
From Loudersound.
Jazz fusion John McLaughlin has announced that he will release his latest album, Liberation Time, through Abstract Logix/Mediastarz on July 16.
Liberation Time sees McLaughlin reflecting on both the perils and potential of this challenging moment as the world reels from the social, emotional and spiritual toll of the ongoing viral-induced global lockdown.
Recorded in the Autumn of 2020, the album is characterised by both joy and reflection, Liberation Time finds McLaughlin harnessing his frustrations and redirecting that energy. “The result,” he explains, “was an explosion of music in my mind.”
Liberation Time features Gary Husband on piano along with Julian Siegel (tenor saxophone) Oz Ezzeldin (piano), Jerome Regard (bass) and Nicolas Viccaro (drums). McLaughlin’s current 4th Dimension ensemble (McLaughlin, Husband, bassist Etienne Mbappe and drummer Ranjit Barot) also feature.
“I have a certain experience playing drums, piano, and bass,” he says, “so it’s not difficult for me to create a session that not only gives the structure melodically, rhythmically and harmonically — along with the atmosphere of the piece. I set this up and send it to the musicians, giving very broad outlines of the piece, and ask them to be themselves in their improvisations and in the way they accompany the themes. Several pieces came back to me transformed, and I would then re-record my part in response.”
The album also features two solo piano pieces from McLaughlin, Mila Repa and Shade Of Blue, an instrument he has not recorded on since his 1973 collaboration with Carlos Santana, Love Devotion Surrender.
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- John McLaughlin - Electric Guitarist - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.45, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 30-Dec-2022 10:24)on February 3, 2023 at 7:10 pm
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN Electric Guitarist (1978 UK graduated orange label 7-track LP, also starring Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Santana & more, gatefold picture sleeve. The cover shows minimal wear & the vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play CBS82702)
- John McLaughlin - Adventures In Radioland - Swiss - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.76, €13.44 (New Item) (arrived 28-Dec-2022 09:20)on February 3, 2023 at 7:10 pm
JOHN McLAUGHLIN & MAHAVISHNU Adventures In Radioland (1987 Swiss 10-track LP, also featuring Jonas Hellborg on Bass, Bill Evans on Saxophones, Mitchel Forman on Keyboards & Danny Gottlieb on Drums, complete with illustrated credits inner. Thepicture sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl still looks barely played SOS2020)
- John McLaughlin - My Goals Beyond - German - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 27-Dec-2022 08:59)on February 3, 2023 at 7:10 pm
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN My Goals Beyond (1982 German 10-track issue of the 1970 Mahavishnu LP, starring Dave Liebman, Jerry Goodman, Charlie Haden, Billy Cobham & Airto, featuring the Indian fusions of 'Peace One' & 'Peace Two' occupying the whole ofside two, picture sleeve with company inner MUSK52364)
- John McLaughlin - My Goal's Beyond - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $30.75, €28.00 (New Item) (arrived 20-Dec-2022 09:38)on February 3, 2023 at 7:10 pm
MAHAVISHNU JOHN MCLAUGHLIN My Goal's Beyond (1972 UK 10-track LP on Douglas, housed in a gatefold pocket picture sleeve with red paper inner. The picture sleeve has some minor edgewear and some creasing on the spine, whilst the vinyl has just the odd light sign of play DGL69014)
- John McLaughlin - My Goals Beyond - US - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 02-Dec-2022 16:01)on February 3, 2023 at 7:10 pm
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN My Goals Beyond (1982 US 10-track issue of the 1970 Mahavishnu LP, starring Dave Liebman, Jerry Goodman, Charlie Haden, Billy Cobham & Airto, featuring the Indian fusions of 'Peace One' & 'Peace Two' occupying the whole of sidetwo. The picture sleeve [VG+] shows some mild creases & no deletion cuts whilst the vinyl grades VG+ with a few faint hairline marks not affecting play E1-60031)
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