Pianist Chick Corea opened his first set at the Blue Note in New York on December 9th with a story about his special guest that evening, guitarist John McLaughlin – how they first met and played ...

John McLaughlin, 79, is a Grammy-winning guitarist and composer who in the 1970s pioneered jazz-rock fusion with his Mahavishnu Orchestra. His new album is “Liberation Time” (Abstract Logix).

is that McLaughlin has a voracious musical appetite that for the most part bucks any trends and, instead, follows his heart. Published in 1999, Paul Stump's Go Ahead John: The Music of John McLaughlin ...

Over the decades, the versatile McLaughlin has studied Indian music with numerous maestros, including Shankar and Hussain. “John is a unique animal on this planet,” Hussain said.