History Music / JohnMcLaughlin

* CoolOldGuy: He is well in his seventies now and still performing and recording.

He played together with many blues bands in the 1960s, including Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, The Graham Bond Organisation and Brian Auger. In 1969 he made his debut. He worked close together with many legendary artists, such as Music/MilesDavis (on ''Music/BitchesBrew'', ''In a Silent Way'',...), Music/TonyWilliams, Music/JimiHendrix, Music/TheRollingStones, Music/CarlosSantana, Gil Evans, Jaco Pastorius, L. Shankar,... But he is best remembered as the frontman of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, a legendary PsychedelicRock and JazzFusion band who were active throughout the 1970s.

* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: His music is a crossover between jazz, blues, rock and Indian classical music.

John [=McLaughlin=] (born 4 January 1942) is a renowned {{Jazz}} fusion guitarist.

He played together with many blues bands in the 1960s, including Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, The Graham Bond Organisation and Brian Auger. In 1969 he made his debut. He worked close together with many legendary artists, such as Music/MilesDavis (on ''Music/BitchesBrew'', ''In a Silent Way'',...), Music/TonyWilliams, Music/JimiHendrix, Music/TheRollingStones, Music/CarlosSantana, Gil Evans, Jaco Pastorius, L. Shankar,... But he is best remembered as the frontman of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, a legendary PsychedelicRock and {{Jazz}} Fusion band who were active throughout the 1970s.

* DissonantSerenity: Accounts of the original Mahavishnu Orchestra's gigs tend to agree that the music was ear-shatteringly loud and confrontational, but that McLaughlin always dressed entirely in white and would stand onstage playing this blisteringly fast and loud music with a serene smile on his face.

* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: His music is crossover between jazz, blues, classical music, rock and Indian classical music.

* {{Instrumental}}: [=McLaughlin=] is more famous as a virtuoso guitarist than a singer. Many of his albums are entirely instrumental.

John [=McLaughlin=] (1942) is a renowned {{Jazz}} fusion guitarist.

'''John [=McLaughlin=]''' (1942) is a renowned {{Jazz}} fusion guitarist.

Not to be confused with various people who [[NamesTheSame share the same name]], including ''Jon'' [=McLaughlin=] of Music/TheyMightBeGiants.

'''Discography'''

He played together with many blues bands in the 1960s, including Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, The Graham Bond Organisation and Brian Auger. In 1969 he made his debut. He worked close together with many legendary artists, such as Music/MilesDavis (on ''Music/BitchesBrew'', ''In A Silent Way'',...), Music/TonyWilliams, Music/JimiHendrix, Music/TheRollingStones, Music/CarlosSantana, Gil Evans, Jaco Pastorius, L. Shankar,... But he is best remembered as the frontman of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, a legendary PsychedelicRock and {{Jazz}} Fusion band who were active throughout the 1970s.

* ''Live At The Royal Festival Hall'' (1989)

* ''After The Rain'' (1994)

* ''The Heart Of Things'' (1997)
* ''The Heart Of Things: Live In Paris'' (2000)
* ''Thieves And Poets'' (2003)

With The Tony Williams Lifetime:

* ''Between Nothingness And Eternity'' (1973)

* ''Adventures In Radioland'' (1987)

* ''Shakti With John [=McLaughlin=]'' (1975)
* ''A Handful Of Beauty'' (1976)

* ''Friday Night In San Francisco'' (1980)

* ''Saturday Night In Bombay'' (2001)

* ''To The One'' (2010)

* ''In A Silent Way'' (1969) by Music/MilesDavis

With other musicians
* ''In A Silent Way'' (1969) by Music/MilesDavis
* ''Music/{{Emergency}}'' (1969) by Music/TonyWilliams
* ''Music/BitchesBrew'' (1970) by Music/MilesDavis.

* EpicRocking: Well known for his long and masterful guitar solos. To give but one example, he really let loose on the Mahavishnu Orchestra's ''Between Nothingness and Eternity'', on which "Dream" runs for 21:24. (The studio version of this song is a still-impressive 11:10).

* {{Instrumental}}: [=McLaughlin=] is more famous as a virtuoso guitarist than a singer.

* EpicRocking: Well known for his long and masterful guitar solos.

-> ''A person would be a moron not to appreciate [=McLaughlin=]'s technique. The guy has certainly found out how to operate a guitar as if it were a machine gun. But I'm not always enthusiastic about the lines I hear or the ways in which they're used. I don't think you can fault him, though, for the amount of time and effort it must have taken to play an instrument that fast. I think anybody who can play that fast is just wonderful. And I'm sure 90% of teenage America would agree, since the whole trend in the business has been "faster is better."''
--> Music/FrankZappa, interview in "Guitar Player" (1977).

* ArchivePanic: The past fifty years [=McLaughlin=] has collaborated with hundreds of artists and recorded countless albums.

* PunBasedTitle: ''Now. Here. This.'' (2012), with the 4th Dimension

* EpicRocking: Well known for his long and masterful guitar solos.

* {{Homage}}: One track on "Bitches Brew" from Music/MilesDavis ''Music/BitchesBrew'' is named after him. It's also the only track Music/MilesDavis doesn't play on himself.