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John McLaughlin: Devotion

In July 1970, “Douglas” label released “Devotion”, the second John McLaughlin album. It was recorded in February 1970, at “Record Plant Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Alan Douglas and Stefan Bright.

Personnel:

  • John McLaughlin – electric guitar
  • Larry Young – organ, electric piano
  • Billy Rich – bass guitar
  • Buddy Miles – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by John McLaughlin.

  1. Devotion
  2. Dragon Song
  3. Marbles
  4. Siren
  5. Don’t Let the Dragon Eat Your Mother
  6. Purpose of When

V.A.: Miles from India: A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis

On April 15, 2008, “Time Square Records” label released “Miles from India: A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis”, album by various artists. It was recorded November 2006 – July 2007, and was produced by Bob Belden. Album tracks were performed in new arrangements by American jazz musicians and performers from India.

Track listing:

  1. Spanish Key – Gino Banks, Louis Banks, Rakesh Chaurasia, Selva Ganesh, Adam Holzman, Dave Liebman, Shankar Mahadevan, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Sridhar Parthasarthy, Taufiq Qureshi, Benny Rietveld, Wallace Roney, Mike Stern, Lenny White
  2. All Blues – Louis Banks, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter, Ravi Chary, Jimmy Cobb, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vikku Vinayakram
  3. Ife (fast) – Gino Banks, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Dave Liebman, Kala Ramnath, A. Sivamani, Vikku Vinayakram
  4. In a Silent Way (Intro) – Adam Holzman, Robert Irving III, Pandit Brij Narayan
  5. It’s About That Time – Gary Bartz, Ndugu Chancler, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Robert Irving III, Kala Ramnath
  6. Jean Pierre – Ranjit Barot, Rakesh Chaurasia, Adam Holzman, Robert Irving III, Benny Rietveld, Mike Stern, Vince Wilburn Jr.
  7. So What – Louis Banks, Ron Carter, Ndugu Chancler, Chick Corea, Selva Ganesh, Sridhar Parthasarthy, Taufiq Qureshi
  8. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down – Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Wallace Roney, A. Sivamani, Vikku Vinayakram, Lenny White
  9. Blue in Green – Louis Banks, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Dilshad Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Wallace Roney, Mike Stern
  10. Great Expectations (Orange Lady) – Ravi Chary, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Marcus Miller, Taufiq Qureshi, Wallace Roney, Vince Wilburn Jr., Vikku Vinayakram
  11. Ife (Slow) – Gary Bartz, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Dave Liebman, Wallace Roney, Badal Roy
  12. Miles from India – Louis Banks, Sikkil Gurucharan, John McLaughlin, U. Srinivas

Wayne Shorter: Super Nova

In March 1969, “Blue Note” label released “Super Nova”, the twelfth Wayne Shorter album. It was recorded August – September 1968, at “A&R” in New York City, and was produced by Duke Pearson.

Personnel:

  • Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
  • John McLaughlin – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Walter Booker – acoustic guitar
  • Sonny Sharrock – electric guitar
  • Miroslav Vitouš – bass
  • Chick Corea – drums, vibes
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums, kalimba
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Maria Booker – vocals
  • Niels Jakobsen – claves

Track listing:

All tracks by Wayne Shorter except where noted.

  1. Supernova
  2. Swee-Pea
  3. Dindi – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  4. Water Babies
  5. Capricorn
  6. More Than Human

Marianne Faithfull: Love In A Mist

On March 2, 1967, “Decca” label released “Love in a Mist”, the fourth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Mike Leander and Andrew Loog-Oldham.


Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Jon Mark – acoustic guitar, arrangements
  • Big Jim Sullivan – acoustic guitar
  • John McLaughlin – electric guitar
  • Joe Moretti – electric guitar
  • Jimmy Page – electric guitar
  • Nicky Hopkins – piano
  • Eric Ford – bass
  • Alan Weighall – bass
  • Andy White – drums
  • Red Weller – percussion
  • Alan Hakin – percussion
  • Eric Allen – percussion
  • Sidney Sax – string leader
  • Mike Leander – arrangements, mixing
  • Gus Dudgeon – mixing
  • Andrew Batt – mastering
  • Michael Cooper – design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Yesterday – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  2. You Can’t Go Where the Roses Go – Jackie DeShannon
  3. Our Love Has Gone – Chris Andrews
  4. Don’t Make Promises You Can’t Keep – Tim Hardin
  5. In the Night Time – Donovan
  6. This Little Bird – John D. Loudermilk
  7. Ne Me Quitte Pas – Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand
  8. Counting – Bob Lind
  9. Reason to Believe – Tim Hardin
  10. Coquillages – Marcel Stellman, Michael John Taylor
  11. With You in Mind – Jackie DeShannon
  12. Young Girl Blues – Donovan
  13. Good Guy – Donovan
  14. I Have a Love – Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein

The Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame

On November 3, 1971, “Columbia” label released “The Inner Mounting Flame”, the debut Mahavishnu Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in August 1971, at “CBS Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McLaughlin.

Personnel:

  • John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Jan Hammer – keyboards, organ
  • Rick Laird – bass
  • Billy Cobham – drums, percussion
  • Jerry Goodman – violin
  • Don Puluse – engineer
  • Ron Coro – design
  • Anthony Hixon – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John McLaughlin.

  1. Meeting of the Spirits
  2. Dawn
  3. The Noonward Race
  4. A Lotus on Irish Streams
  5. Vital Transformation
  6. The Dance of Maya
  7. You Know You Know
  8. Awakening

Danny Thompson

On September 23, 2025, Daniel Henry Edward Thompson aka Danny Thompson died aged 86. He was musician (upright bass, tea chest bass), songwriter and record producer, member of Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, led a trio that included John McLaughlin, but was best known as member of Pentangle and long – time collaborator with John Martyn. During his long musical career he recorded and played with a large variety of other musicians, including Richard Thompson, Kate Bush, Tim Buckley, ABC, Skin, Ayuo, Richard Barbieri, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Sam Brown, Graham Coxon, Donovan, Christine Collister, Barbara Dickson, Bick Drake, Everything but the Girl, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Gabriel, Davey Graham, Mara!, Linda Lewis, Mike Landup, Magna Carta, The Chris McGregor Septet, Loreena McKennitt, Ralph McTell, Alison Moyet, Cliff Richard, Dizrhythmia, David Sylvian, Duffy Power, Deva Premal, Andrew Ridgeley, Talk Talk, Loudon Wainwright III, Se. E. Rogie, Darell Scott, Songhai, Vivian Stanshall, Eric Bibb & North Country Far, Hunter Muskett, Mary Hopkin, John Stevens, Alan Holdsworth, Bert Jansch, David Wharnsby, Boo Hewerdine, Tasmin Archer, The Incredible String Band, T. Rex and Rod Stewart. As leader Thompson released seven albums.

John McLaughlin: Liberation Time

On July 16, 2021, “Abstract Logix” label released “Liberation Time”, the 20th John McLaughlin album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, in Monaco, Paris, London, Los Angeles and Cairo, and was produced by John McLaughlin.

Personnel:

  1. John McLaughlin – guitar, piano
  2. Julian Siegel – tenor saxophone
  3. Gary Husband – keyboards, drums
  4. Oz Ezzeldin – piano
  5. Roger Rossignol – piano
  6. Sam Burgess – bass
  7. Etienne Mbappe – bass
  8. Jérôme Regard – bass
  9. Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  10. Jean-Michel Aublette – drums, bass
  11. Ranjit Barot – drums, Konokol vocals
  12. Nicolas Viccaro – drums

Track listing:

  1. As the Spirit Sings – Sam Burgess, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Husband, John McLaughlin
  2. Singing Our Secrets – Jean Michel Aublette, John McLaughlin, Roger Rossignol
  3. Lockdown Blues – Ranjit Barot, Gary Husband, Etienne Mbappe, John McLaughlin
  4. Mila repa – John McLaughlin
  5. Right Here, Right Now, Right On – Osam Exeldin, John McLaughlin, Jerome Regard, Julian Siegal, Nicolas Viccaro
  6. Shade of Blue – John McLaughlin
  7. Liberation Time – Sam Burgess, Gary Husband, John McLaughlin

Zakir Hussain

On December 15, 2024, Ustad Zakir Hussain died aged 73. He was musician (tabla, percussion), composer, music producer and film actor, considered as one of the greatest tabla players of all time.Hussain recorded and performed with number of famous musicians, among the others with John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Bill Laswell, Shankar Lakshminarayana, Pat Martino, Shakti, John Handy, Pharaoh Sanders, Ali Akbar Khan and Charles Lloyd. For his work he was awarded the “Govt of India’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award “, “Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship”, “Ratna Sadsya”, and the “United States National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship”. Hussain won four “Grammy Awards”.

Mahavishnu Orchestra: Between Nothingness & Eternity

On November 16, 1973, “Columbia” label released “Between Nothingness & Eternity”, the first Mahavishnu Orchestra live album. It was recorded in August 1973, at the “Schaefer Music Festival” in Central Park, New York, and was produced by Murray Krugman and John McLaughlin.

Personnel:

  • John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Jan Hammer – keyboards
  • Jerry Goodman – violin
  • Rick Laird – bass
  • Billy Cobham – percussion

Track listing:

  1. Trilogy: Sunlit Path/La Mere de la Mer/Tomorrow’s Story Not the Same – John McLauglin
  2. Sister Andrea – Jam Hammer
  3. Dream – John McLaughlin

Miles Davis: Aura

On September 12, 1989, “Columbia” label released “Aura”, album by Miles Davis. It was recorded January – February 1985, at “Easy Sound Studio” in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was produced by Palle Mikkelborg. This was Miles Davis’s final album released in his lifetime.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Bent Jædig, Flemming Madsen, Jesper Thilo, Per Carsten, Uffe Karskov – saxophones, woodwinds
  • Benny Rosenfeld, Idrees Sulieman, Jens Winther, Palle Bolvig, Perry Knudsen, Palle Mikkelborg – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jens Engel, Ture Larsen, Vincent Nilsson – trombone
  • Ole Kurt Jensen – bass trombone
  • Axel Windfeld – bass trombone, tuba
  • Niels Eje – oboe, English horn
  • Bjarne Roupé, John McLaughlin – guitar
  • Kenneth Knudsen, Ole Kock Hansen, Thomas Clausen – keyboards
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
  • Bo Stief – Fender bass, fretless bass
  • Lennart Gruvstedt – drums
  • Vincent Wilburn Jr. – electronic drums
  • Ethan Weisgaard, Marilyn Mazur – percussion
  • Lillian Thornquist – harp
  • Eva Hess-Thaysen – vocals
  • Palle Mikkelborg – arrangements
  • Henrik Lund, Niels Erik Land – engineer
  • Stacy Drummond – art direction
  • Gilles Larrain – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Palle Mikkelborg

  1. Intro
  2. White
  3. Yellow
  4. Orange
  5. Red
  6. Green
  7. Blue
  8. Electric Red
  9. Indigo
  10. Violet