Posts tagged with "A Love Supreme"
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
At 70, the guitar virtuoso still revels in his dynamic musical journey
By Jeff Tamarkin
John McLaughlin remembers some odd advice he once received from Miles Davis—cryptic words at the time, but later made perfect sense. It was 1969, and the young guitar master was working in the studio with the jazz titan when “Miles made this Zen statement,” recalls McLaughlin. “He told me, ‘Play like you don’t know how to play guitar.’”...
BRANFORD MARSALIS
BRANFORD MARSALIS
Some call it magic but for this sax genius it’s just “playin’ tunes”
By Jeff Tamarkin
Branford Marsalis has never been one to hold back. The 52-year-old tenor and soprano saxophonist freely says and plays what he wants. So the title of his quartet’s new release Four MFs Playin’ Tunes shouldn’t shock anyone—but it does. “A writer came to the session and asked my least favorite question: ‘What’s the concept...