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John McLaughlin ( Doncaster, 4 de enero de 1942), también conocido como Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, es un guitarrista, director de orquesta y compositor inglés. Pionero del jazz fusión, su música combina elementos del jazz con el rock, la música del mundo, la música clásica de india, la música clásica, el flamenco y el blues.
Big Fun is an album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It was released by Columbia Records on April 19, 1974, and compiled recordings Davis had made in sessions between 1969 and 1972.
Big Fun no es un álbum de estudio del gran Miles Davis, sino un recopilatorio con temas extraídos de diversas sesiones de grabación interpretados por formaciones diferentes.
John McLaughlin (born 4 January 1942), also known as Mahavishnu, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer. A pioneer of jazz fusion, his music combines elements of jazz with rock, world music, Western classical music, flamenco, and blues.
“Go Ahead John” is a lengthy, hard-driving jam from the Jack Johnson sessions; John McLaughlin’s brash guitar up front and center. “Ife,” from the summer of 1972 and named for the daughter of percussionist Mtume, is an Afro-futurist mini-suite, flows with a rich, suite-like narrative of rhythm and space.
He subsequently played with Miles Davis on his landmark albums In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew (which has a track named after him), Big Fun (where he is featured soloist on “Go Ahead John”) and A Tribute to Jack Johnson.
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN is one of the most important jazz rock fusion musicians who goes back to the very beginning of the genre in the early 60's in England, was instrumental through Lifetime, Miles Davis's seminal works and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in progressing the genre.
