John McLaughlin's “Guardian Angels" must be on the ultra-short list of “most iconic jazz/fusion songs clocking in under 1 minute." The song takes us back to the time when experimental fusion artists ...

Over thirty years ago the original Mahavishnu Orchestra was making big waves in the music world. The band, led by the legendary English jazz guitarist John McLaughlin, had an album on the Billboard ...

“Although I’ve ended up ploughing this jazz-funk thing, my first fave band was Cream, then Hendrix. Then I discovered John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra when I was 14, in about 1972. My ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Although born in Yorkshire, after his parents split up his formative years were spent in the ...

John McLaughlin (born 4 January 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer. One of the pioneers of jazz fusion, his music combines elements of ...

Journey guitarist and founding member Neal Schon is calling time on the band’s career after more than 50 years and 100 million album sales. The Final Frontier farewell tour will see the band perform ...

The concert video triggered for me a number of memories about McLaughlin. I first heard him with Miles Davis in 1969 on the album In a Silent Way and as a member of The Tony Williams Lifetime group ...

Death, disability and pestilence have kept the band Shakti from performing together for almost 10 years. But a new album, a miracle cure for John McLaughlin’s arthritic right hand, the end of the ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

A little more than a week after he bagged a Grammy for Best Improvised Jazz Solo, legendary British jazz guitarist John McLaughlin will be performing in Mumbai. Together with his band, the 4th ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG have something exciting planned for March. ‘John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years’ is being released on every format. Do you remember the first time you listened to ...

Influential jazz guitarist John McLaughlin reactivates his electric fusion quartet 4th Dimension, featuring keyboardist Gary Husband, bassist Etienne Mbappe and drummer Ranjit Barot. From his work ...