Abstract Logix John Mclaughlin
Music has taken him and his guitar to some of the most exotic far reaches of the world but ronnie scotts jazz club will always have a special place in john mclaughlins heart.
Abstract logix john mclaughlin. Black light abstract logix black light includes 8 original mclaughlin compositions including a heartfelt homage to his departed colleague collaborator and friend paco de lucia with whom mclaughlin had intended to compose an albums worth of new material just before de lucias untimely passing. To these 50 year old ears that have experienced a lifetime of total immersion in all possible facets of guitar playing john mclaughlin stands as the peerless grand high exalted mystic ruler of plectorists. His virtuosity has been on display in a number of divergent settings throughout his celebrated career beginning in the early 1960s as the electric guitarist for georgie fames rocking blue flames. The veteran guitar aficionado celebrates his 70 th birthday year with the announcement of now here this abstract logix set for release on october 18 th as he ups the ante even further with greater fire finesse and freewheeling interplay.
Five decades later. Is one of john mclaughlins deepest and most profound musical collaborations with prolific indian composer and vocalist shankar mahadevan. Ronnie scotts mused the boundary shattering guitarist john mclaughlin where would i be without them the venerable london jazz club and its charismatic namesake gave so much to mclaughlins career the roots of which extend as far back as mclaughlins stint as a member of the clubs house band in the 1960s. His groundbreaking work with miles davis alone on such important recordings as 1969s in a silent way and bitches brew or 1970s jack johnson and liveevil would qualify him for.
Joining the duo is their life long friend and musical brother ustad zakir hussain on the. John mclaughlin trailblazing guitarist composer shankar mahadevan indias foremost music composer singer and tabla maestro zakir hussain to release groundbreaking album is that so. His mid 1960s time in the famous london venues house band was a key early step in his musical life and he idly wonders where would i be without them. Abstract logix record releases latest news.
Six years in the making is that so. First grammy win for mclaughlin and his record label abstract logix los angeles ca january 29 2018 last night brought john mclaughlin his second grammy win his first as a solo artist.