Guitar / Electric Guitar

John McLaughlin

(1942–)

United Kingdom

John McLaughlin (b. 1942) — Guitar, Electric Guitar. Led Birds of Fire, Shakti with John McLaughlin. Worked with Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Dave Holland.

Guitarist who shaped jazz-rock fusion as leader of the Mahavishnu Orchestra; also on Miles Davis's electric albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew.

John McLaughlin's albums

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · 1970

In a Silent Way

Miles Davis · 1969

Miles's 1969–70 studio experiments fused rock's rhythmic sensibility with jazz improvisation. Bitches BrewBitches BrewMiles Davis · 1970 layered McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン, CoreaChick Coreaチック・コリア, HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック, and others in simultaneous collective improvisation.

John McLaughlin's albums

John McLaughlin's videos

October 30, 2023, NPR Tiny Desk. John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン's Shakti. The fusion of Indian music and jazz that John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン began in the 1970s continues with the same intensity fifty years on.

— NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, 2023

Videos featuring John McLaughlin

With the John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン Orchestra, Billy CobhamBilly Cobhamビリー・コブハム forged a new drumming style that merged jazz dynamics with rock power. His influence on subsequent fusion drummers has been immeasurable.

— Billy Cobham, Wikipedia, 2024

Billy Cobham

In 1973, Billy CobhamBilly Cobhamビリー・コブハム's solo debut Spectrum hired Tommy Bolin and compressed the vocabulary of jazz-rock drumming into a single textbook — the apex following Mahavishnu Orchestra's breakup.

— Spectrum (Billy Cobham album), Wikipedia, 2024

Billy Cobham

In 1971, John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra with Billy CobhamBilly Cobhamビリー・コブハム and Jan Hammer, institutionalizing complex meters at rock volume and opening fusion's violent edge.

— Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wikipedia, 2024

Billy Cobham