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John P. Jack McLaughlin, 85, of Carbondale, died Friday March 28th at the Carbondale Nursing Center surrounded by his loving family. Born in Carbondale, son of the late John and Anna Natichak ...
Ever since he saw the 1953 film as a child about the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, John McLaughlin has been fascinated by magic. "It was spellbinding to me," he says, recalling the ...
It’s fair to say that among fusion aficionados, John McLaughlin is the father of jazz-rock guitar. His experiments with complex harmony, Eastern scales, and chromaticism in conjunction with the ...
John McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s, ...
John McLaughlin's "Guardian Angels" must be on the ultra-short list of "most iconic jazz/fusion songs clocking in under 1 minute." The song takes us back to the time when experimental fusion artists ...
Shakti was formed in 1973, as McLaughlin sought deeper musical fulfillment following ... “They are the ultimate global band—the brotherhood of John and Zakir uniting in music to bring the world ...
He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015. SAN FRANCISCO -- British six-string wizard John McLaughlin brings the latest version of his "global fusion" band Shakti with tabla maestro Zakir ...
But a new album, a miracle cure for John McLaughlin’s arthritic right hand, the end of the pandemic and the joy of playing live again have put this seminal east/west fusion ensemble back on the ...
To hear them tell it, the cofounders of Shakti — guitar great John McLaughlin, 81, and tabla master Zakir Hussain, 72 — are ecstatic whenever the group reunites for a concert. So expect the ...
Electric guitar titan John McLaughlin already made waves earlier this year, when he announced This Moment, the first new album from his fusion ensemble, Shakti, since 1977. Now, McLaughlin has ...
PRS has unveiled a new limited edition signature guitar for jazz fusion legend John McLaughlin, with Paul Reed Smith personally choosing the tone woods and specs for model. And the boss man made some ...