John McLaughlin – The Montreux Years (Live) (2022) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

John McLaughlin – The Montreux Years (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:22:38 minutes | 955 MB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock
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Unlike saxophonists or pianists, jazz guitarists are hardly legions. But when they get noticed, they often become a genre on their own. John McLaughlin falls squarely into this category. To the point that the English guitarist born in 1942 is one of the most important figures in jazz fusion. Sparkling in Miles Davis’ first electric band in the late 60s (he is at the heart of In A Silent Way, the trumpeter’s revolutionary album), McLaughlin will become a superstar in the Mahavishnu Orchestra, a revered formation offering a daring cocktail combining jazz, rock and Indian music. Whether he works with Miles, Santana, Tony Williams or Jaco Pastorius, John McLaughlin has always deployed this incredible combination of virtuosity mixed with mysticism and especially taste. Alternating acoustic and electric projects, tirelessly pursuing his experimentation and inscribing his art in a personal spiritual quest, he has always made each of his concerts moments of rare communion with his audience. The Montreux Years is the perfect proof of this! Released in March 2022, this album brings together eight tracks (selected by the master himself) recorded at the prestigious Swiss festival between 1978 and 2016. Over almost four decades, McLaughlin has conducted the Mahavishnu Orchestra (with Bill Evans, Mitchell Foreman, Jonas Hellborg and Danny Gottlieb), as well as with Paco de Lucia, but also in the bands One Truth (with Stu Goldberg, L. Shankar, Tom Stevens and Sonship Theus), Heart Of Things (with Gary Thomas, Jim Beard, Matt Garrison and Dennis Chambers), Free Spirits (with Joey De Francesco and Dennis Chambers) and 4th Dimension (with with Gary Husband, Étienne M’bappé and Ranjit Barot). The ideal setting to taste the art of a musician who has never stopped putting his incandescent virtuosity at the service of his music.

Tracklist:

01. John McLaughlin – Radio Activity (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (10:07)
02. John McLaughlin – Friendship (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1978) (09:26)
03. John McLaughlin – Nostalgia (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1984) (11:18)
04. John McLaughlin – Acid Jazz (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1998) (13:03)
05. John McLaughlin – David (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1987) (11:15)
06. John McLaughlin – Florianapolis (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1987) (11:56)
07. John McLaughlin – Sing Me Softly of the Blues (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1995) (08:05)
08. John McLaughlin – El Hombre Que Sabià (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 2016) (07:24)

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