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  • Jazz at 100 Hour 84: John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra (1969 – 1972)

    Oct 26th, 2018 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, John Surman, Larry Young, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony Oxley, Tony Williams, Tony Williams Lifetime

    John McLaughlin British guitarist John McLaughlin contributed to creating the bold new sound of Miles Davis’s great proto-fusion works, In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. He was a member of what could be the first great fusion band, Tony Williams Lifetime, and then founded what Ben Ratliff describes as “the ideal band for the […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 83: Road to Fusion (1967 – 1972)

    Oct 19th, 2018 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Gary Burton, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Larry Young, Miles Davis, Tony Williams

    Miles Davis Jazz-rock fusion or, often, simply “fusion” emerged in the late 60s as the child of many mothers. Characterized by electric instruments and rock rhythms, it could be loud and fast, but just as likely, could be melodic or lyrical or funky. The Charles Lloyd Quartet, the Gary Burton Quartet, Tony Williams Lifetime and […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 76: The Arrival of Joe Henderson (1963 – 1967)

    Aug 31st, 2018 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Bobby Hutcherson, Elvin Jones, Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, Larry Young, McCoy Tyner

    Joe Henderson Joe Henderson may have been the most significant tenor saxophonist to emerge in the 1960s. Gary Giddins wrote that he is “…an irresistibly lucid player, whose adroitness in conjuring stark and swirling riffs contributed immeasurably to two of the most durable jazz hits of the ’60s, Horace Silver’s ‘Song for My Father’ and […]

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