Cat No:
ABLX050
Release Date: 09 October 2015
Label: Abstract Logix
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 700261424491
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Description
Expansive, emotionally charged album 'Black Light' showcases guitar legend John McLaughlin's virtuoso 4th Dimension band.
As a musician, composer, and bandleader, John McLaughlin's vast contributions to contemporary improvisational music are only just beginning to be fully understood, appreciated, and absorbed by artists and enthusiasts alike. From Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti and his collaboration with Paco De Lucia, to his current band the 4th Dimension, McLaughlin's music has extended across the boundaries dividing jazz, rock, and innumerable global traditions, encompassing a number of genres while emerging fully formed as his own, uniquely personal expressive medium.
'Black Light' includes eight original McLaughlin compositions, including a heartfelt homage to his departed colleague, collaborator, and friend Paco De Lucia - with whom McLaughlin had intended to compose an album's worth of new material just before De Lucia's untimely passing. McLaughlin has returned to acoustic guitar for a tribute to his friend, entitled "El Hombre Que Sabia" and brings forth from the instrument a depth of sadness and admiration beyond words.
Mclaughlin adds, "I have explored ways in music and recorded them with happiness. 'Black Light' has opened a portal that is neither Jazz nor Rock, nor Indian nor Blues, and yet all of these: it's an open door."
Otherwise electric, Black Light features the 4th Dimension - "my three favourite musicians," in McLaughlin's words - in full flight, with their empathy and precision honed on stage and in the studio. The 4th Dimension is composed of the remarkable multi-instrumentalist Gary Husband on keyboards and drums, Etienne Mbappe's nimble, effervescent electric bass, and the powerhouse drumming of Ranjit Barot.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Here Come The Jiis
- 2. Clap your hand
- 3. Being you being me
- 4. Panditji
- 5. 360 Flip
- 6. El Hombre que Sabiac
- 7. Gaza City
- 8. Kiki
Disc 1
Side 1
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This Moment
Shakti
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Is That So?
John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan & Zakir Hussain
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John McLaughlin
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Triple Play
Oz Noy, Dennis Chambers & Jimmy Haslip
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Squeeze It!
Ozone Squeeze feat. Oz Noy
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Elevation
Tony Grey
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Write Out Your Head
Wayne Krantz
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The Sound of the Soul
Debashish Bhattacharya
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Is That So?
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Meeting Of The Spirits
John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia & Larry Coryell
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Where Fortune Smiles
John Mclaughlin, John Surman, Karl Berger, Stu Martin & Dave Holland
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Electric Guitarist / Electric Dreams
John McLaughlin
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My Goals Beyond
John Mclaughlin
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Meeting Of The Minds
John McLaughlin
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