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John McLaughlin
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The guitarist John McLaughlin grew up in England and as a boy fell under the spell of Django Reinhardt; later John Coltrane and Miles Davis were his great models. After years in London groups he recorded Extrapolation in 1969 and left for New York, where he played with Tony Williams's Lifetime and on Miles Davis's In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. In 1971 he founded the Mahavishnu Orchestra, with lightning-fast unisons, odd time signatures and loud rock sounds. In the 1970s he led Shakti, an acoustic group with Indian musicians. He has a spiritual interest in India that colours all of his music.
Listening
Birds of Fire · Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1973
Extrapolation · John McLaughlin, 1969
Joy · Shakti, 1975
Discography
Studio albums
- 1969Extrapolation
- 1970Devotion
- 1971My Goal’s Beyond
- 1971The Inner Mounting Flame
- 1971Where Fortune Smiles
- 1973Love Devotion Surrender
- 1976Inner Worlds
- 1978Electric Guitarist
- 1979Electric Dreams
- 1981Belo Horizonte
- 1982Music Spoken Here
- 1983Passion, Grace & Fire
- 1986Adventures in Radioland
- 1990Concerto for Guitar & Orch and Duos for Guitar & Piano
- 1991Trio in Santiago
- 1993Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans
- 1995After the Rain
- 1995Molom
- 1995The Promise
- 1996The Guitar Trio
- 1997The Heart of Things
- 2003Thieves and Poets
- 2006Industrial Zen
- 2007Sleep Easy Baby
- 2007Trio of Doom
- 2008Floating Point
- 2015Black Light
- 2020Is That So?
- 2021Liberation Time
- 2025Music for Abandoned Heights
- ?Blowing the Blues Away
- ?Preludes
Other work
- 1970Bitches Brew · Miles Davis
- 1971The Inner Mounting Flame · Mahavishnu Orchestra
- 1976Shakti with John McLaughlin
In School of Rock
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