Electric Guitarist Explained

Electric Guitarist
Type:studio
Artist:John McLaughlin
Cover:John McLaughlin - 1978 - Electric Guitarist.jpg
Studio:Sound Mixer Studios in New York City; Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California
Genre:Jazz, jazz-rock
Label:Columbia
Producer:John McLaughlin, Dennis MacKay
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Electric Guitarist is the fourth solo album by guitarist John McLaughlin, released in 1978 through Columbia Records originally on vinyl; a remastered CD was issued in 1990 as part of the Columbia Jazz Contemporary Masters series. Among McLaughlin’s former collaborators appearing on the album are drummers Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette and Billy Cobham, keyboardist Chick Corea, alto saxophonist David Sanborn, violinist Jerry Goodman, bassists Jack Bruce, Stanley Clarke and Fernando Saunders and fellow guitarist Carlos Santana.

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that the music is "in a more conventional jazz or jazz-rock format."[1]

Personnel

"New York on My Mind"

"Friendship"

"Every Tear from Every Eye"

"Do You Hear the Voices That You Left Behind?"

"Are You the One? Are You the One?"

"Phenomenon - Compulsion"

"My Foolish Heart"

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Palmer . Robert . The Pop Life: Plugging in to the rhythms of India . The New York Times . 28 July 1978 . C8.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.