English guitarist and pioneer of jazz fusion; leader of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and collaborator with Miles Davis and Shakti.

Publicly verifiable: McLaughlin made his solo debut with Extrapolation (1969), played with Miles Davis in the late 1960s/early 1970s, led the Mahavishnu Orchestra, formed Shakti, and recorded works including Devotion (1970) and Industrial Zen (2006). The Trio Of Doom (with Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams) documented a March 1979 performance and related studio material.

DeBaser reviews praise John McLaughlin as a pioneering, technically brilliant guitarist and key figure in jazz fusion. Extrapolation (1969) is described as a landmark acoustic debut; Devotion as an early electric/psychedelic bridge to later fusion work; Industrial Zen as a mature, varied return. The Trio Of Doom record is noted as an important collaborative document with Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams.

For:jazz listeners, fusion fans, guitarists and music students

 The spirit and the flesh were strong. These were times when giants were born, it was the golden age: the musical Zep Tepi.

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 To find out and to reveal the absolute greatness of a musician like Mc Laughlin, to fall to your knees with open mouths in incredulous adoration and musical abstraction in your listening place, to bring smiles of grateful nostalgia to the older DeBaserioti, to go "forward" on the six strings, to make a nice "reality check" as a cold shower to the ego of all electric shredders or those who thought they had discovered new horizons "today", you must buy this 1969 album: an unmatched gem.

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 Industrial Zen is a clear contradiction in terms, what is defined as an "oxymoron".

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