McLaughlin Monday #3
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Track:Extraploation
Purported to be the album that got the attention of Miles Davis, consequently leading to the great man offering McLaughlin a place in his groundbreaking fusion ensemble of the late 60s / early 70s, “Extrapolation” is a must-have for any modern jazz fan.Joined here by John Surman on baritone sax (!), Tony Oxley on drums and Brian Odgers on string bass, this is McLaughlin’s first effort as a band leader and a very creditable one. McLaughlin would play again with Surman shortly afterwards on Surman’s “Where Have I Known You Before” album, although that was eventually reissued and credited to McLaughlin, presumably for commercial reasons, since by that time McLaughlin had become enormously popular with his Mahavishnu Orchestra. Ironically it has been re-released yet again as one half of a double CD package under John Surman’s name, “Dawn Sessions”. Given that the original CD is out of print and changing hands for over $300, “Dawn Sessions” is a far more economical way to pick it up.In contrast to the distorted, driving sound that McLaughlin would soon be delivering with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, here’s McLaughlin vamping on a semi-acoustic (Gibson 335?) and showing some of the incredible dexterity that would soon catapult him into the top ranks of guitarists and help to make him a member of Miles Davis’s band.MM
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