John McLaughlin

guitar · 1942 · Doncaster

Born in Doncaster in 1942, guitarist John McLaughlin played with Miles Davis from 1969 to 1972 (In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson) before founding the Mahavishnu Orchestra. In 1974 he created Shakti with L. Shankar, Zakir Hussain and Vikku Vinayakram, one of the first fusion groups between jazz and Indian music.

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Styles

• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk
• Indo-jazz

Landmark tracks

• Joy (Shakti) (1976)
• Mediterranean Sundance / Río Ancho (1981)

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