John McLoughlin
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founder of the Oregon Country
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- Unredeemable Sins
- Innovation, Organizational Change and Technology
- Europe-Whose Europe?
- Across frontiers
- Misunderstood Right Wing
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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
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Rivière-du-Loup
- Place of death
- Oregon City
- Occupation
- merchant
- Position held
- mayor
- Employer
- North West Company
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Noble title
- knight
- Eye colour
- blue
- Hair colour
- white hair
- Image
- JMcLoughlin.gif
- Height
- 76
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- Commons category
- John McLoughlin
- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1784-10-19
- date of death
- 1857-09-03
- replaced by
- James Douglas
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
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