{"title":"John McLaughlin","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJohn McLaughlin Vinyl Records \u0026amp; Music Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore John McLaughlin vinyl records at UMusic Shop South Africa. Discover jazz through physical releases that bring the artist’s musical identity, individual recordings and visual presentation into one collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eJohn McLaughlin: the music and the story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuitarist John McLaughlin connects jazz improvisation with rock intensity, complex rhythm and influences drawn from Indian music. His playing is often technically dazzling, but its wider interest lies in how different musical traditions can shape an ensemble’s shared language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcLaughlin’s guitar language joins extraordinary rhythmic precision to a willingness to move beyond a single jazz vocabulary. A Montreux collection is especially useful for hearing that range through performance, with the musical setting changing around a consistently searching instrumental voice. The attraction is not speed in isolation, but the way an intricate phrase meets the pulse of an ensemble and helps shape the larger direction of an improvisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCatalogue highlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Montreux Years gathers live performances, making it a useful way to hear those ideas change across different concert settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMahavishnu Orchestra and Shakti are important wider reference points, illustrating different ways his musical partnerships connect electric intensity, complex rhythm and improvisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eJohn Mclaughlin: The Montreux Years: Explore the vinyl presentation of this recording, keeping the programme and its physical presentation together.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy collect John McLaughlin?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe value of the complete programme is in the musical exchange: a theme, a response from the rhythm section and the direction of a solo all contribute to the larger performance. Vinyl gives the sleeve artwork and playing sequence a tangible place in a music collection. The visual design and the moment of placing a record on the turntable become part of returning to the music. The particular pressing or package defines the edition, so explore the individual release for its track list and stated presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore John McLaughlin at UMusic Shop South Africa and choose a physical release to make part of your own music collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"john-mclaughlin-john-mclaughlin-the-montreux-years-2lp","title":"John Mclaughlin - John Mclaughlin: The Montreux Years - 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eanked in Rolling Stones magazine’s list of ‘100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time’, John McLaughlin became a long-time friend of the Montreux Jazz Festival, having played at the iconic Swiss festival many times. The performances in this new collection are curated from six shows between 1978 to 2016 with the various ensembles of ‘The Mahavishnu Orchestra’, ‘The Heart Of Things’, ‘The Free Spirits’, ‘The 4th Dimension’ and his fellow virtuoso and close friend Paco de Lucia. Encapsulating McLaughlin’s time at the festival, “John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years” opens with the 1984 track Radio Activity by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, which McLaughlin reformed in the 80’s for the release of the album “Mahavishnu”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpertly curated by the Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG, restored and remastered in superlative HD audio; The Montreux Years is released on superior audiophile heavy weight vinyl, MQA quality CD and in HD digital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Radio Activity (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Friendship (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1978)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide B\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Nostalgia (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1984)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Acid Jazz (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1998)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide C\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. David (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1987)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Florianapolis (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1987)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide D\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Sing Me Softly of the Blues (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1995)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. 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