Jazz Articles about John McLaughlin

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Album Review

Tony Williams Lifetime: Emergency!

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 27, 2012

Questo album ha rivoluzionato la musica del secolo scorso. L'affermazione è forte ma è certamente condivisa da buona parte della critica. Purtroppo è un album che non ha avuto invece grande successo di pubblico e speriamo che questa riedizione curata dalla meritoria etichetta inglese Esoteric possa, almeno in parte, sanare la situazione. Il giovane batterista Tony Williams era entrato nel quintetto di Miles Davis nel 1963, a diciassette anni, e aveva rivoluzionato il modo di suonare la batteria nel jazz ...

Album Review

Miles Davis: Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary

Read "Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 16, 2010

Lussuria. Se ci fosse una legge che limita ad una sola parola le recensioni dei capolavori, questa sarebbe la nostra scelta per il cofanetto Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary, senza alcun dubbio. Per fortuna una legge del genere (per ora) non c'è e quindi possiamo aggiungere altre riflessioni per raccontare meglio la straordinaria importanza di Bitches Brew nel panorama delle arti di ogni tempo e per sottolineare il senso di meraviglia che questo splendido cofanetto ha suscitato anche in chi di ...

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Live Review

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Philadelpha, PA November 12, 2010

by Linda Braceland
November 18, 2010

John McLaughlin & the 4th DimensionThe Keswick TheatreGlenside, PA 19038November 12, 2010 Guitarist John McLaughlin kicked off the US portion of his North American Tour Friday night in the Philadelphia area, at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA. Whether you are a fan of fusion, blues, rock or strictly jazz, there is no disputing the talent that appeared on the stage in the form of McLaughlin and his band, The 4th Dimension. This tour, which ...

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Album Review

John McLaughlin & The 4th Diminsion: To The One

Read "To The One" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush
June 26, 2010

Iconic guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin has released his most consistently engaging disc in years. What makes it so? Well, his band is the same kind of highly skilled fusion unit as on many McLaughlin dates--nothing new there. The main difference seems to be a renewed commitment to the art of songwriting. Much more care has been invested in these pieces and it shows. McLaughlin has always created thick jazz-funk grooves to improvise over; now, those grooves have real, singable melodies. ...

Album Review

John McLaughlin: To the One

Read "To the One" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 11, 2010

Con questo ottimo To the One John McLaughlin sembra ritrovare come per magia un filone aureo importante che gli consente di affondare gli artigli nella materia lavica della musica per rimettersi in gioco e per ritrovare una sorta di centralità nella evoluzione della chitarra elettrica. Molto semplicemente questa sorgente di energia è la musica di John Coltrane, una fonte di ispirazione che già era stata presente nella musica di McLaughlin sin dagli anni formativi nella natia Inghilterra, per poi riemergere ...

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Extended Analysis

John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension: To The One

by Ian Patterson
April 23, 2010

John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension To The One Abstract Logix 2010 It's seems like a while since John McLaughlin recorded in such a stripped down context with a working band. Recordings such as Industrial Zen(Verve, 2006) and Floating Point (Abstract Logix, 2008) found the English guitarist in rich compositional form and displaying outstanding chops, but neither project led to the formation of a live band. McLaughlin has been ...

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Album Review

John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension: John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension: To The One

Read "John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension: To The One" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 13, 2010

After two studio albums that fell into the category of special projects--the large-casted but surprisingly cohesive Industrial Zen (Verve, 2005) and synth-laden Floating Point (Abstract Logix, 2008), where the iconic guitarist flipped his past concerns of playing eastern music with a western sensibility by recruiting a largely Indian group to play some very western fusion--John McLaughlin finally rights a wrong with To The One. The Miles Davis alum and Mahavishnu Orchestra founder has been touring with an exciting group, The ...