime “Via The Spectrum Road" from Emergency (Verve) 07:14 Joe Zawinul “A Soul Of A Village" from The Rise And Fall Of The Third Stream (Atlantic) 14:28 Miles Davis “Frelon Brun" from Filles de Kilimanjaro (Columbia) 21:32 Miles Davis “John McLaughlin" from Bitches Brew (Columbia) ...

Year in Review

Most Read Album Reviews: 2020

by Michael Ricci
December 31, 2020

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our most popular in 2020. The Complete 1969 Recordings King Crimson by John Kelman Published: October 31, 2020 Is That So? John McLaughlin Shankar Mahadevan Zakir Hussain by Ian Patterson Published: February 3, 2020 Just Coolin' Art Blakey & The ...