John McLaughlin- mother tongue.part1

[evelynagudo]

He Is Awesome!!!!!!!!

[bloodrain58]

OMG its the pianist from dexters lab!!!

[Sparkles713]

Man oh man.... Now THAT is funky!!!! Come on hands up- try not to tap into that groove

The drums are snappin`, the organs grinding and young Johnny boy is laughin`all the way across the stage.Lightning fingers calling down the light divine.

Thanks for this one Klaurent13

[freeradt]

Yes!!!!!

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[Zootallure]

How is it even possible to play like that?

[deuzache]

beautiful song!!



[DayTradersWin]

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[rawdonwaller]

@DayTradersWin Of course I would be interested in day trading etc.! That's why I scour Youtube for Dennis Chambers and John McLaughlin clips: a profound interest in day trading. Thanks for pointing this out and posting in this, a manifestly relevant forum.

[FunkyMuziq]

Pur sound,

Jazz6 !!!! la belle époque....ils nous font de la bonne merde maintenant....sic...

[billycox]

Which album is it on?

[carneirocmjr]

incredible!!!!!! this is fusion!!!!!!

[dorian411]

It HAS to be fun having JMac comp while you solo.

[sightsizemethod]

Does anyone know if John Mclaughlin and Tommy Emmanuel have played or jammed together? Two giants like that would find some commom ground I am sure!

[cho7]

@sxmadrid Considere the 1 at 0'24" with Dennis's Open Charleston.

[SimsulatedId]

@cho7 Late on the rply here, I realise - hope you're still alive and lovin it - Thanks. 24 sec is about when it goes bananas for me. Funny, but JM's latest is called To The One and I can't find the f*cker in the whole album.

[uutooyu]

crazy phrasing !

[tastefulphrasing]

love him, but hate his tone.

[jkeller650]

@tastefulphrasing thats because your hearing is tuned to radio

[keo774]

@tastefulphrasing his tone is one of the greatest guitar tones in history...

[IslamForMonkeyRape]

okay, I wanted to say this and I will, this band and John McLaughlin are the greatest musicians in the world!

[Fiverrdrums]

I'd like to hear Sean Rickman play on this track!!

[kliff10]

MAGIC!

[gasparovsky1]

o yea. this is the top. i see there are some ignorant brainless people here who doesnt like great music, please dont write anything, dont insult.

[alzhammer1]

I think i need a shrink.!

[alzhammer1]

Vomit of notes....! the real master of guitar is " Victor van Kampen "

[sxmadrid]

@alzhammer1 Vic is very good and a bore to end all bores. And his real name as far as I know is Victor van Kampen without the scare quotes. Why didn't you toddle off to your mate Vic without the rude-arsed commentary?

[Drastam]

@alzhammer1 Anyone who could write that comment wouldn't know a guitarist from his own ass. Go throw-up elsewhere kid.

[sxmadrid]

Love the way John hits a bummer on the second little melody break, then gets his bad self on for that stunning group moment at 54sec. Bodacious the bunch of them. Upload!

[Drastam]

@sxmadrid well spotted. I can never tell if he plays a bummer cause I always presume he means it and I just dont understand :)

[sxmadrid]

@Drastam Hm. Now you mentiion it: I'm pretty sure JM smiles about it, but you never can tell. Great opening to this number. Still can't sus the timing. Anyone?

[SuperSkaJoe]

@sxmadrid Been a while but it's counted in 5/4 or some multiple of that i.e. 10/8

[sxmadrid]

@SuperSkaJoe Yea but where's the ONE? I count 5 and they go their own way :I 

[Pan3405]

I can't make chocolade out of this.. Perhaps they could work out a theme, a motive?

[picchaz]

Been a few months since I last saw these clips ... do they just get better or what !

[cm0220ster]

WHy are we splitting hairs over whether this is a jam or an improv'd composition. Listen and enjoy. If your a guitarist new to jazz, start with Charlie Christian, work your way up to Wes Montgomery and George Benson, throw in some Miles DAvis w/ Coltrane then take another listen to John M. Beautiful stuff. Maybe a little too shred happy for me, but I can't think of many (any?) rock guitarists who can do what John is doing here.

[coreyagraph]

@cm0220ster saw original MO in the 70s and recently saw JM with Chick Corea.

he had the 3 hottest young bass/drums/sax. great evening!

[carolnonemacher]

Fantástico, e o timbrão desta Gibson dele...

Amazing!!!

[AtanasovPeter]

John is just amazing....

[GibsonHummingbird]

Not bad for a lad from Donny.

[Minor8Flat4]

If you seriously want to study Johns technique then i urge you to check out the following DVDs - 1) The gateway to rhythm 2) The way i do it . Both videos if studied long enough will get you to where you want to go .. i studied them for a few months and wrote this tune.His style can be borrowed from quite effectively if you have the patience. DJ

[Gregorypeckory]

@Minor8Flat4 Where I want to go is to be a guitar player in a Barry Manilow/Mahavishnu Orchestra cover band-will the lessons get me there? We will be alternating between the two so, for example, we might start a show off with "Mandy", followed by "Meeting of the Spirits", "I write the songs", "A Lotus on Irish Streams", a Coke commercial, "You Know, You Know", etc...you get the picture. I'm particularly concerned with navigating the tricky part of the Coke changes.

[Tengent]

What album is this from? Because I LOVE it.

[SuperSkaJoe]

Not sure what studio album but there's a fantastic rendition on The Heart of Things Live in Paris.

[Endomorphian2]

He lost his spirituality somewhere along the way and the music suffered for it.

[thebytegrill]

Deep!

[Gnocchi]

Maybe he has cultivated his spirituality along with the music along the way!?

You just happen to dislike it.

[utopianreality]

@Endomorphian2 When you say "He lost his spirituality..." do you mean he actualy stopped practicing spirituality? I thought he was into yoga and meditation (?)

[julianpardo]

this is amazing

ive noticed that john has a particular left hand technique or position that he always uses

¿does anyone know why?

[AtanasovPeter]

@julianpardo i have no idea what you are talking about

[Valdman72]

McLauglin - raptor.

[19FLA69]

DC, JMac and Joey D - Ohhhhhhhhh Dammmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnn!!!!! Everyone bow down!!!! ...Although, I would have loved to hear a jammin' bass player walkin' with Joey D.

[Porchduck]

I want that guitar!

[whittonmatt]

speechless..John and Dennis..!! too much talent on one stage!!

[22fret]

Don't get me wrong, I'm a real JMcL-Fan, but that was one of his weaker phases. Not because of his fellow musicians, it was the master himself. Senseless, ultrafast wishy-washy without feeling and an awful tone. This guitar could have sounded wonderful, but around that time, he ruined its output completely by some strange effectors. Fortunately, this phase is over...

[garyguitar]

TONE and playing from the heavens. All 3 are killing it!

[penp26]

thrash!

[drewhet]

he's so fucking sexy and at 53 years old when this took place!

[queteimportaguey]

these cats can play! And John's guitar is a beauty!

[bichomaldito]

Dennis Chambers (on drums) RULES!!

[Arenakan]

@bichomaldito How tight does this guy play?! Amazing.

[Pan3405]

@bichomaldito I agree he is awsome!

[En3usiast]

Fantastic post bop off the wall improvisations...these guys are so tight.

[baechti007]

John rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[batman4453]

who does he keep grinning at?

[bichomaldito]

Mr. Chambers.

[dave696911]

this is fukn awesome!!

[jpnicolacopoulos]

Ah, but dear sir, you must first declare what awesome means under the new proclamation of existance. Is it awesome or is it merely an illusion? That is what I must ask myself each time I witness an act of my fellow human beings.

[Chromatype]

john has to WORK to hang with Joey!

[YouzTube99]

Chromatype, that's probably why JM hired Joey -- and Dennis.

Gotta love how relaxed DC looks even when he's churning out incredible rhythms, chewing his gum, just another day at the office . . . LOL!!

[antzen7]

mather f.....r

[facatitos]

duck chambers genial, jouei unbelieve and you John fantastic,... when we´ll see you in Córdoba?... jajaja

Kinds regards...

CHAPI PINEDA

[wes1220]

John plays his ass off, but I cant stand that digital chorus/reverb shit on his guitar

[SteefStevens]

If he played via a straight chord-amp, it would sound crappy.... I've outwritten a lot of his music.. and it just sounds a lot less full or something withut a psa1 sansamp module....

[dorian411]

steef,

wow. no ego problem for you. good luck at getting to be a master playing with masters. LMAO.

[SteefStevens]

thanx!! actually i am doing more studio work at the moment

[garyguitar]

Great playing here by John, Joey, and Dennis. Listen and enjoy. If you don't like it---post your own video and show us how it's done. Or flip over to the Barry Manilow channel. Thanks for posting...John is enjoying it too!

[Gregorypeckory]

Smoldering performance!

[armand1455]

génial

raf

[dasilvaj2008]

you guys are all bunch of nerds.

[spercoco]

One Big Retard really is one big retard. He knows not what he is talking about. Probably tries to play an instrument but is so bad that nobody will jam with him. Learn what the fuck it is like to improvise before you lamely attempt to make it sound like you know what you're talking about.

[OneBigRetard]

Well done for attacking me. However, please explain what was wrong with my argument.

[mad3rab]

guys whoa!! So someone didn't know it was a little more complicated. Hopefully they dig it, and this is their window into jazz. Dennis chambers + mr mclaughlin=!! Although i got a lot of love for Cohbham.

[GDarkstar74]

How bout Pat Metheny, jonas hellborg and shawn lane, Al Di Meola, and stanley clarke. For someone just discovering McLaughlin they should definitely start with Mahavishnu.  Greatest fusion band ever.

[unclejunglebass]

nah weather report brahski

[baconvision]

They look like they're really pushing McLaughlin towards the end there.

[petar870602]

i wish i had so much improvisation freedome

[AWrunsthevoodoodown]

retard and secret....your the guys the rest of us try to ignore at the pub when you keep talking shit during the impro'ed jams....

[barkofink]

i was here!incredible trio,i can remember great energy and sound in this theatre there was this night man!

chambers,defrancesco at the top of they shape!paroxysm was when chambers played his polyrythme asymetric 5/4 solo!great souvenir!

[camelspottergr]

dudes....J McLaughlin lacks the melody....Lacks the phrazing....lacks the soul!!! Allan Holdsworth plays with more soul than he does....and the song....there's no structure....just stright Jamming..... first of all we should see if the song was any good.. is it??

[theman2890]

you know nothing about guitar and music

[camelspottergr]

no no no you're wrong my friend.. the things i've herad u can't even dream of.or maybe you can, but i now of music.i sure am not ignorant.

what u and many don't see is the music itself. if it has any ideas in it, if it ahs structure..if it took some time to be written.... this is jamming..you know what jam is??? maybe you know little about music.. ok maybe he plays good. but the music is not. still i cant see why everyone thinks he's sooo good. Technique and speed do not impress me my friend.

[alivonal]

there is far more than technique here, sorry you can't hear it/.

[bluezlick]

ade re pordi pali arxises ti lalakies!

sigedrosou! alla esis i genia tou 1983 akoute diaforetika! o alivonal sta leei poli kala!

YOU CAN HERE IT! akou tou paparoiapwnes pou paizoun san robotakia k meta pes mas gia feeling!

[mirak63]

The phrasing for me is very similar in the spirit to what John Coltrane does on Giant Steps or Count Down.

There is probably something you don't hear here.

[ThisNameIsASecret]

I have to say that i agree with you, and I think there were aspects about the "song" that make it sound like a jam. I don't think I hear (or see) a single use of vibrato or bending, just pure speed over a chromatic scale. But most jazz guitar that I've heard only use augmented, diminished, and chromatice scales played as fast as possible so you can't hear how awkward it sounds. And the chord changes he uses are probably taken from the keyboard changes with jazz phrasing . . . overall, it's a jam

[OneBigRetard]

and what pray tell constitutes a jam? This is very tightly structured. There is much improv over and around it.

[ThisNameIsASecret]

Umm . . . yeah, there is ALOT of improv, which would tend it to be, say . . . A JAM?? I don't see any logic in what you said. Almost contradictory. I guess you are OneBiGRetard.

[ThisNameIsASecret]

Btw, I expect alot of negative ratings so keep them coming! Maybe we can eventually discover what negative infinity really is!!

[OneBigRetard]

Because you call it a 'jam' as a negatyive point. Like it is less than a rehearsed composition. This is improvised art, a performance. NOT a jam.

Is a free jazz album merely a recording of a 'jam'?

[ThisNameIsASecret]

"A jam session is a musical act where musicians gather and play (or "jam") without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements." - wikipedia.

"Improvisation (also called extemporization) is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment." - wikipedia

This clip matches the descrpition of a jam more closely than it does improvisation. Think about it, then think about it again.

[OneBigRetard]

Dude.

'Just a jam'.

This is a performance. It has tight structure and is rehearsed. There are large sections within it that allow for free expression.

It is not a 'jam'. If your critera for a jam is a bit of improv then all of Coltranes albums are 'just jams'.

It conforms far more to the improv description than to the jam description.

The day I take a WIKI quote as an answer is the day I drop 60 IQ points or become a US citizen.

[ThisNameIsASecret]

A jam can be performed . . . can you say for certain that this was tightly structured or rehearsed? Can you say that improv isn't what makes up a jam? Can you back up the fact that this matches the description of improv more so than a jam? And, if you aren't going to accept a quote for wikipedia, then why say this matches the description of improv? Maybe it's neither . . . but I wonder if you even have 60 IQ points to lose. And please, don't reply back.

[OneBigRetard]

Knob jockey. I know it is tightly structured because I know the tune and have heard many versions of it. Spontanious creativity can make up a jam yes. This however is not a jam. It is a performance of a composed piece with improvised sections on top. Nobody who uses the term 'jam' would say "We have just sold out the Royal Festival Hall, I have picked the track list, let's do some rehearsal". And then call it a 'jam'.

Er... Using Wiki is stupid and your analysis was daft. What's the problem?

[ThisNameIsASecret]

FINE! I'm getting tired of arguing about it. It may not be a jam (though I wouldn't doubt that it once was) but it still maintains the characteristics of one. And Wikipedia works fine for such a small argument anyways. Say nothing more. Thank you.

[OneBigRetard]

Ha ha. Knew you would reply. Anyway, I am sure it probably was created during a jam. (As your beloved WIKI suggests a jam is for).

Anyway, safe travels

[OneBigRetard]

More definitivly, they know just how this track will start and end to the exact note. That is not a jam, open and shut.

[MMMuller]

they're undoubtedly improvising over a chord progession and some accents. Do you consider jazz jam or what? fucking idiot

[GDarkstar74]

any portion of music that is improvised can be jamming. Jamming has just become a term associated with jambands, but whenever there's a solo, they're jamming. Frank Zappa's band is my favorite for collective improvisation, plus he is the greatesy rock guitarist of all time.

[DropFrame1]

Excuse me while I kiss the sky. HELLO JIMI HENDRIX!!!

[DropFrame1]

What is improvising .... Man if you have to ask you'll never know.

[GDarkstar74]

LOL

[skier123453]

No way...you were a beginner once too.....every person is capable of having an ear for music....it is a language....there are some people who speak it more fluidly and with more innovation than others; but everyone has the potential to be amazing.......so because teaching is the way: Improvisation is playing whatever you feel like playing at a particular moment in time on your instrument....the world is your oyster

[Silenzio93]

Um...

I was unaware that "vibrato or bending" constituted good music.

Also, even if there are liberal chromatics, you saying that Johnny is using a chromatic scale is quite frankly incorrect.

As for the "chord changes being taken from the keyboard changes with jazz phrasing," I'm sorry he didn't play any wretched, conflicting, off-key chords :-(

[StrangeShadesOfBlack]

ante re bosxo,mia klania stin elada ise kai tha krineis kai ton mclaughlin.pane akou jamiroquai

[TexasFloodGr]

eisai vlakas

[OneBigRetard]

I wonder what Holdsworth would say. Probably 'wow'. Followed by 'camelspot is a dick'.

[dorian411]

EVERY version of this is superb. Johnny Mac's solo on this is astounding! What a band. The Free Spirits and the MO (I) have always been my favs --without peer.

The recordings of this song on JM's Montreaux Collection are unbelievable.

[mdasilva06]

holy cow...the beginning of john mclaughlin's solos gave me chills!

[l3kei]

Dennis Chambers Rocks!!!!

[OneBigRetard]

I love every version of this track. Spectacular. The RFH version is mindblowing.

[AbstractMan23]

where is the RFH version please?

[OneBigRetard]

The John Mclaughlin Trio live in I think '87. Trilok on drums. Much slower version. Amazing amazing album. Up there with my favourite music of all time.

[AbstractMan23]

thanks.

oh that album - i thought you meant there was a video from RFH...

[mirak63]

salut, je l'avais enregistré sur M6 aussi à l'époque, quel claque ce fut.

Je l'avais mis en partage sur edonkey après l'avoir mis en divx

elle se retrouve sur youtube, c'est marrant.

Il me semble que c'est une autre source que la mienne là. La tienne n'a pas de bavure violettes ^^

[BryanBetts]

i have alwaws dug this tune. the version from live at the royal festival hall is etherial... but when john is electric, the pocket on this tune is deep! 5/8 never grooved so hard like the intro of this tune. a masterful performance by the masters.

[s1914]

I love this track too, and for my money this is the best electric tone he has ever had.

[willV]

do you have all the songs from this performance?

[straunartospero]

yes!Thanks for this video...

[OneBigRetard]

Love this track. Love this band. Love this rendition.

[crisbassist]

Muy bueno, So nice,