Dude are you my spirit animal? The django thumbnail you have is my phone background and shakti with JML is the best modern spiritual music of all time.
This guy is another level. I bought all the Mahavishnu Orchestra albums and tried to learn a few songs but only ever managed a few phrases (and maybe not so well). Awesome player.
+Gretschomatic LOL! Yes, he should have worn it in this style back in the MaHa O. days. He will always remain one of my favorites. He dazzles constantly year after year.
Yes!!!! John McLaughlin is and always will be my favorite guitar player hands down! Well actually I have to say in my top three or four depending on styles. Very few move me as much as John does. No this isn't classical but he's always incorporated elements of classical, jazz, Indian, fusion, and more. And I gotta agree with someone else below..the camera angles ridiculously linger on his face and from far away. Anyone watching John mainly wants to see his fingers working his magic! Can't wait to see him again in December with Chick Corea, Lenny White and Victor Wooten doing Mahavishnu and Return to forever. I'm beyond thrilled!!
This is pure Indian classical music he is playing in guitar..Indian classical Raga..sometimes his guitar sounds like Sitar,one Indian classical instrument.
Such a palpable connection between the tonality and the aspiration for transcendence ! It's the amalgam of imagination with the strictures of the instrument ! A true marvel. Thank you John, for exposing the creative process in all its splendor !
He's simply the Best... Yeah, Miles was right! And so sweet when he's relaxed and enjoying his music 🎶 Love you John since 43 years and forever ❣️ thanks for your music, your spiritual inspiration and just for being you 🙏
John McLaughlin is one of my favourite guitarists and a huge influence. As a classical, jazz & rock player myself at professional level, I can assure you that this is not classical guitar in any sense. It's a bluesy/jazzy improvisation (with some elements of the Indian fusion John has pioneered over the years) played on a nylon string guitar with a pick, accompanied by a guitar synthesiser. The closest I have ever heard him come to Classical music is his Mediterranean Concerto, worth checking out. But as always, his playing rather defies categorisation.
*SWEET* ! Been rollin with JM ever since Miles' phenomenal "Bitches Brew" dropped in 1970. Saw Shakti & MO in Seattle back in the day. G.O.A.T. status! Changed my life. One of the main reasons I picked up a guitar, as well as put it back down lol. Thnx. All hail the living legend!
For me,John McLaughlin is THE ULTIMATE guitar player ever …: jazz ,rock,indian ,spanish Classic ,electric,Acoustic,etc He even recorded his Mediterranean concerto I’ve seen him many times live EVEN with the legendary formation with Paco de Lucia and Al di Meola,live here in my Country,Chile IDOL !!!
John is number one under all this kind of music players. His extraorinary art of improvisation has not find or copy.Music from an other star! played on great nylonstring guitar.
McLaughlin is something mystically meditatively transcendental in music! India really breathed into him the energy of the creative cosmic principle and he successfully implements it, delighting his listeners! this is my favorite musician of all!!!
❤Cuanta riqueza de armonías y estilos hay en el alma de este ángel de la guitarra! No ha existido mas grande guitarristas que éste. Simplemente no es de este mundo 🙌
A notable thing about J McL is that he plays without needing to see. His eyes were closed for nearly all of that performance, but his left hand travelled freely over the guitar fretboard, all over. Makes me wonder if he deliberately trained himself by practicing blindfolded.
I saw him perform with orchestra at the Dorthy Chandler Pavilion. Miles Davis was in 3 rows in front of me. It was a wonderful concert. I hear John is retiring this year.
He was playing a lot of nylon string guitar back then (late 80's)...he did tour the U.S. in 1989 playing with the local symphony orchestras. The piece was his Mediterranean Concerto (in honor of Rodrigo). Here in Detroit he played it with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra...summer of '89. I remember it well...got to meet both him and Katia Lebeque, his significant other at the time.
He's pretty damn happy with himself here. I can see why, because this some very fluid jazzy McLaughlin shredding. Probably some of the coolest I've ever heard him do
The father d the fusion guitar. I think John started it with Miles Davis wh said John was the greatest jazz guitarist of all-times. Nobody's done more.
Yes,I can: I guess Holdsworth is the even faster technician, but if you know the whole work as a composer, inventor of many styles never heard before, you cannot say they are equals. John is a giant, like Miles and some rare others. Alan is a gifted musician and incredible, almost unbeatable guitar player in the category of a Steve Vai or some few others. Butcreating new musical worlds is a higher category. (Think on Shakti i.e.)
Daniel A. Meyer Well I am afraid I'm going to have to disagree with at least part of that statement. Comparing Allan Holdsworth to Steve Vai is completely illogical. Steve Vai is a virtuoso shredder, he has a large toolbelt of acrobatic tricks but basically he's made no innovations in guitar in terms of composition. Allan Holdsworth's chordal vocabulary and voicings, as well as his approach to interpreting harmony when soloing over changes, is above and beyond what any other guitar player has accomplished. Completely disregarding Allan being the "faster" player, some of his most innovative playing is actually his slower, more chord oriented work. John Mclaughlin himself said of Allan "I would steal everything he does if I had any idea what he was playing".
This is more than just another guitar shred and JML is more than musician, this is spiritual experience
Truth.
Dude are you my spirit animal? The django thumbnail you have is my phone background and shakti with JML is the best modern spiritual music of all time.
I found this after seeing him play with Paco De Lucia. What a virtuoso!
Truth! Preach!!!
Poderoso meñique vive Dios !!
I LOVE John on acoustic. This is where, to me, his brilliance really shines.
I saw him many years ago on acoustic guitar with Trilok Guru and Kai Eckhardt and I consider this concert to be one of the best I have ever seen.
As this man plays the spirit rises, absolute genius.
This guy is another level. I bought all the Mahavishnu Orchestra albums and tried to learn a few songs but only ever managed a few phrases (and maybe not so well). Awesome player.
Try again. Insist and persist, that is the central idea. 3:00
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” 3:33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I know exactly what you mean!
JM is a most amazing guitarist, always fresh and innovative approaches, but I must also say that he has amazing hair !!
+Gretschomatic LOL! Yes, he should have worn it in this style back in the MaHa O. days. He will always remain one of my favorites. He dazzles constantly year after year.
I spent the last 4 decades learning from this man….still am….Viva John Ji!
Me too!!!!!
its divine and sacred when music is played with such mastery
Great forever
Yes!!!! John McLaughlin is and always will be my favorite guitar player hands down! Well actually I have to say in my top three or four depending on styles. Very few move me as much as John does. No this isn't classical but he's always incorporated elements of classical, jazz, Indian, fusion, and more. And I gotta agree with someone else below..the camera angles ridiculously linger on his face and from far away. Anyone watching John mainly wants to see his fingers working his magic! Can't wait to see him again in December with Chick Corea, Lenny White and Victor Wooten doing Mahavishnu and Return to forever. I'm beyond thrilled!!
This is pure Indian classical music he is playing in guitar..Indian classical Raga..sometimes his guitar sounds like Sitar,one Indian classical instrument.
lovely,hypnotic...master McLaughlin.
This has to be the best performance I've seen of John Mclaughlin. All solo, all I need :))
Beautiful, creative, awesome , breathtakin '! !!!!
Yep, absolutely Fabulous. His speed is amazing.
Beautiful.
Beautiful display of his virtuosity and ferocious intent..JM in his zone. Thanks for this!
More breathtaking beauty from the master. Thanks for this!
Thanks for posting--this is just great. Been a fan for 50+ years and can't believe I've not seen this one. JM never fails to put me in the zone.
This makes me appreciate the power of an acoustic guitar !
THE BEST GUITARIST I'VE EVER SEEN!
Amazing wonderful beautiful and MAGIC John the best ever !!!
I remember seeing him in Manchester around this time. Great gig!!
Bits and pieces here. Shakti and Extrapolation. Fantastic!
... with a little Belo Horizonte and the Mahavishnu reboot thrown in for seasoning!
That guitar, Abraham Wechter, was my dream guitar..
It's really hard to find the right words for his skills. He is the master!!
ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITARIST PLAYER EVER IN HISTORY
MASTERPIECE
FABULOUS
You can see and feel the joy in his playing.
Just an unreal "synthesis," literal and musical, of Indian and jazz on nylon guitar. Wow.
Such a palpable connection between the tonality and the aspiration for transcendence ! It's the amalgam of imagination with the strictures of the instrument ! A true marvel. Thank you John, for exposing the creative process in all its splendor !
He's simply the Best... Yeah, Miles was right!
And so sweet when he's relaxed and enjoying his music 🎶
Love you John since 43 years and forever ❣️ thanks for your music, your spiritual inspiration and just for being you 🙏
Ditto!♥️
John McLaughlin is one of my favourite guitarists and a huge influence. As a classical, jazz & rock player myself at professional level, I can assure you that this is not classical guitar in any sense. It's a bluesy/jazzy improvisation (with some elements of the Indian fusion John has pioneered over the years) played on a nylon string guitar with a pick, accompanied by a guitar synthesiser. The closest I have ever heard him come to Classical music is his Mediterranean Concerto, worth checking out. But as always, his playing rather defies categorisation.
Indeed this is a spiritual journey as another person commented
Paco? Wow!
That's a big concert a stadium wow - saw them with Steve Mores with Al John and Paco - the tour was super successful
Simply divine: John, Al, and Paco the very best
Just beautifully wondrous
*SWEET* ! Been rollin with JM ever since Miles' phenomenal "Bitches Brew" dropped in 1970. Saw Shakti & MO in Seattle back in the day. G.O.A.T. status! Changed my life. One of the main reasons I picked up a guitar, as well as put it back down lol. Thnx. All hail the living legend!
MO love it. Never put those 2 letters together like that . I dig it
@@ExxylcrothEagle Shakti @ Univ of Washington. MO @ The Paramount (Naradaxdrums). The 70s
PARA MI JOHN ES UN LIDER ESPIRITUAL , LO ADMIRO POR SU VIRTUOSISMO, COMPOSITOR, PROESOR, ES MAS QUE UN GUITARRISTA , GRACIAS POR SUBIR ESTA OBRA
Incredible!
For me,John McLaughlin is THE ULTIMATE guitar player ever …: jazz ,rock,indian ,spanish Classic ,electric,Acoustic,etc
He even recorded his Mediterranean concerto
I’ve seen him many times live EVEN with the legendary formation with Paco de Lucia and Al di Meola,live here in my Country,Chile
IDOL !!!
Yeah man!!
Maybe the best acoustic footage in history.
I will rest in peace with you John!!!!!
I love your music
immense feeling
John is number one under all this kind of music players.
His extraorinary art of improvisation has not find or copy.Music from an other star! played on great nylonstring guitar.
McLaughlin is something mystically meditatively transcendental in music! India really breathed into him the energy of the creative cosmic principle and he successfully implements it, delighting his listeners! this is my favorite musician of all!!!
John’s playing has a spiritual quality to it other guitarists just don’t have
this shows he is a great musician
This is not classical guitar stuff 🤔 BUT THIS IS MASTERPIECE 😍
Possibly that they meant carnatic, there are many points when he looks to be interpolating carnatic ragas (modes)...
Excellent !.
this is great inspiration, thank you!
Cesar de Rurange .lost of billed this is not music
Bravo!!!! Still the greatest after all these decades!
Great posting Tom. He's something else, isn't he?
Vow what an excellent performance👍🙏🙏❤️❤️simply great👍👍👌👍
Such a great musician!
❤Cuanta riqueza de armonías y estilos hay en el alma de este ángel de la guitarra! No ha existido mas grande guitarristas que éste. Simplemente no es de este mundo 🙌
Beyond sublime! Maestro McLaughlin is a complete master.
A notable thing about J McL is that he plays without needing to see.
His eyes were closed for nearly all of that performance,
but his left hand travelled freely over the guitar fretboard, all over.
Makes me wonder if he deliberately trained himself by practicing blindfolded.
Thank you so much.
Max
More please... John
It has a nice rhythmic feel to it !
I saw him perform with orchestra at the Dorthy Chandler Pavilion. Miles Davis was in 3 rows in front of me. It was a wonderful concert. I hear John is retiring this year.
You heard wrong, he’s my cousin, he’s not retiring
I saw John play with Al Di Meola and Paco De Lucia in Boston in the early 90's. It was a truly mind blowing concert never to be forgotten.
+Stevie Silver I was probably there brother Stevie!!
Incredible amazing!
top guitarist
Legend
That’s next level
He was playing a lot of nylon string guitar back then (late 80's)...he did tour the U.S. in 1989 playing with the local symphony orchestras. The piece was his Mediterranean Concerto (in honor of Rodrigo). Here in Detroit he played it with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra...summer of '89. I remember it well...got to meet both him and Katia Lebeque, his significant other at the time.
John McLaughlin é realmente muito bom.
It's as if he was representing the ultimate potential in guitar playing. That's what pure spirit sounds like...LOVE
The most versatile Jazz musician
we must hear this guitarsound with open heart.
tribute to paco ,this melody obsessed spiritualities.
jm suits gut 'n flat picking
Great stuff
impecable !!!
Top in the world and in the History!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Un grand musicien et un grand humaniste que j'ai rencontré déjà au festival de jazz de Montréal.
Amazing as always!!!
grande, unico, magnifico
He's pretty damn happy with himself here. I can see why, because this some very fluid jazzy McLaughlin shredding. Probably some of the coolest I've ever heard him do
Superb
Amazing.
Thank you!
No one surpasses him.
This song is also on 'Live at the Royal Festival Hall' w/ Trilok Gurtu and Kai Eckhardt.
The Melnibonean what's the name of this song?
It's not a song unless someone is singing. For instrumental music it's more appropriate to say a melody, tune, or piece.
I've seen them in Germany (SB) just perfect 🎸🎶😀
Give me a link please
Love you , John
Undoubtedly THE best
FANTASTIC VIDEO 📹...HE IS AMAZING 👏
He was in Saalfelden, Jazzfestival, with this guitar, yes, I remember. Was great.
Sublime!!!
This is John doing his one man ensemble,
It's actually John's amazing hair that's doing the playing...it is so perfectly styled that it has acquired telekinetic powers.
Now it's up to YOU to use YOUR telekinetic powers and bring back your brains from your ass to your head
😂
Somebody is starving for attention
Damn.
His right hand technique is just unbelievable...
The real deal, plus a few more.
All one can say is WOW!!!!
he's awesome. always" __
+Lee Mitchell
Saw him with Al and Paco in 1985...always was!!!
Top in the world!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
I saw his solo tour when he played in Manchester
The King
THE KINGGGGG
Master
The father d the fusion guitar. I think John started it with Miles Davis wh said John was the greatest jazz guitarist of all-times. Nobody's done more.
One name: Allan Holdsworth. I don't think anyone could argue that he and John are not at least equals.
Yes,I can: I guess Holdsworth is the even faster technician, but if you know the whole work as a composer, inventor of many styles never heard before, you cannot say they are equals. John is a giant, like Miles and some rare others. Alan is a gifted musician and incredible, almost unbeatable guitar player in the category of a Steve Vai or some few others. Butcreating new musical worlds is a higher category. (Think on Shakti i.e.)
Daniel A. Meyer
Well I am afraid I'm going to have to disagree with at least part of that statement. Comparing Allan Holdsworth to Steve Vai is completely illogical. Steve Vai is a virtuoso shredder, he has a large toolbelt of acrobatic tricks but basically he's made no innovations in guitar in terms of composition. Allan Holdsworth's chordal vocabulary and voicings, as well as his approach to interpreting harmony when soloing over changes, is above and beyond what any other guitar player has accomplished. Completely disregarding Allan being the "faster" player, some of his most innovative playing is actually his slower, more chord oriented work. John Mclaughlin himself said of Allan "I would steal everything he does if I had any idea what he was playing".
Word.
@@LowSpark42 Agreed 1000% McLaughlin has so many bands
Gigante!
Miles was right.
MY DEAREST FRIEND JOHN MCLAUGHLIN ❤❤