John McLaughlin, one of the key and most important jazz guitarists of modern times and the founder of the jazz fusion quartet The 4th Dimension, is coming to Kino Šiška on November 11, where he will present his current album "The Boston Record".
Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, an English-born musician who released his first solo album “Extrapolation” in 1969, soon after moved to the US where he joined Tony Williams' jazz-rock trio Lifetime and the ensemble of the legendary trumpeter Miles Davis. His electric lineup Mahavishnu Orchestra, and one of the first fusion bands, introduced a completely new style into the musical alphabet that brought together electric jazz and rock with Eastern and Indian musical influences. In 1975, he founded a band Shakti, with which he combined jazz and Indian music. He performed with her for the first time in Slovenia in 1977 in the Tivoli Hall. During his long musical career, John McLaughlin worked with, among others Carla Bley, Gil Evans, Miroslav Vitoušs, Wayne Shorter, The Rolling Stones and others.
In 1979, he formed a short-lived band with drummer Tony Williamson and bassist Jaco Pastorius Trio Of Doom. In the same year, he performed with Larry Coryell and Al Di Meola at the Tivoli Hall in Ljubljana. In the eighties, he collaborated with many musicians, including an Indian percussionist To Trilok Gurtu, who performed with John's trio in 1991 for the first time in Slovenia in Cankarjev dom. In 1996, John McLaughlin reunited with his colleagues Pacom de Lucio and Alom Di Meolo. The Guitar Trio reunited for a world tour and released an album of the same name.
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John McLaughlin founded in 2007 a new jazz fusion quartet called The 4th Dimension. The album was released in March this year "The Boston Record", which is not their first, but it is the first to be performed with a renewed line-up. McLaughlin, who is said to be at the peak of his creativity at the age of 72, on his latest album proves that he is still as important in the music industry as he was 50 years ago.
The ticket price is 32 euros in advance, and on the day of the event 34 euros. You can also buy it at eventim.si.
More information:
kinosiska.si and johnmclaughlin.com
