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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

January 4, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s... more

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Floating Point

By John McLaughlin

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Released: 2008
Track listing: Abbaji (for Ustad Alla Rakha); Raju; Maharina; Off the One; The Voice; Inside out; 1 4 U; Five Peace Band.

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John McLaughlin: Floating Point

By John McLaughlin

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Released: 2008
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Jazz Rock (Verve)

By Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2008

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News: Award / Grant

John McLaughlin's "Floating Point" Receives Grammy Nomination

December 4, 2008

(Los Angeles, CA) - The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Organization has announced that guitarist John McLaughlin's Floating Point (2008 Abstract Logix Records) has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Winners will be announced on February 8, 2009. Floating Point was recorded in India for Abstract Logix Records and MediaStarz. ...

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Article: Album Review

Claude Pauly: Mind Meets Matter

Read "Mind Meets Matter" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
December 3, 2008

Legions of saxophonists were mesmerized by the sound of Lester Young and Charlie Parker and to this day, John Coltrane; for trumpeters, Miles Davis continues to ensnare many, and for fusion guitarists John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth continue to fascinate. As a bright light does moths, they are sucked in, and if not careful, their own ...

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Article: Album Review

Claude Pauly: Mind Meets Matter

Read "Mind Meets Matter" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 29, 2008

What do you get when you combine the heavy metal bebop lines of Scott Henderson, the inestimable chops of Frank Gambale, the close harmonic voicings of Allan Holdsworth, the occasional rough edges of John McLaughlin and a tinge of Latin affect? Guitarist Claude Pauly, on his debut, Mind Meets Matter, comes close to answering that question, ...

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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

Rare Jazz Films Restored

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
October 16, 2008

The Los Angeles Museum of Films One Watches In Order to Make Themselves Feel Intellectually Superior (or LAMFO, to its friends) will be unveiling a series of long-forgotten jazz-related films sure to please both jazz snobs and film snobs, if such a thing is possible. The Swing Forward, Fall Back Series follows in the tradition of ...

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Article: Interview

Kenny Garrett: Back To The Future

by Jason Crane
October 6, 2008

Detroit's Kenny Garrett is a restless man. Before he'd even released his 2006 Nonesuch album Beyond The Wall, he'd already moved on to a different band with a completely different repertoire. And it's always been like that for Garrett, who is constantly searching for new territory to mine and new corners of the world--both geographical and ...

Article: Album Review

John McLaughlin: Floating Point

Read "Floating Point" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 16, 2008

Questo nuovo album del chitarrista inglese John McLaughlin è sicuramente una delle cose migliori che l'eroe della chitarra fusion ha realizzato negli ultimi vent'anni. Il suono è nervoso e appassionato, il contesto è stimolante, i nuovi partner (per buona parte indiani) si dimostrano assolutamente all'altezza anche in un contesto fusion e la musica scorre via impetuosa ...