John McLauglin - The John McLaughlin Montreux

[A Lark Ascending]

The John McLaughlin Montreux Concerts 1974-2003 - 17-CD set (Warner Bros)

Too much of a good thing?

Disc: 1

1. Power Of Love

2. Wings Of Karma

3. Smile Of The Beyond

Disc: 2

1. Vision Is A Naked Sword

2. Hymn To Him

3. Sanctuary

Disc: 3

1. Joy

2. India

Disc: 4

1. Nata

2. Kriti

Disc: 5

1. La Danse Du Bonheur

2. India

3. Get Down And Sruti

4. Joy

Disc: 6

1. Meeting Of The Spirits

2. Friendship

3. Two Sisters

4. Mind Ecology & Do You Hear The Voices We Left Behind

5. Phenomenon Compulsion & Hope

Disc: 7

1. La Baleine

2. Waltze

3. Romance

4. Sketches

5. Turn Around

6. Thelonius Melodius

7. Beautiful Love (dedicated to Bill Evans)

Disc: 8

1. Radio Activity

2. Nostalgia

3. East Side West Side

4. Clarendon Hills

5. (1) Blues for L.W., (2) It's The Pits & (3) Living On The Crest Of A Wave

Disc: 9

1. Jozy

2. Pacific Express

3. Mitch Match

4. Mitch Match (reprise)

Disc: 10

1. (1) One Melody & (2) My Foolish Heart

2. El Panuelo

3. Spain

4. Chiquito

5. Florianapolis

Disc: 11

1. Frevo

2. David

3. Sichia

4. Guardian Angels

Disc: 12

1. Thelonius Melodius

2. Matinale

3. When Love Is Far Away

4. Nostalgia

5. Mother Tongues

6. 1 Nite Stand

Disc: 13

1. Tones For Elvin Jones

2. Matinale

3. Sing Me Softly Of The Blues

4. The Man Will Fall

Disc: 14

1. After The Rain

2. Mother Tongues

3. Old Folks

Disc: 15

1. Seven Sisters

2. Social Climate

3. Mr. D.C.

4. Tony

5. Acid Jazz

6. Jazz Jungle

Disc: 16

1. 5 In The Morning, 6 In The Afternoon

2. Ma No Pa

3. Anna

4. Finding The Way

5. La Danse Du Bonheur

Disc: 17

1. Canto de Xango (Bonus Disc)

2. Frevo (Bonus Disc)

Details:

http://jazzmatazz.home.att.net/

Release date would appear to be Nov 17th in UK, Feb 2004 in US.

Edited November 1, 2003 by Bev Stapleton

[Joe G]

Jesus! I think you may be right. Even half that many discs would give me pause...

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Sounds great to me!

Thing about this is that there is a huge amount of variety - if someone tried to push a 17 CD set by the Modern Jazz Quartet from their final 25 years, I'd definitely balk.

This has Mahavishnu (lineup with JL Ponty), Shakti (a few different versions, old and new), the One Truth band, a duo set with Chick Corea, the Mahavisnu band with Bill Evans and Mitch Forman (and NO drummer? No Cobham? No Gottlieb?), a duo set with Paco De Lucia (and NO Al DiMeola, thank God), two shows by the organ trio with DeFrancesco, a set by the "Heart of Things" band

Apparently someone put the kibosh on the 1972 Mahavishnu Orchestra (original lineup).

www.montreuxsounds.ch has all the details.

I wish there were a couple of other bands - the one with Katia Labeque, the trio with Trilok Gurtu, etc. but this is still a phenomenal addition to the available McLaughlin discography. And it's legit!

Sir, may I have some more?

Mike

[king ubu]

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (CDs 1-2)

Jul 7, 1974

Congrés Montreux

John McLaughlin (g)

Jean-Luc Ponty (vln)

Gayle Moran (org-voc)

Ralph Armstrong (B)

Michael Walden (dr)

Steve Kindlter (vln)

Carol Shive (vln)

Marsha Westbrook (alto)

Phil Hirschi (cello)

Bob Knapp (tp, cor)

Steve Frankivitch (tp, cor)

SHAKTI (CDs 3-4)

Jul 6, 1976

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

L. Shankar (vln)

T.H. Vinayakram (ghatam, mridangam)

Zajir Hussain (tabla)

1. Joy (13:28)

2. India (22:08)

3. Nata (33:52)

4. Kriti (15:00)

SHAKTI (CD 5)

Jul 8, 1977

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

L. Shankar (vln)

R.-H. Vinayakram (ghatam, mridangam)

Zakir Hussain (tabla)

1. La Danse Du Bonheur (14:55)

2. India (16:33)

3. Get Down In Shuti (35:23)

4. Joy (08:33)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN BAND (CD 6)

Jul 19, 1978

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

L. Shankar (vln)

Stu Goldberg (kbds)

W. "Sonship" Theus (dr)

Tom Stevens (B)

1. Meeting Of The Spirits (16:42)

2. Friendship (intro 5'15) (11:59)

3. Two Sisters (05:41)

4. The Voices We Left Behind (21:07)

5. Do You Remember (06:40)

6. Mind Ecology (07:55)

CHICK COREA & JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (CD 7)

Jul 15, 1981

Casino

Chick Corea (p)

John McLaughlin (g)

1. La Baleina (08:20)

2. Waltze (08:41)

3. Romance (10:22)

4. Sketches (08:59)

5. Turn Around (10:38)

6. Thelonious Melodius (08:44)

7. Beautiful Love (06:01)

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (CDs 8-9)

Jul 18, 1984

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

Bill Evans (s)

Mitchell Forman (kbds)

Jonas Hellborg (B)

1. Radio Activity (09:45)

2. Nostalgia (10:50)

3. East Side, West Side (14:18)

4. Clarendin Hills (09:50)

5. Solo Bass : It's The Pits & Living On The Crest Of A Wave (13:30)

6. Just Ideas (00:00)

7. Jozy (13:20)

8. Pacific Express (21:05)

9. Mitch Match (12:38)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & PACO DE LUCIA (CDs 10-11)

Jul 15, 1987

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

Paco De Lucia (g)

1. One Melody (09:02)

2. El Panuelo (06:13)

3. Spain (10:52)

4. Chiquito (08:46)

5. Florianapolis (11:26)

6. Frevo (07:36)

7. David (10:56)

8. Sichia (07:00)

9. Guardian Angel (06:19)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN WITH THE FREE SPIRITS (CD 12)

Jul 4, 1993

Stravinski

John McLaughlin (g)

Dennis Chambers (dr)

Joey Di Francesco (org)

1. Are You The One (06:48)

2. ...in Ale (16:15)

3. When Love Is Far Away (05:22)

4. Nostalgia (05:29)

5. Mother Tongues (13:45)

6. One Nite Stand (04:16)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE FREE SPIRITS (CDs 13-14)

Jul 18, 1995

Stravinski

John McLaughlin (g)

Dennis Chambers (dr)

Joey De Francesco (org, tp)

1. Tones For Elvin Jones (09:15)

2. Matinale (20:11)

3. Sing Me Softly Of The Blues (07:52)

4. The Man Was FAll (14:16)

5 . After The Rain (05:54)

6. Mother Tongues (20:13)

7. Old Folks (06:01)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & "THE HEART OF THINGS" (CD 15)

Jul 11, 1998

Stravinski

JOHN McLAUGHLIN (guit.)

JIM BEARD (kbds.)

GARY THOMAS (sax, flute)

MATTHEW GARRISON (bass)

DENNIS CHAMBERS (dr.)

1. SEVEN SISTERS (13:53)

2. SOCIAL CLIMAT (08:45)

3. MISTER D.C. (12:53)

4. TONY (07:20)

5. ACID JAZZ (12:49)

6. JAZZ JUNGLE (08:58)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (CD 16)

Jul 8, 1999

MDH

JOHN MC LAUGHLIN (guit.)

ZAKIR HUSSAIN (tabla)

UPPALAPU SHRINIVAS (mandolin)

V. SELVAGANESH (indian perc.)

1. FIVE IN THE MORNING, SIX IN THE AFTERNOON (16:36)

2. MA NO PA (13:52)

3. ANNA (14:28)

4. FINDING THE WAY (20:04)

5. LA DANSE DU BONHEUR (03:50)

Don't know where this one could fit in:

SHAKTI

Jul 18, 2001

Stravinski

John McLaughlin (guitare)

Zakir Hussain (tabla)

Vinayakram Selvagtanesh (ghatam, kanjira, maretangham)

Mandolin Shrinivas (mandolin)

Bhavani Shankar (perc)

Debashish Bhattacharya (guitare)

Shankar Mahadevan (voc)

1. Finding the way (19:21)

2. Giriraj Sudha (10:14)

3. Shringar (13:00)

4. Manopa (18:23)

5. Niyati (16:58)

and this would have been the 1972 Mahavishnu concert:

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA

Aug 20, 1972

Montreux Pavillon

John McLaughlin (guitares)

Jerry Goddman (violon)

Jan Hammer (piano / moog)

Rick Laird (basse)

Billy Cobham (batterie)

1. Meetings Of The Spirits (00:00)

. You Know, You Know (28:45)

2. Dance Of The Mayas (15:15)

3. One Word (10:40)

4. Lotus On Irish Streams (09:20)

5. Noonward Race (23:00)

6. Binky's Bean (04:30)

(ALL INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE SITE MIKE MENTIONED ABOVE)

ubu

[Joe G]

Okay, I have to admit; that's pretty damn impressive!

[king ubu]

Okay, I have to admit; that's pretty damn impressive!

Indeed! Seems like I won't get no food in november...

[7/4]

Yikes!

I don't know if I can handle this......

[A Lark Ascending]

Got to admire the variety. Very tempting.

Maybe the record company could offer a free set to the person who guesses how many notes he plays over the entire 17 discs.

Edited November 3, 2003 by Bev Stapleton

[Claude]

The format of this interesting project is as ridiculous as the Miles@Montreux set.

I would buy 2 or 3 of the concerts if they were available seperately, but 17CDs - no way.

Miles Davis - Complete Montreux (20CD box) - Does it sell?

[Bright Moments]

carpe diem - if you are into this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/John-McLaughlin-Shakti...0QQcmdZViewItem

[Van Basten II]

Found one at the used cd store for 180 $.

Deal or no deal ?

Edited December 11, 2009 by Van Basten II

[jazzbo]

Seems like a deal to me. I'd bite in your shoes. Would be a lot of music! I may not like all of it but I bet I like quite a bit.

[sal]

I bought this box set for my dad about 5 years ago for his birthday. I gave the whole set a listen at one point over a weekend, and I remember really liking the majority of it. The only stuff I didn't care for was the 1980's version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, but it was easily overshadowed by all the other great stuff in the set. The Shakti stuff, the duo sets, and the band with Joey DeFrancesco are the ones I remember as being particularly impressive.

[7/4]

I never did buy it.

I'd love to own it.

The '70s recordings still rock me.

[Van Basten II]

Asked the lady at the store to put it with my pile of stuff to buy later, should pick it up next week near the holidays, guess it will be a Mclaughlin Christmas for yours truly.

[mjzee]

Amazon UK currently has new copies of this for £121.98 - converted, about $198.

[Shrdlu]

I'm surprised that there are so many disks in this set. For a long time, I've felt that John was under-recorded. All I have thus far are the sessions with Miles (on which he just about steals the show) and a copy of "The Heart of Things" that I obtained from a Swiss-German satellite TV station - they used to play CDs on air after broadcasting was over for the night.

[king ubu]

You ought to check out the early releases of the Mahavishnu Orchestra! Urgently!

[mjzee]

Yes, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra were just amazing. If there were still an American record industry, they would deserve a boxed set retrospective, remastered, with unissued tracks and a booklet - like a Rhino deluxe package.

[king ubu]

Yes, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra were just amazing. If there were still an American record industry, they would deserve a boxed set retrospective, remastered, with unissued tracks and a booklet - like a Rhino deluxe package.

I'd be all over that! I only have the first two and the "Lost Trident" (which indeed is not the great relevation some had hoped it would be). I think there's be one more album to have, but that one only came out in an old stinkin' version, right? (I'm thinking of "Between Nothingness and Eternity")

[mjzee]

Yes, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra were just amazing. If there were still an American record industry, they would deserve a boxed set retrospective, remastered, with unissued tracks and a booklet - like a Rhino deluxe package.

I'd be all over that! I only have the first two and the "Lost Trident" (which indeed is not the great relevation some had hoped it would be). I think there's be one more album to have, but that one only came out in an old stinkin' version, right? (I'm thinking of "Between Nothingness and Eternity")

BNAE is an AMAZING album. You have to have it (and I don't say that often here). I think it's head and shoulders above Inner Mounting Flame and Birds Of Fire. It rocks, it thunders. I was at one of those concerts that weekend (including the one that produced "Dream" for the album), and I can attest that's what they sounded like live. They rock! Check out McLaughlin's breaking into "Sunshine of Your Love" during "Dream." I would love to have an expanded version of this album.

I think "Lost Trident" is just the studio version of the material that went into BNAE; it was probably nixed because they thought the live versions were superior.

[king ubu]

Yes, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra were just amazing. If there were still an American record industry, they would deserve a boxed set retrospective, remastered, with unissued tracks and a booklet - like a Rhino deluxe package.

I'd be all over that! I only have the first two and the "Lost Trident" (which indeed is not the great relevation some had hoped it would be). I think there's be one more album to have, but that one only came out in an old stinkin' version, right? (I'm thinking of "Between Nothingness and Eternity")

BNAE is an AMAZING album. You have to have it (and I don't say that often here). I think it's head and shoulders above Inner Mounting Flame and Birds Of Fire. It rocks, it thunders. I was at one of those concerts that weekend (including the one that produced "Dream" for the album), and I can attest that's what they sounded like live. They rock! Check out McLaughlin's breaking into "Sunshine of Your Love" during "Dream." I would love to have an expanded version of this album.

I think "Lost Trident" is just the studio version of the material that went into BNAE; it was probably nixed because they thought the live versions were superior.

That's quite a... well, blazing... recommendation! I'll look for it!

[7/4]

BNAE is an AMAZING album. You have to have it (and I don't say that often here). I think it's head and shoulders above Inner Mounting Flame and Birds Of Fire. It rocks, it thunders. I was at one of those concerts that weekend (including the one that produced "Dream" for the album), and I can attest that's what they sounded like live. They rock! Check out McLaughlin's breaking into "Sunshine of Your Love" during "Dream." I would love to have an expanded version of this album.

I think "Lost Trident" is just the studio version of the material that went into BNAE; it was probably nixed because they thought the live versions were superior.

Yes to all the above, that's what I always thought.

[jazzbo]

If I could only have one Mahavishnu Orchestra disc, it would be "Between Nothingness and Eternity."

[mjzee]

If you want to check the album out on the cheap, Amazon has the mp3 version for $2.99.