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© Miroslav Jurčeka (1989-2022)

McLAUGHLIN John
(g)

Personal Data:

Born:

04.01.1942

(Yorkshire, GB)

Appearances:

?	Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames
1963-64	Graham Bond Organisation
?	Brian Auger
1969-?	Miles Davis
1969-70	Lifetime
1972-1/76	Mahavishnu Orchestra
1/76-?	Shakti
?	Mahavishnu Orchestra
cca 1990-cca 7/92	John McLaughlin Trio
since 1997	Shakti

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Extrapolation	1968	Marmalade
2.	My Goal's Beyond	1969	Douglas
3.	Spaces & Larry Coryell	1970	Vanguard
4.	Devotion (in France)	1970	Barclay
5.	Where Fortune Smiles & John Surman	3/1971	Dawn
6.	Love, Devotion, Surrender & Carlos Santana, prod. Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin	22.06.1973	CBS		7	11
7.	Beyond An Empty Dream & Clifford T. Ward	18.04.1975	Charisma
8.	In Retrospect (2LP)	10/1975	Polydor
9.	Shakti With John McLaughlin & Shakti	04.06.1976	CBS
10.	A Handful Of Beauty & Shakti, prod. John McLaughlin	25.03.1977	CBS
11.	Natural Elements & Shakti, prod. John McLaughlin	11.11.1977	CBS
12.	Electric Guitarist featuring: Carlos Santana (g), Chick Corea (kb), Stanley Clarke (bg), Jack Bruce (bg), Alphonso Johnson (bg), Billy Cobham (ds), Tony Williams (ds), Narada Michael Walden (ds)	5/1978	CBS
13.	Electric Dreams & The One Truth Band	5/1979	CBS
14.	The Best Of John McLaughlin	1/1981	CBS
15.	Friday Night In San Francisco & Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia, prod. Al Di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco De Lucia	05.12.1980	CBS			97
16.	Bello Horizonte	12/1981	Warner Bros
17.	Music Spoken Here	1982	Warner Bros
18.	Passion, Grace & Fire & Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia	6/1983	CBS
19.	Mahavishnu	1/1985	WEA
20.	Adventures In Radioland	7/1987	Polygram
21.	Live At The Royal Festival Hall credited to: perc) ((John McLaughlin Trio: + Kai Eckhardt (bg), Trilok Gurtu)	27.11.1989	J.M.T.
22.	Concerto For Guitar & Orchestra 'The Mediterranean' / Duos For Guitar & Piano	1990	CBS
23.	Que Alegria	1991
24.	After The Rain	6/1995	Verve
25.	Molom (A Legend Of Mongolia)	11/1995	Polydor
26.	The Promise & The Rogues	21.12.1995
27.	Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia	15.10.1996	PolyGram
28.	The Heart Of Things	4/1998	Verve
29.	Remember Shakti & Shakti (2CD)	08.03.1999	Verve
30.	The Heart of Things Live	03.10.2000	Verve
31.	The Believer	03.10.2000	Verve
32.	Saturday Night In Bombay & Remember Shakti	19.06.2001	Verve
33.	Thieves and Poets	14.10.2003	Verve
34.	Guitar & Bass	30.11.2004	Sony
35.	Industrial Zen	01.08.2006	Verve
36.	Essential John McLaughlin	26.06.2007	Sony Legacy
37.	Floating Point	20.05.2008	Abstract Logix
38.	Five Peace Band Live & Chick Corea	28.04.2009	Concord
39.	To the One & The 4th Dimension	20.04.2010	Abstract Logix
40.	Marbles	11.10.2011	Brook
41.	Now Here This & The 4th Dimension	16.10.2012	Abstract Logix
42.	Invitation to Illumination: Live at Montreux 2011 & Carlos Santana	20.08.2013	Eagle Rock
43.	The Boston Record & The 4th Dimension	18.03.2014	Abstract Logix
44.	Black Light	18.09.2015	Abstract Logix
45.	Live at Montreux, 1987 & Paco De Lucia	24.06.2016	Universal Music
46.	Tokyo Live & Free Spirits	02.12.2016
47.	The Montreux Years	3/2022
48.	Saturday Night In San Francisco - Live & Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia	7/2022

Awards:

1990 Guitar Player - Best Acoustic And Plectron Technique
2009 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group ("Five Peace Band - Live", John McLaughlin Five Peace Band & Chick Corea)
2017 Grammy Awards - Best Improvised Jazz Solo (track "Miles Beyond")

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Miles Davis: In A Silent Way (8/69, CBS)
Wayne Shorter: Super Nova (9/69, Blue Note)
Miroslav Vitouš: Infinite Search (11/69)
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (5/70, CBS)
Jack Bruce: Things We Like (1/71, RSO)
Wayne Shorter: Moto Grosso Feio (1975, Blue Note)
Stanley Clarke: Journey To Love (12/75, Nemperor)
Joni Mitchell: Mingus (6/79, Asylum)
Zakir Hussain: Making Music (1987)
Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (13.9.05, Columbia)

appeared on the SP:

Mark Knopfler: Going Home (15.3.24)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1980	4		110		profile
1980	11		336
1988	3		21	Melodie ze světa
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	03.04.1971	25	Choice	album review
1973	21	26.05.1973	17		profile
1974	24	15.06.1974	24		interview
1974	50	14.12.1974	36	Albums	album review
1975	1	04.01.1975	28
1977	53	31.12.1977	15	Albums	album review
1978	22	03.06.1978	27	Albums	album review
1978	36	09.09.1978	4	News
1978	40	14.10.1978	26	Caught In The Act	gig review
1978	40	14.10.1978	28		interview
1979	7	27.02.1979	41	Caught In The Act	album review
1979	37	29.09.1979	3	News
1979	40	20.10.1979	10	After Dark	interview
1979	44	24.11.1979	39	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	42	29.11.1980	33	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	4	24.01.1981	18	Albums	album review
1981	26	27.06.1981	24	Albums	album review
1982	4	23.01.1982	13	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	02.09.1972	21
1973	0	02.06.1973	32
1973	0	30.06.1973	28	Albums	album review
1973	0	14.07.1973	13	Lookin' Back
1973	0	15.09.1973	5
1974	0	19.01.1974	2	News Survey
Populár
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1983	1		10		profile
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	12	15.06.1992	18		profile
1992	15	27.07.1992	31	Live - Agharta Prague Jazz	gig review
1995	6	28.03.1995	6	Galerie
1996	1		87	Recenze	album review
1997	1		115	Recenze - Atd	album review
1998	6		114	Recenze - Jazz Café	album review
1998	7		115	Recenze - Jazzcafé	album review
1999	5		112	Recenze - Jazz Café	album review
2004	1		57	Jazz & Blues
2004	2		84	Vykopávky	album review
2006	4		78	Live	gig review