Its so wonderful to hear someone "not" play the same ol cliche's that 95% of jazz clone guitarist's play.... This is the the language of the true jazz improviser and what its meant to be, taking it to another level. Bravo John****
@maghu77 ''Alexandre Dumas pere wrote over 400 historical novels exposing world tyranny(Roman Catholic Empire). Alexandre Dumas pere was born near Paris in 1802 and 'coincidentally' in 1902 The Society of Gesu(Jesuits) were expelled from France for the 3rd and last time. The Society of Jesu(Jesuits) have been expelled from 83 countries and their pope is ARAMIS AND HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO(GENERAL OF THE JESUITS).
@maghu77 LISTEN TO MICHAEL TSARION ON THE YOUTUBE. HE IS THE WORLDS PREMIER CONSPIRACY RESEARCHER/LECTURER/AUTHOR. LEO ZAGAMI, JORDAN MAXWELL AND ALEXANDRE DUMAS PERE ARE HIGHLY INFORMATIVE AS WELL. P.S. MELTING EUPHORIA IS SIMILAR TO OZRIC TENTACLES AND GONG.
@nothingbutstars you are right... but kottke plaied a lot of times "open country joy", from the mahavishnu orchestra album "birds of fire"; it's strange and crazy, but there was a time in wich all the musicians loved other musicians' work... so metheny dedicated "james" to james taylor, and mclaughlin plaied with james taylor too...
Take note children, acoustic guitar, not effects, no peddles, just a good old fashioned guitar player. I saw John with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 70's and saw him do things with a guitar that Vie and Satriani are only starting to toy with now. Thanks for the post!
Newsom at piano doesn't look happy - grabs score and discards. But:: a bad guess, to suggest my coutnryman ed bickert woudln't have liked this - or indeed didn't pick it off the tv guide and stay up for it like I did. JM was listed guest, even here in Scotia paper. Bicket I propose would have been aware of Mahvishnu, Shaktri - and knocked out by the same cat bringing Charlie Parker music back to North America. Wireless - walk on and hit, by the downbeat.
Of course everyone here knows that the last laugh goes to our co-viewer's dinner companion, John McL- because Carson's former show now ends with a royalty payment to McLaughlin! thanks to eubanks use of Inner Moutning Flame composition as Tonight show trail under credits. eubanks confesses to Mclaughlin addiction - once presented at high school wearing devotional whites. This tune: Carson freaks, Fred De Cordova yells out. Debate over. Be Bop first called "finger ex": 1944 NYT. Nice update
Why any debateand of course everyone here knows that the last laugh goes to our co-viewer's dinner companion, Johnny - because Carson's former show now ends with a royalty payment to McLaughlin! thanks to eubanks use of Inner Moutning Flame composition as Tonight show trail under credits. eubanks confesses to Mclaughlin addiction - once presented at high school wearing devotional whites. This tune: Carson freaks, Fred De Cordova yells out. Deabte over. Bop first called "finger ex": 1944 NYT
Heard him live many times,.. had all his albums. The original Mahav. orch. seemed special. Now I cant listen to it any more. He bores me stupid now. As I said ugly music with bad tone. On u tube or in real life.
I grew up and started listening to Ed Bickert. Real music, not just show off time.
Check out a real master of understatement with lovely tone, even on his old 70s u - tube stuff. Real tone on an old telecaster on utube.
@mddavison54 Hmm, complaining about the tone of an acoustic guitar recorded on videotape over 20 years ago and retrieved by some unknown means and posted on the internet thru Utube and played by your computer seems knuckle-headed. NOTHING on Utube is worthy of any discussion of "tone". I think you are barking up the wrong tree.
@dorian411 I agree on that statement! It's still a great performance.Johnny,and the band were amazed,myself included! If that was on AM radio thru a transistor radio,I'd still cheer.A TV set back then in mono was close to that.Talent shines thru every device.Amen
@mddavison54 This is a foolish statement -period. Do you know ANYTHING about JM"s career and the musicians he has played with? No less than the MASTER tabla player Zakir Hussain has declared him to be one of the GREATEST 20th century musicians. I'll take his assessment over yours any day. Go enjoy Mr. Bickert.
@emeraldomusik Is a great actor one who can recite Shakespeare faster than anyone else? Is a great painter one who can paint faster than anyone else? Is a great dancer one who can dance faster than anyone else?...... This is just technique... olympic gold medal technique but its meant to be MUSIC which is ART not a physical competition. Horrible tone. Horrible phrases. Horrible MUSIC
@mddavison54 the speed of a piece of music depends on the composers will. It is his idea how the character of the piece has to be. In jazz we find a long tradition of improvisation which also goes along with the pieces' character. Cherokee is a very fast theme ! It is up to you now to find someone who plays it "largo" or "grave" , maybe Ed Bickert, I suppose ? Anyway, here are some of McLaughlins tunes played slowly especially for you:
sanctuary-hope-power of love-two sisters-amy and joseph-
@mddavison54 i think u r very conservative in music listenig.someone like who appriciates classic music and abuses pop and rock music.i think u should listen to mclaughlins "meeting of the spirits" where he played along with paco de lucia and larry coryell, or listen to "mediterrenian sundance". one of the greatest, fasest and uphoric tune ever created.if u r a true music lover, u should respect all genres of music.
Maybe some viewer with editing skills could repost this video at quarter speed, so the disbelievers who talk about mindless shredding can be convinced every line of 32 notes Johnny plays in a bar makes out a beautifully constructed mini musical story in itself, Maybe when the 1/32 notes become 1/8 notes also the listeners with less fluent musical minds will agree and get the same shivers down their spines that i get when i hear these sensational bop lines.
@blondstallion an acoustic guitar with nylon strings has the shortest tone and EVERY other player would be blown away by the power of such an incredible big band. but john is clever, he uses some tricks, he uses the high position of the fretboard and sometimes (2:33 -2:41) he plays a pattern against the rhythmic stream so we can hear him. To play within and without the harmonic changes is an easy task for him, it is MASTER JOHN !
Notice how he breaks all the rules about fingerings? The great ones always do. There's a famous video of Artur Rubenstein playing and people are simply amazed at how his technique was "wrong".
Wow do we live in a different era now. We certainly don't get to see virtuosity combined w amazing horn arrangements on network tv anymore. As much as I like this it makes me a little sad for music and players nowadays!
@djphilmore nice dude you have the same opinion as every other fucking youtube dumbass youtube commenter. in what way is lil wayne not real music? Because you dont like him?
i know him!! he's coming to dinner at my parents house tonight in Monaco with his wife Ina and his son Luke who is a school friend of mine from the international school of Monaco. :D
Right after this McLaughlin gets the call to the couch with Johhny - I'm watching this ngiht - and in the pleasantries, cracks a divorce joke, partly at his own expense. Only to have Carson freeze over - it was plain as day. Mr Glib was going on the dont-re-book list. And when McLaughlin's new love showed up to perform on The Tonight Show (half of the Labeque sisters, whose album JM mixed brilliantly on Angel) CARSON PRETENDED HE"D NEVER HEARD OF JOHN MCLAUGHLIN BEFORE. ps bebop>
@newsmanbluesman I saw this show too when it was broadcast sometime in 1985. After the divorce thing Carson asked McLaughlin besides being a great guitarist what he did, and right after that you could tell McLaughlin wasn't coming back.
One of the very best, even after 40 years of newcomers coming and going. He is one of the most influencial "musicians" (not just guitarist) in jazz. Period.
the tonight show band at that time were all among the finest players in the world. and that many of them applauded after his amazing performance is something that i had only seen one other time on the show..(glen campbell) after he performed "indiana".was the other.
i will not say that he invented fusion jazz, but he was with miles when he started fusion on in a silent way, more with bitches brew and in on the corner session too. I saw mtume said that mahavishnu was some bitches brew bro. But he's great and it's funny to hear him play on in a silent way where miles told him to play as if he just learned how to play guitar...
@sqweezel I'm going to write a Hendrix manifesto one day... How do people not understand what Hendrix was about even to this day? If Hendrix wanted to go onstage and perfectly hit every note with practiced robotic execution he could have easily. HENDRIX... was searching for new sounds that had never been heard, he did this onstage! And thank him for it he blew rock wide open. John is insanely good, but very different. For "perfect" Hendrix look for BBC Radio One 'driving south' it's flawless.
@TheFingerlady i agree, for me Hendrix is the best rock guitar player (followed by Jeff Beck), John McLaughlin is the best jazz guitarist, but not because of his virtuosity , it is his power of musical ideas, his compositions improvisations and his ability to interact directly on stage.
@TheFingerlady I know what Hendrix was about, have certainly studied & learned his solos. What McLaughlin plays is far more than "practiced robotic execution". He's navigating complex chord changes at insane tempo while creating listenable, melodic melodies. Hendrix constantly searched for sounds & pulled music from his heart. I'm a huge Hendrix fan, but he couldn't touch McLaughlin here. It'd make so much more sense for people to open their ears & hear what's really going on in this vid.
@funkifyyourlife Hey Funky, I didn't mean paint Mclaughlin as a robot at all. I think McLaughlin is a genius, Bitches brew is my favorite playing of his, Extrapolation is unreal.What I really mean is Hendrix didn't care that much if he made a mistake on stage. A good point would if Hendrix was on Carson, the arrangement would be very loose and they would have to watch for when Hendrix felt like making changes. IMO.
@TheFingerlady Hendrix would have been stunned by this performance. He was humble and loved playing with others. He was also practically a child, dying at 27 years of age. McLaughlin is a vastly more seasoned player that I'm certain Hendrix would have looked at with awe - same as everybody else....
@beeroosterm I don't think at any point in my last post did I say Hendrix would not have appreciated John... they did play together you know. It's actually quite a mess of sound surprisingly they don't mix very well. It was a very informal setting though, too bad... I totally agree that Hendrix would have been in awe. This is one of the things I love most about Jimi, he was a wonderful open person who let any kind of music pour through him.
@TheFingerlady I did not know that Jimi and John played together. I am not surprised it wasn't a great jam - too different stylistically...I'd love to hear it anyway...
Okay, so the late great Miles effin Davis composed a tune called John Mclaughlin and included on his Bitches Brew album (ever heard of it?). And this past year Jeff Beck basically called JM the best guitarist alive. So how is this even an argument??? JM is a true artist, not an entertainer which is almost all we ever see these days. I know it's real hard to understand when you are used to hearing pop progressions. Oh, and Cherokee is a tune that is traditionally played at a very high tempo...
@TheTranslator100 Well sorry to tell you that you failed miserably at answering me. I know you tried hard to come up with something but you just aligned nonsensical blabbering. You must either be really young or just retarded. Maybe both. I won't waste anymore time with you, cheers.
@ProfessorJones7 "but then the soloing was just absolutely meaningless."
LOL...ROTFLOL...ProfessorJones7 that's a pretty audacious statement for someone with Aurosmith as the feature video in his profile...lol.
John's solo may have not been in the context of "traditional" Jazz playing, but he seemed to plow through the changes effortlessly, and with the signature speed and technical virtuosity by which he's highly acclaimed - hardly "meaningless."
Guitarist Carl Orr: "I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Follow Your Heart - John McLaughlin song by song.” The descriptions of the music are great, and I particularly enjoy those inspired moments when the author abandons literal description and describes the music in vivid, sometimes surreal imagery."
That old argument of fast vs quality feeling etc etc... Well think about this:
If your playing had gotten to a point where you could play at any speed, then playing fast for the sake of speed would not interest you anymore (perhaps it never did). If you are true It is the feeling coming from within when playing the instrument. Not a circus sideshow or ego contest, those "musicians" are in another world. Purely the way JM plays is from the heart soul nothing else like ego etc is involved.
Guitarist Carl Orr: "I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Follow Your Heart - John McLaughlin song by song.” The descriptions of the music are great, and I particularly enjoy those inspired moments when the author abandons literal description and describes the music in vivid, sometimes surreal imagery."
@unclejunglebass I do not believe it is supposed to "sound" like Bird. Dizzy didn't sound like Bird and neither did Bud Powell, so I don't know what this comment means. Your comment about diarrhea is trollish and inflammatory, and as such not worth a response. I get you do not like the solo, fine, but what makes it masturbatory? Personally, I "feel" this solo, (as did Ed and the boys), marvel at its "delivery" for both its virtuousity and truthfulness, and enjoy the note "choice".
@dorian411 youre on the money about the "sounding like" part. i agree with you there. but its my opinion that this blows. hard. lets leave it at that.
perhaps it takes a lot of ego to make such pronouncements(taking into account that I know nothing of you,your music and thus the context from which you deride), you remind me of Stanley Crouch on Miles Davis..the proof you might be wrong is in seeing his continual evolution through today-go see his current band as I did a few weeks ago and...nah, you'll probably say that about anyone who takes a spiritual leap to the highest levels one can express-all masters inspire such "critiques"-a blessing.
@goodresonance "i'm a professional musician, and composer, by the way."
LOL...ROTFLOL...goodresonance so is Ted Nugent by the way...lol.
In all due fairness, I very much doubt if you're in the same class as Ted Nugent, based on the fatuitous hogwash you've expressed thus far.
Another observation; people who opine on musicians who play with extreme speed and technical virtuosity aren't capable of such feats themselves - do I see a hint of jealously here?!?
You have absolutely NO idea the level of dedication this took. He is one of the most influencial musicians of all time. Who are YOU to make a comment on artistry at this level. Get a grip.
For the record, Ed Shaghenessy, the drummer with the Tonight Show Band, even mentions this performance in his autobiography as one of HIS greatest moments ever on that show, which he did 5 nights a week for 25 years or something, playing with all of the greats.
@goodresonance are you serious? this isn't joe satriani noodling over some rock tune, john mclaughlin is one of the most expressive and interesting players around.
@goodresonance And with that comment, you prove that you have no ability to hear expertly improvised harmony and melody. "Ego" my ass. "No artistry at all"?????Apparently, all you hear is a bunch of 16th notes. Perhaps Kirk Hammet and SRV are more your speed.
@Composer19691 "Perhaps Kirk Hammet and SRV are more your speed."
Let's try AC DC instead lol
Unfortunately, the vast majority of posters on youtube are of the Rock/Metal contingent, so it's a waste of time trying to elucidate anything of musical logic to these musically obtuse buffoons.
Of course, you'll see criticism from the Jazz "purist" crowd as well, which is expected, since this is a "Jazz" standard...
mazing
qwe1419 6 days ago
@Roadsterscom what is that quote from?
PillSmasher 2 weeks ago
Its so wonderful to hear someone "not" play the same ol cliche's that 95% of jazz clone guitarist's play.... This is the the language of the true jazz improviser and what its meant to be, taking it to another level. Bravo John****
jimijamzen 3 weeks ago
happy bday john!
keo774 3 weeks ago
What the hell is Uriaheap108 on about?
robinrms0404 4 weeks ago
He looks like Sean Bean lol
chrislandrum62 1 month ago
I gotta admit... he's real fast
waitingd21 1 month ago
Superb !!!!!!
From Stefan
mellowloops 1 month ago
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And this is how all of fast n' mighty guitar shredders get owned^^. Ok, with some litte expections... ^^.
Furui93Shin 3 months ago
I just can't get enough of this.
maghu77 3 months ago
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@maghu77 ''Alexandre Dumas pere wrote over 400 historical novels exposing world tyranny(Roman Catholic Empire). Alexandre Dumas pere was born near Paris in 1802 and 'coincidentally' in 1902 The Society of Gesu(Jesuits) were expelled from France for the 3rd and last time. The Society of Jesu(Jesuits) have been expelled from 83 countries and their pope is ARAMIS AND HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO(GENERAL OF THE JESUITS).
uriahheep108 1 month ago
@maghu77 LISTEN TO MICHAEL TSARION ON THE YOUTUBE. HE IS THE WORLDS PREMIER CONSPIRACY RESEARCHER/LECTURER/AUTHOR. LEO ZAGAMI, JORDAN MAXWELL AND ALEXANDRE DUMAS PERE ARE HIGHLY INFORMATIVE AS WELL. P.S. MELTING EUPHORIA IS SIMILAR TO OZRIC TENTACLES AND GONG.
uriahheep108 1 month ago
lool Lets rock baby
RowenaSierrawg709 3 months ago
Oh yeah
dann3th3manni3 4 months ago
To have the testicles to do a Big Band arrangement with a nylon string is one thing; but then to absolutely tear it up is monumentally good.
unclemeat1977 4 months ago 17
@nothingbutstars you are right... but kottke plaied a lot of times "open country joy", from the mahavishnu orchestra album "birds of fire"; it's strange and crazy, but there was a time in wich all the musicians loved other musicians' work... so metheny dedicated "james" to james taylor, and mclaughlin plaied with james taylor too...
johnjtheoriginal 4 months ago
@johnjtheoriginal His solo on that ballad is superb. McLaughlin has played with too many to count.
dorian411 4 months ago
usually he was a mystical player, here he gets a lot of fun
i like this!
johnjtheoriginal 4 months ago
i cant imagine how inferior the bigbands rythm guitarist felt after jm's preformance....especialy after that little glance he gave him
yourfamilydocter 4 months ago
Take note children, acoustic guitar, not effects, no peddles, just a good old fashioned guitar player. I saw John with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 70's and saw him do things with a guitar that Vie and Satriani are only starting to toy with now. Thanks for the post!
michelpaul1 4 months ago
someone give this guy more coke!
fattirevsbud 4 months ago
What year is this recording from?
ryan0reese 5 months ago
@ryan0reese Late January 1985
benvye 5 months ago
A shame he had to start wittering. It wasn't bad till then.. But then it was badder than bad
trousers5183 5 months ago
TRULY THEE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER THAT EVER LIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lorigale99 6 months ago 3
Humans reject what they can't easily grab or understand without effort. Its why pop or even blues is so popular and jazz or classical will never be.
vinlandr 6 months ago 3
@vinlandr I don't think you need to 'understand' the music you're listening to in order to enjoy it though.
EquinoxParadox91 1 week ago
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maglev375 6 months ago
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robyatkins 6 months ago
i love how at 1:12 he was just like "lemme quit fucking around with ya'll and play..." lol amazing
adanremnant 6 months ago
(In the voice of Steve Martin)
"And remember, Shoppers, when you buy John McLaughlin's CDs,
you get more notes per dollar."
Roadsterscom 6 months ago 13
Nylon strings, no sustain, no fuzz, no gimmick and shredding like HELL
vinlandr 6 months ago 6
55 dislikes? 55 stupid sub human minds
guitarwp3 6 months ago
ZAKK WYLDE Sent You ?
Spookykind 7 months ago
Man, talk about versatile - I just now 'discovered' McLaughlin, in some videos with Shakti -- obviously, he can play anything
Missouramule 7 months ago
god this man is beyond great
BossMannDoomCrush 7 months ago
All the way from Doncaster....another cool Yorkshireman
dt156 7 months ago
now all they ever have on shows like this are no talent nickelbacks and simple plans and fucking lady gaga and shit.. the day the music died...
luridoptics 7 months ago
Newsom at piano doesn't look happy - grabs score and discards. But:: a bad guess, to suggest my coutnryman ed bickert woudln't have liked this - or indeed didn't pick it off the tv guide and stay up for it like I did. JM was listed guest, even here in Scotia paper. Bicket I propose would have been aware of Mahvishnu, Shaktri - and knocked out by the same cat bringing Charlie Parker music back to North America. Wireless - walk on and hit, by the downbeat.
Correct yr::1982. (CP cut tune in LA?
newsmanbluesman 7 months ago
In my opinion... The best guitarist of ALLTIME !!!
longboarder1960 7 months ago 2
@longboarder1960 Still killin'...Master McLaughlin is a treaure of humanity.
dorian411 7 months ago 2
Holly Moses, never new Johnny had such artists....but Very tame.
SunnyDays951 7 months ago
Of course everyone here knows that the last laugh goes to our co-viewer's dinner companion, John McL- because Carson's former show now ends with a royalty payment to McLaughlin! thanks to eubanks use of Inner Moutning Flame composition as Tonight show trail under credits. eubanks confesses to Mclaughlin addiction - once presented at high school wearing devotional whites. This tune: Carson freaks, Fred De Cordova yells out. Debate over. Be Bop first called "finger ex": 1944 NYT. Nice update
newsmanbluesman 7 months ago
Why any debateand of course everyone here knows that the last laugh goes to our co-viewer's dinner companion, Johnny - because Carson's former show now ends with a royalty payment to McLaughlin! thanks to eubanks use of Inner Moutning Flame composition as Tonight show trail under credits. eubanks confesses to Mclaughlin addiction - once presented at high school wearing devotional whites. This tune: Carson freaks, Fred De Cordova yells out. Deabte over. Bop first called "finger ex": 1944 NYT
newsmanbluesman 7 months ago
@newsmanbluesman Thanks my friend...
dorian411 7 months ago
I used to worship J. McG.
Heard him live many times,.. had all his albums. The original Mahav. orch. seemed special. Now I cant listen to it any more. He bores me stupid now. As I said ugly music with bad tone. On u tube or in real life.
I grew up and started listening to Ed Bickert. Real music, not just show off time.
Check out a real master of understatement with lovely tone, even on his old 70s u - tube stuff. Real tone on an old telecaster on utube.
mddavison54 7 months ago
@mddavison54 Always love the grow up comments. Enjoy Mr. Bickert, the REAL music guy.
dorian411 7 months ago 2
Ughhhhhhh.......... What awful, awful tone. Banjotastic.
mddavison54 7 months ago
@mddavison54 Hmm, complaining about the tone of an acoustic guitar recorded on videotape over 20 years ago and retrieved by some unknown means and posted on the internet thru Utube and played by your computer seems knuckle-headed. NOTHING on Utube is worthy of any discussion of "tone". I think you are barking up the wrong tree.
dorian411 7 months ago
@dorian411 See McGlaughlin reply
mddavison54 7 months ago
@mddavison54 Why? Spelling says it all...
dorian411 7 months ago
@dorian411 I agree on that statement! It's still a great performance.Johnny,and the band were amazed,myself included! If that was on AM radio thru a transistor radio,I'd still cheer.A TV set back then in mono was close to that.Talent shines thru every device.Amen
ESmithStringSlinger 7 months ago
The pick master
Somai82 7 months ago 3
@Somai82
Pick master,yes. Music master no.
mddavison54 7 months ago
@mddavison54 This is a foolish statement -period. Do you know ANYTHING about JM"s career and the musicians he has played with? No less than the MASTER tabla player Zakir Hussain has declared him to be one of the GREATEST 20th century musicians. I'll take his assessment over yours any day. Go enjoy Mr. Bickert.
dorian411 7 months ago 2
@mddavison54 can you explain that?
emeraldomusik 7 months ago
@emeraldomusik Is a great actor one who can recite Shakespeare faster than anyone else? Is a great painter one who can paint faster than anyone else? Is a great dancer one who can dance faster than anyone else?...... This is just technique... olympic gold medal technique but its meant to be MUSIC which is ART not a physical competition. Horrible tone. Horrible phrases. Horrible MUSIC
mddavison54 7 months ago
@mddavison54 the speed of a piece of music depends on the composers will. It is his idea how the character of the piece has to be. In jazz we find a long tradition of improvisation which also goes along with the pieces' character. Cherokee is a very fast theme ! It is up to you now to find someone who plays it "largo" or "grave" , maybe Ed Bickert, I suppose ? Anyway, here are some of McLaughlins tunes played slowly especially for you:
sanctuary-hope-power of love-two sisters-amy and joseph-
emeraldomusik 7 months ago
@mddavison54
lol aaawww.... someone's incapable of feeling the swing... =(
ragglefraggle09 7 months ago
@ragglefraggle09 Your right............because he doesn't swing.==++(0)
mddavison54 7 months ago
@mddavison54
do u even know what that means
ragglefraggle09 7 months ago
@mddavison54 i think u r very conservative in music listenig.someone like who appriciates classic music and abuses pop and rock music.i think u should listen to mclaughlins "meeting of the spirits" where he played along with paco de lucia and larry coryell, or listen to "mediterrenian sundance". one of the greatest, fasest and uphoric tune ever created.if u r a true music lover, u should respect all genres of music.
valueless11 7 months ago
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bekomach 7 months ago
jimi hendrix is nothing compared to him.....overrated...
sopirah 8 months ago
Maybe some viewer with editing skills could repost this video at quarter speed, so the disbelievers who talk about mindless shredding can be convinced every line of 32 notes Johnny plays in a bar makes out a beautifully constructed mini musical story in itself, Maybe when the 1/32 notes become 1/8 notes also the listeners with less fluent musical minds will agree and get the same shivers down their spines that i get when i hear these sensational bop lines.
blondstallion 8 months ago 2
@blondstallion an acoustic guitar with nylon strings has the shortest tone and EVERY other player would be blown away by the power of such an incredible big band. but john is clever, he uses some tricks, he uses the high position of the fretboard and sometimes (2:33 -2:41) he plays a pattern against the rhythmic stream so we can hear him. To play within and without the harmonic changes is an easy task for him, it is MASTER JOHN !
emeraldomusik 7 months ago 3
@emeraldomusik what a erudite commentary. THANKS!
dorian411 7 months ago
Notice how he breaks all the rules about fingerings? The great ones always do. There's a famous video of Artur Rubenstein playing and people are simply amazed at how his technique was "wrong".
themikeaustin 8 months ago
Wow do we live in a different era now. We certainly don't get to see virtuosity combined w amazing horn arrangements on network tv anymore. As much as I like this it makes me a little sad for music and players nowadays!
jpiper1976 8 months ago
@jpiper1976 Brave cool New World, is here to stay. Sad, I agree.
miguelmouta 8 months ago
While Allan Holdsworth & John Mclaughlin, and other jazz guitarists are tragically under-rated.
Clapton, Page, Hendrix, etc., etc. are relentlessly over-rated.
Progressivism 8 months ago
@Progressivism
They're not under rated, they're just not known by the mainstream. You wouldn't want them to be would you?
Samsgarden 8 months ago
@Progressivism They are under-appreciated, but not under-rated.
jbc6 7 months ago
Looks like the band has forgotten to switch off the 'Flintstones' button.
deepindercheema 9 months ago 54
@deepindercheema It's called, 'swing'.
KABRIS1 6 months ago
@deepindercheema this is real music not lil wayne faggot shit.
djphilmore 4 months ago
@djphilmore nice dude you have the same opinion as every other fucking youtube dumbass youtube commenter. in what way is lil wayne not real music? Because you dont like him?
herkyjerky42 3 months ago
@djphilmore oh shut up. every musical form is valid despite what you like and dislike.
uuuuuuniggas 3 months ago
Does anyone see or hear a bass and a bass player here??
bjornkjg 9 months ago
@bjornkjg yes in front of the drum at the lelft of the guy playing his strat
behind the music sheet stand....
marcelcelmar 8 months ago
Thanks Marcel, now I see him.
bjornkjg 8 months ago
I lost John at the Shakti works, but this was absolutely sweet!
laaxe 9 months ago
I love the way that JM glances over at the Tonight Show band guitarist as if to say 'follow THAT, buddy...'
stratboy8 9 months ago 16
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uriahheep108 1 month ago
John is rythm!!
tedybear335 9 months ago
wow, I've never heard him play trad jazz before - what fun.
beeflin 9 months ago
does anyone know the chords he plays at the beginning before he does his solo?
batitony 10 months ago
i know him!! he's coming to dinner at my parents house tonight in Monaco with his wife Ina and his son Luke who is a school friend of mine from the international school of Monaco. :D
99alemin1413 10 months ago 2
how did he output the sound from guitar?
there is no mic or cable nearby?? O_o
theodorehui 10 months ago
@theodorehui maybe a mic inside the gutiar or some wireless system
Skidblanar 9 months ago
@theodorehui cause he's John Mclaughlin
gookingwenceslas 9 months ago
technical
archeng123 10 months ago
MCLAUGHLIN INSPIRA..
KESTUARDOVR 10 months ago
for some reason I don't think this guy owned an x-box jkjk
Tedfattig 10 months ago 2
Right after this McLaughlin gets the call to the couch with Johhny - I'm watching this ngiht - and in the pleasantries, cracks a divorce joke, partly at his own expense. Only to have Carson freeze over - it was plain as day. Mr Glib was going on the dont-re-book list. And when McLaughlin's new love showed up to perform on The Tonight Show (half of the Labeque sisters, whose album JM mixed brilliantly on Angel) CARSON PRETENDED HE"D NEVER HEARD OF JOHN MCLAUGHLIN BEFORE. ps bebop>
newsmanbluesman 10 months ago
@newsmanbluesman I saw this show too when it was broadcast sometime in 1985. After the divorce thing Carson asked McLaughlin besides being a great guitarist what he did, and right after that you could tell McLaughlin wasn't coming back.
benvye 9 months ago
He makes it seem so easy.
SanePsychotic 10 months ago
amazing playing but they should have just let him play solo the band over powers the guitar.
hifijohn 11 months ago
@hifijohn No it doesn't it's fine.
PoeticJustice05 10 months ago
Mr John....
VMGIAN 11 months ago
I want to play my trombone like that.
alexansbe 11 months ago 2
One of the greatest !!!!!!!!!!!
gruzina 11 months ago
No wonder Miles picked him for his band.
Kirkswork2010 11 months ago 2
One of the very best, even after 40 years of newcomers coming and going. He is one of the most influencial "musicians" (not just guitarist) in jazz. Period.
SEBAS2803 11 months ago
the tonight show band at that time were all among the finest players in the world. and that many of them applauded after his amazing performance is something that i had only seen one other time on the show..(glen campbell) after he performed "indiana".was the other.
tommygalv 11 months ago
what a fucking face melter
invertedchords 11 months ago
Good God
Skidblanar 11 months ago
best thing he did was " let us go into the house of the lord" with Santana....
196177 11 months ago
@196177 I wholeheartedly agree, and am glad to hear that other people enjoy that as much as I do.
Dynomite1285 10 months ago
I've been a devotee of J McL for 40 years but never heard him do something straight-ahead like this. H. S. !!!!
And to the below, comparing Hendrix and J. M. is absurd. I can't think of two guitarists that have less to do with each other. Really.
BirdsofFlame 11 months ago
I have just died.
laurentius88 1 year ago
McLaughlin is a God to me..... he stretches the world with his playing.
I been listening to so much of his 70's Indian Fusion and I dig this, especially for the Django Rheinhardt flourishes.... just amazing.
stikhi 1 year ago
Acoustic guitar? More like Shredcoustic.
ACEthegamer135 1 year ago
i will not say that he invented fusion jazz, but he was with miles when he started fusion on in a silent way, more with bitches brew and in on the corner session too. I saw mtume said that mahavishnu was some bitches brew bro. But he's great and it's funny to hear him play on in a silent way where miles told him to play as if he just learned how to play guitar...
powerotoc 1 year ago
John plays with precision and melodic, harmonic and rhythmic intelligence.
keo774 1 year ago
@sqweezel I'm going to write a Hendrix manifesto one day... How do people not understand what Hendrix was about even to this day? If Hendrix wanted to go onstage and perfectly hit every note with practiced robotic execution he could have easily. HENDRIX... was searching for new sounds that had never been heard, he did this onstage! And thank him for it he blew rock wide open. John is insanely good, but very different. For "perfect" Hendrix look for BBC Radio One 'driving south' it's flawless.
TheFingerlady 1 year ago
@TheFingerlady i agree, for me Hendrix is the best rock guitar player (followed by Jeff Beck), John McLaughlin is the best jazz guitarist, but not because of his virtuosity , it is his power of musical ideas, his compositions improvisations and his ability to interact directly on stage.
florafox 1 year ago
@TheFingerlady I know what Hendrix was about, have certainly studied & learned his solos. What McLaughlin plays is far more than "practiced robotic execution". He's navigating complex chord changes at insane tempo while creating listenable, melodic melodies. Hendrix constantly searched for sounds & pulled music from his heart. I'm a huge Hendrix fan, but he couldn't touch McLaughlin here. It'd make so much more sense for people to open their ears & hear what's really going on in this vid.
funkifyyourlife 1 year ago
@funkifyyourlife Hey Funky, I didn't mean paint Mclaughlin as a robot at all. I think McLaughlin is a genius, Bitches brew is my favorite playing of his, Extrapolation is unreal.What I really mean is Hendrix didn't care that much if he made a mistake on stage. A good point would if Hendrix was on Carson, the arrangement would be very loose and they would have to watch for when Hendrix felt like making changes. IMO.
TheFingerlady 1 year ago
@TheFingerlady Hendrix would have been stunned by this performance. He was humble and loved playing with others. He was also practically a child, dying at 27 years of age. McLaughlin is a vastly more seasoned player that I'm certain Hendrix would have looked at with awe - same as everybody else....
beeroosterm 11 months ago
@beeroosterm I don't think at any point in my last post did I say Hendrix would not have appreciated John... they did play together you know. It's actually quite a mess of sound surprisingly they don't mix very well. It was a very informal setting though, too bad... I totally agree that Hendrix would have been in awe. This is one of the things I love most about Jimi, he was a wonderful open person who let any kind of music pour through him.
TheFingerlady 11 months ago
@TheFingerlady I did not know that Jimi and John played together. I am not surprised it wasn't a great jam - too different stylistically...I'd love to hear it anyway...
beeroosterm 11 months ago
@TheFingerlady Jimi's about 10years older than J.M, that would mean they played together when J.M was still a teen.
turnbacktime 11 months ago
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dorian411 11 months ago
@turnbacktime My "sources" say both were born in 1942.
dorian411 11 months ago
Nice scale exercise
neiogneidu 1 year ago
@neiogneidu Foolish comment...
dorian411 1 year ago
@neiogneidu What a stupid-ass thing to post. Yeah, scale exercise, along with melodies, arpeggios, position playing, and playing changes exercise.
funkifyyourlife 1 year ago
@funkifyyourlife I don't care. Gimme Ace Frehley.
*burp*
neiogneidu 1 year ago
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funkifyyourlife 1 year ago
Ace and his scale exercises? You can have him...
funkifyyourlife 1 year ago
@neiogneidu Any person named "Ace" is NOT! :)
dorian411 1 year ago
Okay, so the late great Miles effin Davis composed a tune called John Mclaughlin and included on his Bitches Brew album (ever heard of it?). And this past year Jeff Beck basically called JM the best guitarist alive. So how is this even an argument??? JM is a true artist, not an entertainer which is almost all we ever see these days. I know it's real hard to understand when you are used to hearing pop progressions. Oh, and Cherokee is a tune that is traditionally played at a very high tempo...
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twatkins1521 1 year ago
@ProfessorJones7 "Don't try the "you listen to rock so you don't know jack" trick on me"
It's not a trick - it's FACT lol
"I also play and practice jazz guitar everyday."
You sound like the Hip-Hop producer who claimed to play like George Benson - see the correlation? lmao
"People like you entertain the idea that jazz aficionados are close-minded idiotic snobs, bravo."
People like you entertain the idea that musical obtuseness and mediocrity are the lingua franca of youtube, touche.
TheTranslator100 1 year ago
@TheTranslator100 Well sorry to tell you that you failed miserably at answering me. I know you tried hard to come up with something but you just aligned nonsensical blabbering. You must either be really young or just retarded. Maybe both. I won't waste anymore time with you, cheers.
ProfessorJones7 1 year ago
OMG the bass player doin the walkin line must be a marathon world champion....he's playin every beat for 3 :30 mins at 175 bpm or somethin XD ahahah
milou80 1 year ago
@milou80 my bad I just realized that it's more somethin like 250 bpm XD
milou80 1 year ago
One of the greatest of all time. Way better than Jimi's drug fueled exhibitionism.
sqweezel 1 year ago
@sqweezel "Way better than Jimi's drug fueled exhibitionism."
They're ALL drug fueled.
The main quality that distinguishes Hendrix from guys like McLaughlin is extreme speed and technical virtuosity, or lack of it from Hendrix's part...
TheTranslator100 1 year ago
Can anyone comment on how he,s counting?I think it,s like 2,s in the 16nd,s.2 through 8?
84eugenie 1 year ago
With all due respect to Charlie Christian.... When someone sayz "jazz guitarist" I think McLaughlin comez to mind.
ebitsui 1 year ago
John McLaughlin, siempre genial y con esa inspiración infalible.
GuitarMaster2410 1 year ago
I liked it when he played the head, but then the soloing was just absolutely meaningless.
ProfessorJones7 1 year ago
@ProfessorJones7 "but then the soloing was just absolutely meaningless."
LOL...ROTFLOL...ProfessorJones7 that's a pretty audacious statement for someone with Aurosmith as the feature video in his profile...lol.
John's solo may have not been in the context of "traditional" Jazz playing, but he seemed to plow through the changes effortlessly, and with the signature speed and technical virtuosity by which he's highly acclaimed - hardly "meaningless."
TheTranslator100 1 year ago
@Composer19691 you dimwit, ego playing can still play with skill. Little you know about consciousness and beauty - artistry.
goodresonance 1 year ago
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Guitarist Carl Orr: "I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Follow Your Heart - John McLaughlin song by song.” The descriptions of the music are great, and I particularly enjoy those inspired moments when the author abandons literal description and describes the music in vivid, sometimes surreal imagery."
walterkolosky1 1 year ago
That old argument of fast vs quality feeling etc etc... Well think about this:
If your playing had gotten to a point where you could play at any speed, then playing fast for the sake of speed would not interest you anymore (perhaps it never did). If you are true It is the feeling coming from within when playing the instrument. Not a circus sideshow or ego contest, those "musicians" are in another world. Purely the way JM plays is from the heart soul nothing else like ego etc is involved.
sturoc0 1 year ago
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walterkolosky1 1 year ago
52 dislikes? WTF!
TreyRoque 1 year ago
His playing on this song reminds somewhat of Tommy Emmanuel
zmanofwar3 1 year ago
why so many notes?
unclejunglebass 1 year ago
@unclejunglebass If this was a sax playing the exact same thing something tells me you wouldn't be making this comment.
Dooality 1 year ago
@Dooality the instrument makes no difference. i just dont feel this solo, its delivery, or JM's note choice. im still a fan though.
unclejunglebass 1 year ago
@unclejunglebass Because he is being faithful to not only bebop, but to his own vision and sensibilities, as well as knowing he is pleasing many.
dorian411 1 year ago
@dorian411 this doesnt sound like bird to me. it sounds like diarrhea. i still like JM. i just think this is a little weak/masturbatory.
unclejunglebass 1 year ago
@unclejunglebass I do not believe it is supposed to "sound" like Bird. Dizzy didn't sound like Bird and neither did Bud Powell, so I don't know what this comment means. Your comment about diarrhea is trollish and inflammatory, and as such not worth a response. I get you do not like the solo, fine, but what makes it masturbatory? Personally, I "feel" this solo, (as did Ed and the boys), marvel at its "delivery" for both its virtuousity and truthfulness, and enjoy the note "choice".
dorian411 1 year ago
@dorian411 youre on the money about the "sounding like" part. i agree with you there. but its my opinion that this blows. hard. lets leave it at that.
unclejunglebass 1 year ago
he's skillful but no real artistry because he's in an egoic state of consciousness.....i'm a professional musician, and composer, by the way.
goodresonance 1 year ago
perhaps it takes a lot of ego to make such pronouncements(taking into account that I know nothing of you,your music and thus the context from which you deride), you remind me of Stanley Crouch on Miles Davis..the proof you might be wrong is in seeing his continual evolution through today-go see his current band as I did a few weeks ago and...nah, you'll probably say that about anyone who takes a spiritual leap to the highest levels one can express-all masters inspire such "critiques"-a blessing.
amazinglizardo 1 year ago
@goodresonance "i'm a professional musician, and composer, by the way."
LOL...ROTFLOL...goodresonance so is Ted Nugent by the way...lol.
In all due fairness, I very much doubt if you're in the same class as Ted Nugent, based on the fatuitous hogwash you've expressed thus far.
Another observation; people who opine on musicians who play with extreme speed and technical virtuosity aren't capable of such feats themselves - do I see a hint of jealously here?!?
TheTranslator100 1 year ago
Cowboys and Indians!
teemingup 1 year ago
Yo! dat wuz smonkin! I doez wish dey play mo sheet like dat on dah tube
myHD28VS 1 year ago
Dear Good Resonance:
You have absolutely NO idea the level of dedication this took. He is one of the most influencial musicians of all time. Who are YOU to make a comment on artistry at this level. Get a grip.
For the record, Ed Shaghenessy, the drummer with the Tonight Show Band, even mentions this performance in his autobiography as one of HIS greatest moments ever on that show, which he did 5 nights a week for 25 years or something, playing with all of the greats.
Sincerely,
Cameron
MrBassflute 1 year ago 40
@MrBassflute .....Very well said sir.
68blues 1 year ago
I agree, John Mcglaughin has had his own lear jet since the 70's he is extremely successful.
TheFingerlady 1 year ago
where can i download this song?
assdestroyer666 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
awful..no artistry at all. just doodling away like ego playing does
goodresonance 1 year ago
@goodresonance are you serious? this isn't joe satriani noodling over some rock tune, john mclaughlin is one of the most expressive and interesting players around.
Notkooldude 1 year ago
@goodresonance sourpuss
teemingup 1 year ago
@goodresonance And with that comment, you prove that you have no ability to hear expertly improvised harmony and melody. "Ego" my ass. "No artistry at all"?????Apparently, all you hear is a bunch of 16th notes. Perhaps Kirk Hammet and SRV are more your speed.
Composer19691 1 year ago
@Composer19691 "Perhaps Kirk Hammet and SRV are more your speed."
Let's try AC DC instead lol
Unfortunately, the vast majority of posters on youtube are of the Rock/Metal contingent, so it's a waste of time trying to elucidate anything of musical logic to these musically obtuse buffoons.
Of course, you'll see criticism from the Jazz "purist" crowd as well, which is expected, since this is a "Jazz" standard...
TheTranslator100 1 year ago
Aaaah!.....I would say J.M. and myself have extremely similar styles in that we both play the guitar right handed.........Interesting.
68blues 1 year ago 17
@68blues I'm sure that makes you as good as him ;)
Bedulonko 1 year ago
Doc Severson and the tonight show band, used to see him at the NAM show in Anahiem Ca looking at trumpets and stuff way back when...
srsteve12 1 year ago
Jeez man Zakk Wylde really changed after he left Ozzy......
babywithacrowbar 1 year ago