John McLaughlin
Sign in to saveEnglish guitarist, founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Lost in translation
- The first four centuries of music for the organ
- Ring out!
- The art of playing the modern carillon
- Matisse portraits
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Film & TV
Acting · Yorkshire, England, UK
John McLaughlin (born 4 January 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer. One of the pioneers of jazz fusion, his music combines elements of jazz with rock, Indian classical music, Western classical music, flamenco, and blues.
Known for
- Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 — Self2024
- John McLaughlin - Live At A To Jazz Festival — guitar2022
- John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 20222022
- Santana - Montreux Jazz Festival 20152015
- VA - Jazz Intermezzo Vol.22013
- John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - Live At 33th Leverkusener Jazztage — electric guitar2012
- Produced by George Martin — Self2012
- Santana & McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination - Live at Montreux2011
- The Santana Story: Angels and Demons — Self2011
- John McLaughlin & Billy Cobham: Live at Montreux 2010 — Self - guitar2010
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John McLaughlin (b. 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English jazz- and jazz-fusion guitarist and composer. Born on 4th January 1942 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, he played with Tony Williams Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. His 1970s electric band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra performed a technically virtuosic and complex style of music that fused eclectic jazz and rock with eastern and Indian influence
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
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Key dates
- Born
- 4 January 1942
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- McLaughlin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Doncaster
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Genre
- ethno jazz
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1942 births20th-century English guitarists21st-century English guitaristsBritish male jazz composersBritish progressive rock guitaristsBritish rhythm and blues boom musiciansChamber jazz guitaristsColumbia Records artistsConverts to HinduismDownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame membersEnglish expatriate musicians in the United StatesEnglish expatriates in Monaco