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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 ...
The Mahavishnu Orchestra: This Century's Classical Music?
by Walter Kolosky
Over thirty years ago the original Mahavishnu Orchestra was making big waves in the music world. The band, led by the legendary English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, had an album on the Billboard Top Twenty and was filling stadiums across the world with crazed fans. What made this so unusual was that the Mahavishnu Orchestra's material ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fred Wisdom: Words of Wisdom
by Walter Kolosky
Vocalist-guitarist Fred Wisdom has put together a damn good jazz band. With himself on guitar, Jo Ruddick on piano, Percy Bassman on double bass, Jim Bashford on drums and Chris Bowden on alto sax, Wisdom’s unit sounds at times like a modern day Cool band that Miles and Evans would have dug. The group is aided ...
Mahavishnu Project: Phase 2
by Walter Kolosky
The Mahavishnu Project considers the music from the original fusion gods, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, to be classical in nature. Therefore it is no surprise to see the band put out another CD that features four of the MO tunes that appeared on its first release, Live Bootleg. After all, a classical repertoire is a classical repertoire. ...
Pangaea: Stay Awhile
by Walter Kolosky
As the creative force behind the group Panjaea, Sharam Gill has a chance to become an international star. Gill’s lyrics are dramatically uncomplicated. He is able to communicate deep thoughts with a minimum of words. His melodies are catchy acoustic folk songs shaded ever so slightly by pop, jazz, Brazilian and Indian nuances. His voice is ...
Darling: D2R
by Walter Kolosky
The high-gloss packaging and artwork would tend to indicate that D2R came from a top production company. But in fact D2R is the second self-produced album from percussionist/keyboardist Hal Darling. Mr. Darling’s liner notes are actually as entertaining as his music. If his words are to be believed, he is an overly dedicated musician and composer ...
