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Bathed In Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond by Colin Harper

by Colin Harper
June 9, 2014

Exclusive extract adapted from Bathed In Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond By Colin Harper. Published (UK and US) March 26, 2014 by Jawbone Press “British jazz is awash with young talent which, given a healthy set of circumstances and a fair share of work, could produce a generation of outstanding musicians." --Bob Houston, Melody Maker, January 1967 “As a job with security and prospects, being a jazz musician is just about ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: The Boston Record

Read "The Boston Record" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 19, 2014

Ever since guitarist John McLaughlin formed the 4th Dimension--his first electric fusion band in a decade--fans have been hoping he'd dig a little further into his back catalog. The wait is over with The Boston Record, a live album recorded in 2013 at Boston's Berklee College of Music. This isn't 4th Dimension's first live album, though it is the first to feature the seven year-old group's current configuration. Ranjit Barot, first heard with McLaughlin on Floating Point (Abstract ...

Extended Analysis

Miles Davis: In a Silent Way

by Nenad Georgievski
November 3, 2013

"Miles' audience isn't where it used to be but neither is his music" was used to market the new releases of Miles Davis' indefatigably changing music in the late 60's that caused seismic shifts in the world of jazz and completely had redirected it into new and fresh territories. In a career that stretched five decades Miles Davis did more than just become a star--this enigmatic 20th century icon fused an astonishing array of different musical styles, refused to be ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Now Here This

Read "Now Here This" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
February 28, 2013

Without a doubt, guitarist John McLaughlin is one of the most adventurous, unique and engaging musicians ever to pick up an electric guitar. The acclaim that has come his way during his long and illustrious history is almost unparalleled, as he has explored every corner of music, from jazz fusion and classical to electronic and world music. He's got an imaginative range and multi-genre facility that still distinguish him among many of today's contemporary players. But he never rests on ...

Interview

John McLaughlin: Risk, Magic And Mystery

by Ian Patterson
January 7, 2013

Shortly after completing a successful European tour with the 4th Dimension, guitarist John McLaughlin has some time to put his well-traveled feet up at his home in Monaco and reflect on the evolution of this band, its second CD, Now Here This (Abstract Logix, 2012), and the mysteries of live performance. Yet, just two days before this phone interview took place, the great Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar passed away at the age of 92, and it seems more than ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension: Now Here This

Read "Now Here This" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 11, 2012

Ci sono diversi aspetti interessanti, e altri meno, in Now Here This, la nuova uscita dei 4th Dimension di John McLaughlin a due anni dal precedente To the One, nel quale figurava il batterista Mark Mondesir oggi sostituito dall'indiano Ranjit Barot. La band è una realtà tecnicamente formidabile e la sua forza espressiva lascia il segno in diverse occasioni nei cinquanta minuti di musica proposti, come nel brano d'apertura “Trancefusion," nel quale ogni componente riversa in musica un approccio deciso ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Now Here This

Read "Now Here This" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 22, 2012

Guitarist John McLaughlin and his 4th Dimension group's studio debut, To The One (Abstract Logix, 2010), mined the past for inspiration. The spirit of saxophonist John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) drove McLaughlin's most charged electric playing in years, proving he'd lost none of his fire. Two years on, and McLaughlin's 4th Dimension returns another energetic set of strong compositions, less specifically inspired than To The One, but inspired nonetheless. McLaughlin's electric guitar and guitar-synthesizer swing between biting edge ...