John McLaughlin - This Is The Way I Do It - Your evaluation please...

**unknownguitarplayer** · 05-20-2023, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by ccroft

He has some bop pedigree.

He definitely does.

**sully75** · 05-20-2023, 07:50 AM

I still haven't found a ton of JM jazz playing I love but this track always gets me. Plays to his strength definitely.

**Moonray** · 05-21-2023, 01:04 AM

What about "New York On My Mind" on the same album?

Shades of the original Orchestra on their first album.
Emotion, raw power and then the softer interlude.

Then there's the solo guitar version of "My Foolish Heart" at the end of the album.

**Jazzjourney4Eva** · 05-21-2023, 01:45 AM

Sully - Seriously? Did you miss the 90’s?

**Litterick** · 05-21-2023, 06:32 AM

The last time we were happy.

**sully75** · 05-21-2023, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Jazzjourney4Eva

Sully - Seriously? Did you miss the 90’s?

Internet wise? I mean, I miss the time before the internet dropped all our IQs 20 points, when I was still able to read books, before I heard the term "monitized", etc, yeah.

What's weird to me is the unarchived-Ness of the internet. People would put hard work into blogs and other stuff about something they were into. A specific camera or boat, or music or poetry. It would be excellent content. Then eventually they would get bored and maybe stop and then eventually stop paying for the web hosting and poof! All gone forever.

**ccroft** · 05-21-2023, 01:21 PM

I hear you Sully. See Dutchbopper's Jazz Guitar Blog while you still can!

**charleyrich99** · 08-29-2023, 01:52 PM

There's another side to the relationship between JM and Miles as described in the Jazz Times interview, John McLaughlin On Miles Davis In JazzTimes | Miles Davis Official Site

McLaughlin talks about how Miles gave him money to eat and pay rent. I get the feeling there were two sides of Miles, one shown to the public and one to his colleagues.

--Charley