John McLaughlin plays Bill Evans – TIME REMEMBERED (Full Album)
John McLaughlin
- Composer
- Guitarist
- Jazz
John McLaughlin: A household name since the early ’70s, John McLaughlin was an innovative fusion guitarist when he led the Mahavishnu Orchestra and has continued living up to his reputation as a phenomenal and consistently inquisitive player through the years. A household name since the early ’70s, John McLaughlin was an innovative fusion guitarist when he led the Mahavishnu Orchestra and has continued living up to his reputation as a phenomenal and consistently inquisitive player through the years.
Biography
John McLaughlin started on guitar when he was 11 and was initially inspired by blues and swing players. McLaughlin worked with Alexis Korner, Graham Bond, Ginger Baker and others in the 1960s and played free jazz with Gunter Hampel for six months. His first album was a classic (1969’s Extrapolation) and was followed by an obscurity for the Dawns label with John Surman, a quintet set with Larry Young (Devotion) and My Goals Beyond in 1970 which was half acoustic solos and half jams involving Indian musicians.
In 1969 McLaughlin moved to New York to play with Tony Williams’s Lifetime, and he appeared on two classic Miles Davis records: In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew.
In 1971 McLaughlin formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra, a very powerful group often thought of as rock but having the sophisticated improvisations of jazz. After three influential albums (The Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire and Between Nothingness and Eternity), the group disbanded in 1973.
McLaughlin, who recorded a powerful spiritual album with Carlos Santana that was influenced by John Coltrane, put together a new Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1974 that, despite the inclusion of Jean-Luc Ponty, failed to catch on and broke up by 1975. McLaughlin then surprised the music world by radicalliy shifting directions, switching to acoustic guitar and playing Indian music with his group Shakti.
They made a strong impact on the world music scene (which was in its infancy) during their three years. Since then McLaughlin has gone back and forth between electric and acoustic guitars, leading the One Truth Band, playing in trios with Al DiMeola and Paco De Lucia, popping up on some mid-’80s Miles Davis records, forming a short-lived third version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra (with saxophonist Bill Evans), recording an introspective tribute to pianist Bill Evans and in 1993 touring with a rollicking jazz trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Dennis Chambers.
Throughout his productive career John McLaughlin has recorded as a leader for Marmalade, Dawns, Douglas International, Columbia, Warner Bros. and Verve.
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John McLaughlin recordings / discography
Solo albums
Extrapolation, 1969, Polydor
Where Fortune Smiles, 1970, One Way
My Goal’s Beyond, 1970, Rykodisc
Devotion, 1970, Douglas
Electric Guitarist, 1978, Columbia
Electric Dreams, 1979, Columbia With One Truth Band
Friday Night in San Francisco, 1981, Philips
Belo Horizonte, 1981, Warner Bros. (reissued by Wounded Bird Records)
Passion, Grace and Fire, 1982, Columbia
Music Spoken Here, 1982, Warner Bros. (reissued by Wounded Bird Records)
Mediterranean Concerto (For Guitar and Orchestra) (Live), 1988, Columbia
Live At The Royal Festival Hall, 1989, JMT
Que Alegria, 1992, Verve
Jazz, Vol. 2, 1991, Rhino
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans, 1993, Verve
Tokyo Live, 1993, Polygram
After The Rain, 1994, Verve
Guitar Concerto, 1995, Sony Classical
The Promise, 1995, Verve
The Guitar Trio, 1996, Verve
The Heart of Things, 1997, Verve
Remember Shakti: The Believer [Live], 2000, Verve
The Heart of Things: Live In Paris, 2000, Polygram
Saturday Night in Bombay: Remember Shakti, 2001, Verve
Thieves And Poets, 2003, Verve
Industrial Zen, 2006, Verve
Floating Point, 2008, Mediastarz/Abstract Logix
To The One, 2010, Mediastarz/Abstract Logix
Miles Davis albums
In a Silent Way, Miles Davis, 1969, Columbia
Bitches Brew, Miles Davis, 1970, Columbia
A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Miles Davis, 1971, Columbia
Live-Evil, Miles Davis, 1971, Columbia
On the Corner, Miles Davis, 1972, Columbia
Big Fun, Miles Davis, 1974, Columbia
Get Up with It, Miles Davis, 1974, Columbia
The Cellar Door Sessions, Miles Davis, recorded 1970, released 2005, Columbia
Circle in the Round, 1979, Columbia (outtakes recorded 1955-1970)
Directions, Miles Davis, 1980, Columbia (unreleased material recorded 1960-1970)
You’re Under Arrest, Miles Davis, 1985, Columbia
Aura, Miles Davis, 1989, Columbia
Mahavishnu Orchestra albums
1971 The Inner Mounting Flame Full-Length
1973 Birds of Fire Full-Length
1973 The Lost Trident Sessions Released in
1999
1973 Between Nothingness and Eternity Live Album
1974 Apocalypse Full-Length
1975 Visions of the Emerald Beyond Full-Length
1976 Inner Worlds Full-Length
1980 The Best of Mahavishnu Orchestra Full-Length (compilation)
1984 Mahavishnu Full-Length
1986 Adventures in Radioland Full-Length
1994 The Collection Full-Length (compilation)
Shakti albums
Shakti With John McLaughlin, 1975, Columbia
Natural Elements, 1977, CBS
A Handful Of Beauty, 1976, Columbia
Remember Shakti, 1999, Universal Distribution
Collection, 2000, Import
Collaborative albums
Own Up, Twice as Much, 1966, Immediate
Experiments With Pops, Gordon Beck, 1968
Sandy Brown And His Gentleman Friends: Hair At Its Hairiest, 1969
Infinite Search, Miroslav Vitous, 1969, Embryo
Super Nova, Wayne Shorter, 1969, Blue Note
Emergency!, Tony Williams Lifetime, 1969, Polydor
Turn It Over, Tony Williams Lifetime, 1970, Polydor
Things We Like, Jack Bruce, 1970 (recorded 1968)
Purple, Miroslav Vitous, 1970, Columbia
Follow Your Heart, Joe Farrell, 1970, CTI
Innovations, Duffy Power, 1970, Transatlantic
Solid Bond, The Graham Bond Organisation, 1970, Warner Bros.
Spaces, Larry Coryell, 1970, Vanguard
Escalator over the hill, Carla Bley and Paul Haines, 1971, Watt/ECM
One Man Dog, James Taylor, 1972, Warner Bros.
Love Devotion Surrender, 1973, Columbia (with Carlos Santana)
Welcome, Santana, 1973
Moto Grosso Feio, Wayne Shorter, 1974, Blue Note (recorded 1970)
Journey To Love, Stanley Clarke, 1975, Epic
Planet End, Larry Coryell, 1975, Vanguard
Live (1976-1977), Stanley Clarke, Epic (released 1991)
School Days, Stanley Clarke, 1976, Epic
The Alternative Man, Bill Evans, 1985, Blue Note
Round Midnight (Soundtrack),1986, Columbia
Other Side Of Round Midnight, Dexter Gordon, 1986, Blue Note
Gladrags, Katia And Marielle Labeque, 1986, Angel
Making Music, Zakir Hussain, 1986, ECM
Love Of Colours, Katia and Marielle Labeque, 1990, Columbia
Divine Light: Reconstructions & Mix Translation, Carlos Santana and Bill Laswell, 2001, Sony
Finally The Rain Has Come, Leni Stern, 2002, Leni Stern
Someday, Ithamara Koorax, 2002, Huks
Universal Syncopations, Miroslav Vitous, 2003, ECM
Power Of Soul (Jimi Hendrix tribute album), 2004 (McLaughlin plays on ‘The Wind Cries Mary’)
Hymns For Peace: Live At Montreux 2004, Santana, 2007, Eagle Eye
Hadrian Feraud, Hadrien Feraud, 2007, Dreyfus
Five Peace Band, Chick Corea etc, 2009, Concord