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John McLaughlin - Matt Phillips

John McLaughlin

From Miles and Mahavishnu to The 4th Dimension

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
306 Seiten
2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7094-6 (ISBN)
CHF 55,90 inkl. MwSt
In the hierarchy of British jazz & rock musicians, the electrifying guitarist, composer, and bandleader John McLaughlin arguably holds an unassailable position at the very top.

Across dozens of official studio and live recordings encompassing solo albums, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, and co-headlining group projects, GRAMMY award–winner John McLaughlin has consistently enthralled and surprised with boundary-pushing, genre-defying music. He revolutionized guitar playing with his virtuosic style, carving out one of the most critic-proof and prolific careers in modern times, and was also Miles Davis’s guitarist of choice on epochal albums In a Silent Way, A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Bitches Brew, and Live-Evil.

Drawing on hundreds of sources and interviews with key collaborators, Matt Phillips takes us on an exciting journey through McLaughlin’s entire career: his early years on the London pop scene; his flirtations with the European avant-garde; groundbreaking work with Miles Davis and Tony Williams; electrifying fusion groups The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Shakti; special projects with the likes of Chick Corea, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, and Jeff Beck; hugely popular acoustic collaborations with Paco De Lucia, Larry Coryell, and Al Di Meola; and his 4th Dimension band. This is the first major book to illuminate McLaughlin’s entire output from 1980–2020. Including never-before-seen photographs, it’s a thrilling ride through the life of a master musician.

Matt Phillips has contributed to various magazines including Classic Pop and Jazzwise and won the latter’s inaugural Write Stuff Award for new jazz writing. He was Universal Music’s jazz catalog manager and Jazz FM’s web editor and has written the liner notes for numerous DVDs and CDs including work by Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, and Maynard Ferguson. He is the author of Level 42: Every Album, Every Song. He lives in London and is the founder of movingtheriver.com and soundsofsurprise.com.

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Early Years (1942 – 1968)

Chapter 2: 1969-1970
Extrapolation, Miles and Lifetime

Chapter 3: 1970-1973
From Devotion to Between Nothingness & Eternity

Chapter 4: 1974-1979
From Apocalypse to Electric Dreams

Chapter 5: The 1980s
From Friday Night In San Francisco to Paco & John At Montreux

Chapter 6: The 1990s
From The Mediterranean Concerto to Remember Shakti

Chapter 7: The 2000s
From The Heart Of Things Live to Five Peace Band Live

Chapter 8: The 2010s
From To The One to Is That So?

Epilogue: Covid, Liberation Time and John’s Goals Beyond
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Selected Online References
Selected Print References
About The Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 12 b/w photos
Sprache englisch
Maße 157 x 236 mm
Gewicht 603 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Instrumentenkunde
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Jazz / Blues
ISBN-10 1-5381-7094-9 / 1538170949
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-7094-6 / 9781538170946
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