After bouncing around on a couple of labels (Douglas/Polydor/Ryko,) the CD reissue of this album ultimately ended up on KnitMedia. The startling thing about this record is that it points the way toward two directions McLaughlin would take in the future -- exploring Indian music and the acoustic guitar -- and this while he was in the thick of the burgeoning electronic jazz-rock movement. The first half is a John McLaughlin acoustic guitar tour de force, where he thwacks away with his energetic, single-minded intensity on three jazz standards and five originals (including one genuine self-penned classic, "Follow Your Heart") and adds a few percussion effects via overdubbing. The second half is devoted to a pair of marvelously intricate fusions of Indian rhythms and drones called "Peace One" and "Peace Two," with jazz flights from flutist/soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman, a simpatico encounter with future Mahavishnu cohorts Billy Cobham on drums and Jerry Goodman on violin, and Airto blending his sounds seamlessly with the Indian tambura and tabla. Throughout, McLaughlin's acoustic lines faultlessly straddle the line between the subcontinent and jazz, and the ethereal results still hold up beautifully today.
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Early on in John McLaughlin's musical career he learned "the standards". These are the great songs from Jazz history that successive generations of jazz musicians have absorbed, interpreted, improvised upon, and delivered in their own styles, yet always respectful of the musical history that underpins them.Here's a version of the lovely Charlie Mingus tune "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" from the early...
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My computer runs Linux. I can update my collection automatically, but not my plays. If I update favorites, it has to be manually. But MOG checks with Gracenote before posting manual updates. So John McLauglin's My Goal's Beyond (which I lately rediscovered) comes up "Master Mix, by New Order". No matter how many times I delete and re-enter, it still comes up with the New Order thing.Try it...
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| 1 Peace One |
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| 2 Peace Two |
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| 3 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat |
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| 4 Something Spiritual |
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| 5 Hearts and Flowers |
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| 6 Phillip Lane |
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| 7 Waltz for Bill Evans |
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| 8 Follow Your Heart |
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| 9 Song for My Mother |
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| 10 Blue in Green |
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