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New music from John McLaughlin, Peter Fernandes,The Rewind Collective and Stephan Thelen,
by Len Davis
We open with John McLaughlin a music score from a film recorded in1994 Music For Abandoned Heights. Keyboard player Peter Fernandes and bassist Ric Fierbracci with their latest, The Rewind Collective features some superb rock fusion with outstanding solos from Richard Hallebeek and Joel Hoekstra, and the sounds inspired by Allan Holdsworth from Quube with Chad Wackerman. The newest from guitarist Stephan Thelen and more from Spanish Drummer Xavi Reija. Italian guitarist Mateo Mancusco, and Simon Phillips with Protocol. Spirit ...
Continue ReadingMaestro John mcLaughlin, Oz Noy, Nick Freer, Janek Gwizdala and Frederico Heliododro
by Len Davis
Experience an electrifying journey through a dynamic live performance with guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin, captured live at Montreux 2022. The legendary New York guitarist Oz Noy is joined by an all-star lineup including Andrew Synowiec, Melbourne's Nick Freer from Apperseptions, British bassist Janek Gwizdala, and powerhouse drummer Jojo Mayer. Next, take a turn into something more unexpected and experimental with Brazilian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Frederico Heliodoro, followed by an atmospheric collaboration between British drummer Gavin Harrison and guitarist Nick Johnston. ...
Continue ReadingShakti: Mind Explosion
by Ian Patterson
This is the end--the final recording from arguably the greatest of genre-busting bands. A celebration, not only of Shakti's 50th anniversary tour in 2023 but of an entire career--one that began in 1973, when John McLaughlin and Ustad Zakir Hussain first jammed in New York's Greenwich Village. By embracing Indian Carnatic and Hindustani traditions--fused with McLaughlin's jazz DNA--Shakti broke down musical boundaries, and by extension, cultural and social boundaries as well. Cherry-picked from multiple shows, these six tracks ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin with the One Truth Band: Guardian Angels
by Scott Lichtman
John McLaughlin's “Guardian Angels" must be on the ultra-short list of “most iconic jazz/fusion songs clocking in under 1 minute." The song takes us back to the time when experimental fusion artists were exploring jazz/rock, classical and world music. “Guardian Angels" is a nugget of shape-shifting guitar arpeggios and time signatures, unified by L. Shankar's entrancing violin melody. It's so catchy that once you hear it, you're likely to remember it for decades--like this reviewer has. Fifty-one seconds is all ...
Continue ReadingMr. Roboto, Meet Mr. Mahavishnu
by Patrick Burnette
This episode's title is a wee bit misleading. The boys don't meet Mr. Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, of course) but rather Matt Phillips, long-time listener to the podcast who just happened to write a very good book on the famous fusion guitarist called John McLaughlin: From Miles and Mahavishnu to The 4th Dimension. The book covers the whole of McLaughlin's recorded career--not just his best known years with the Mahavishnu Orchestra--and our conversation is also wide-ranging. And, no, Mike hasn't turned ...
Continue ReadingThe Electric Years Box Set
by Mike Jurkovic
In a year that has brought us a true bounty of previously unheard majesty including Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Impulse!), and Bill Evans; Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings from Denmark (1965-1969), (Elemental Music) it is only fitting that Miles Davis get his due. And in a very, very big way. Seared into modern memory, modern art, the music presented on the gloriously massive, eleven LP set Miles Davis: The Electric Years ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin Quintet al Teatro AEGI di Hannover
by Mario Calvitti
John McLaughlin Quintet Teatro AEGI Hannover, Germania 12.10.2023 Si è appena concluso il trionfale tour della sua band Shakti per la ricorrenza del cinquantennale (purtroppo solo 7 date in Europa, e nessuna in Italia) che il chitarrista John McLaughlin è di nuovo on the road, questa volta con un nuovo quintetto, che non è altro che il suo ultimo gruppo 4th Dimension, ovvero il bassista camerunense Etienne Mbappe, il batterista indiano Ranjit Barot e ...
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