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John McLaughlin: This is the Way I Do It
by Marco Anderson
John McLaughlin This Is The Way I Do It The Ultimate Guitar Workshop On Improvisation Mediastarz 2004 In the hands of all but a few other guitarists, this title would be a self-aggrandisement on a major scale (no pun intended). However, being the distilled ...
John McLaughlin: This Is The Way I Do It
by Walter Kolosky
John McLaughlin This Is The Way I Do It The Ultimate Guitar Workshop On Improvisation Mediastarz 2004 Leave it to John McLaughlin to revolutionize how guitar improvisation is taught to the masses. One gets the sense that if DVD technology had not come around, McLaughlin would ...
John McLaughlin: Belo Horizonte
by John Kelman
The '80s were not especially great years for guitarist John McLaughlin. Following his groundbreaking late '60s and '70s work with Miles Davis, various incarnations of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and his genre-bending group Shakti, it's almost as if he disappeared from the public eye for a decade, before reappearing in strong form in '90 with Live at ...
Recordings by John McLaughlin
by Walter Kolosky
Noted jazz critic Leonard Feather once called the English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin a chameleon. He did not mean it as a compliment. He believed that McLaughlin never developed a real musical identity, because he kept jumping into too many different musical worlds. Indeed, McLaughlin had written and played ragtime, rock, free jazz, modern jazz, fusion, ...
Finding the Way: The Music of John McLaughlin
by Walter Kolosky
Since the late '60s, John McLaughlin has been on a constant quest. The guitarist, like his early mentor Miles Davis, has reinvented his music several times. And he isn't likely to stop any time soon. This special feature focuses on the many forms of McLaughlin's music, with particular emphasis on the recordings which have earned him ...
John McLaughlin Resources
by Walter Kolosky
This collection of resources relating to guitarist John McLaughlin is included as part of John McLaughlin @ All About Jazz . For listeners interested in learning more about the artist, I recommend the following: Internet sites: The Official John McLaughlin Website Pages of Fire - The original John McLaughlin internet ...
Guest Appearances: John McLaughlin as a Sideman
by Walter Kolosky
Guitar great John McLaughlin has been leading his own bands and playing his own compositions for over thirty years. But like most musicians, he has paid his dues. John McLaughlin has played in jazz bands since the 1950s, and had appeared on numerous projects as an unnamed studio guitarist throughout the '60s. During this time he ...
String Theory: 25 Years of John McLaughlin at The Montreux Jazz Festival
by Walter Kolosky
Weighing in at more than 3 pounds, including a very esoteric 50-page hardcover booklet, the John McLaughlin: The Montreux Concerts box set is one magnificent mess. Hours upon hours of music provide ample evidence that McLaughlin’s guitar playing should be used to gauge the tensile strength of various string types and his compositions need to be ...
John McLaughlin: Thieves and Poets
by Eddie Becton
Guitarist John McLaughlin has been creating music for several decades, most notably jazz-rock fusion with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Throughout McLaughlin has incorporated rhythms from around the globe in creating what has always been fresh music. Thieves and Poets is no exception, so McLaughlin-ites should be pleased. “My Foolish Heart" has a pensive, yet melodic flare. Its ...
Thieves And Poets
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Thieves And Poets - Part One
2. Thieves And Poets - Part Two
3. Thieves And Poets - Part Three
4. My Foolish Heart
5. The Dolphin
6. Stella by Starlight
7. My Romance
