John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension Live at Ronnie Scott's 180g LP (Vinyl)
& lt;font color= & quot;#FF0000 & quot; & gt; & lt;b & gt;Limited Edition - Only 1000 Copies! & lt;br & gt; 180g Vinyl LP! & lt;/b & gt; & lt;/font & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; Live at Ronnie Scott's is a single vinyl that features 6 songs from the CD. The music has been completely remastered for this release. It features all the Mahavishnu Orchestra songs that appear on the CD. The venerable London jazz club and its charismatic namesake gave so much to McLaughlins career, the roots of which extend as far back as McLaughlins stint as a member of the clubs house band in the 1960s. Since then, his pioneering spirit, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisational fearlessness have taken him around the world, put him on stage alongside fellow giants such as Miles Davis and Tony Williams, and has given listeners a series of compelling, revolutionary recordings that have redefined improvised music for generations to come. & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Features: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; Limited Edition - 1000 Copies & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; 180g Vinyl & lt;br & gt; & amp;bull; Recorded live at Ronnie Scott's, London, UK - March 2017 & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Musicians: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; Gary Husband, keys, drums & lt;br & gt; Etienne M'Bappe, bass & lt;br & gt; Ranjit Barot, drums, konokol & lt;br & gt; John McLaughlin, guitar & lt;br & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Selections: & lt;br & gt; Side A: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. Meeting Of The Spirits & lt;br & gt; 2. El Hombre Que Sabia & lt;br & gt; 3. Sanctuary & lt;br & gt; & lt;b & gt;Side B: & lt;/b & gt; & lt;br & gt; 1. Miles Beyond & lt;br & gt; 2. Gaza City & lt;br & gt; 3. Vital Transformation
John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain Is That So? 2LP (Vinyl)
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& lt;p & gt;Six years in the making, Is That So? is one of John McLaughlin's deepest and most profound musical collaborations with prolific Indian composer and vocalist Shankar Mahadevan. Joining the duo is their life-long friend and musical brother Ustad Zakir Hussain on the tabla, who has been collaborating with John since they founded Shakti in the early '70s, acknowledged by most to be the first groundbreaking crossover East-West musical group. & lt;/p & gt;
& lt;p & gt; & lt;strong & gt; & quot;The idea for this album appeared in my mind early 2013. Shankar and I had been touring with Shakti and I was constantly inspired by his superb voice and gigantic talent. Even though I had studied the theory and practice of Indian music for years, I remain a & quot;Western & quot; musician and one aspect of Western music is the magic of harmony & quot;, & lt;/strong & gt;says John. & lt;strong & gt; & quot;From the outset in the early 1970's, I constantly researched the possibilities of integrating harmony into the traditions of North and South India while at the same time keeping as close as possible to the melodic rules of the Raga system. However, the idea I mention above, was to abandon the rules of the Raga system completely and apply my own western harmonic liberty to the amazing voice of Shankar Mahadevan. & quot; & lt;/strong & gt; & lt;/p & gt;
& lt;p & gt; & lt;strong & gt; & quot;Before concerts, John and I used to dabble with free improvisations using Indian scales (Ragas) and different harmonies backing them & quot;, & lt;/strong & gt;says Shankar Mahadevan. & lt;strong & gt; & quot;The whole texture, color, feeling and the canvas of the music excited us as harmonic content does not exist in Indian classical music. In the beginning it was just a fun experiment, but it soon became larger than life and we knew we had to record it. When Zakir Hussain, the great tabla Maestro himself agreed to play in the improvisational sections we knew this would take our recording to a new level. We could not have asked for more. Is that So? is a new concept in the meeting of musicians, singers, percussionists and the musical cultures of the East and West and takes us into unexplored musical horizons. & quot; & lt;/strong & gt; & lt;/p & gt;
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