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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

January 4, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! John McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitarist from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s, and with other well- known players such as Chick Corea and Tony Williams. Before moving to ...

Article: Year in Review

10 Most Read Articles: 2017

by Michael Ricci
December 31, 2017

All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top ten published in 2017. Interview John McLaughlin's American Farewell Tour with Jimmy Herring by Alan Bryson Published: September 5, 2017 Building a Jazz Library Forget Old Europe: 15 ...

Album

Live at Ronnie Scott's

By John McLaughlin

Label:
Released: 2017
Track listing: Meeting of the Spirits; Miles Beyond; Gaza City; Here Come the Jiis; New Blues Old Bruise; El Hombre Que Sabia; Sanctuary; Vital Transformation; Echoes of Then.

Album

Where Fortune Smiles

By John McLaughlin

Label: Esoteric Recordings
Released: 2017
Track listing: Glancing Backwards (For Junior); Earthbound Hearts; Where Fortune Smiles; New Place, Old Place; Hope.

Article: Live Review

Chick Corea - Steve Gadd Sextet al Parco della Musica di Roma

by Mario Calvitti
December 19, 2017

Chick Corea -Steve Gadd Sextet Roma Jazz Festival 2017 Parco della Musica Roma 05.11.2017 Il compito di inaugurare la versione 2017 del Roma Jazz Festival è toccata a due mostri sacri del jazz come Chick Corea e Steve Gadd, capaci di richiamare un'affluenza di pubblico tale da riempire la sala ...

Article: Live Review

Meeting of the Spirits: John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring at the Michigan Theater

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 30, 2017

Jimmy Herring and The Invisible Whip + John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension Meeting of the Spirits Tour Michigan Theater Ann Arbor, Michigan November 15, 2017 When it comes to virtuosi, guitarist John McLaughlin ranks high in the jazz fusion world. Having the early fortune to connect with legendary drummer ...

News: Award / Grant

60th GRAMMY Awards: Jazz List

November 28, 2017

31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.) “Can't Remember Why" by Sara Caswell Track ...

Article: Album Review

Mike Westbrook: Live 1972

Read "Live 1972" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
November 17, 2017

La meritoria etichetta inglese Hux Records recupera un live piuttosto raro del 1972 che vede protagonista una versione molto ridotta, in termini numerici, della famosa orchestra jazz del pianista Mike Westbrook. Il periodo è quello della transizione verso il rock-jazz di un arrangiatore molto apprezzato sia dall'establishment jazzistico dell'epoca, sia dal nuovo pubblico che stava sempre ...

Article: Live Review

John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring Meeting of the Spirits at Lincoln Theatre

by Eric Thiessen
November 15, 2017

Jimmy Herring and The Invisible WhipJohn McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension Lincoln Theatre Meeting of the Spirits Tour Washington, DC November 11, 2017 In the late 1960s, the bluesy electric soul music of Jimi Hendrix and the funk of Sly and the Family Stone began to influence Miles Davis, ...

Article: Album Review

King Crimson: Sailors' Tales 1970-1972

Read "Sailors' Tales 1970-1972" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 11, 2017

If it's a fundamental truth that adversity can sometimes bring the absolute best, creatively speaking, out of music and the people who make it, then the roughly 23 months following the release of King Crimson's classic 1969 debut, In the Court of the Crimson King (Island)--and, after a single North American tour, the breakup of its ...