The fact that McLaughlin shows up to play with a bunch of undergrads on their big night makes him a trillion times cooler than he already was 12 years before i was born. may we all aspire to his hipness

@lankytor6396

2 жыл бұрын

This guy is pretty cool! I saw him play lots of times at small clubs in Manhattan

@leojablonski2309

2 жыл бұрын

Always is....THE MAN

@leojablonski2309

2 жыл бұрын

@@lankytor6396 Princeton Gym 1973.

@ruthberesford4554

2 жыл бұрын

No it doesn’t not really! He’s a working musician and a dirty old man ! And who wouldn’t be? It’s a lonely life on the road….. Whether or not under-grads can “make the grade” musically to suit an ego of this guys enormity, they have “the goods”’in another way! I met Mcglogjlin back stage when I was 21 and my cousin 22, the only reason we were entertained was cos of our 20 year old girlfriends incredible beauty. She tried to talk to him about her violin and he just tried to get in her pants! He then begrudged to talk to us and I said “I notice you still have very self consciously ‘spiritual’ or ‘turban-envy’ titles to your songs but after I lived in India for months and months as a teenager and had life defining experiences there I’ve become a bit cynical about any Idea the culture there is any more or less tuned-than anywhere” He butted in “Well if you’re cynical then I am SORRY for you!!!!” My eyes pricked with utterly shocked tears and my cousin “squared-on” to our (prior to the encounter”) musical hero, saying “that’s a bit MACH!” ( he sounded normal til the last word came out ‘cockney’ (London street accent) I knew if Mr Guitar had forgotten his manners one more time his lip and nose would nave been all over his face!” I said to my cousin “let’s go” we said to our girlfriend what are you doing?” She said (with “Get me away from THIS CREEP!” eyes) “yes, me too”. Remember “everyone” every little tin god nearly always has his feet, like the rest of us, made of clay x x x

@barackobama9552

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruthberesford4554 gonna be honest after the first paragraph or 2 I got completely lost and had no clue what you were talking about

A big thanx to McLaughlin for guiding these great young musicians! Rasika Shekar´s voice is so incredible that I gratefully call this tune "My Favorite sings".

What an Honor? All Of these students were in a big cloud floating with the sounds of this "monster" called John McLaughlin.

what have i just listened to....heavenly

Rasika Shekar. Some of the most beautiful flute & vocals I’ve heard!

Huge McLaughlin fan but her vocalizing on My Favorite Things steals the show. Wow.

I'm so enjoying this while grading papers and sipping my coffee. One never knows how he/she/they impact the lives of others across time. Thank you.

@loufrank1574

Ай бұрын

Great comment johnnie

Just when you think you can't love this man more for what he has achieved. You get this. I'm sure that these young musicians will treasure this moment for the rest of their lives.

@richardrobbins9660

10 ай бұрын

The Indian girl on flute is awesome i love the ending where they are playing off the drum solo awesome musicianship

Musical Perfection Everything. John. Her. Piano player. Bassist. Drummer. All of it. Wow...

For the benefit of everyone who is asking, the guitar McLaughlin is playing here is Mike Sabre Custom. He mainly used it with Remember Shakti. The bridge has midi equipped saddles...probably why a lot of people dislike John's tone.

How could you put a pop up ad in the middle of such a beautiful performance?! What disruption of pranah. Buzz kill. Barbarians. Great video.

Conclusion: "The fact that McLaughlin showed up to play with some students on this big night makes him a trillion times cooler than he already was. May we all seek his goodness and skill!"

@ianedmonds9191

Жыл бұрын

What I love about him is he fully embraced another completely foreign culture and approached Jazz Fusion with them on their own terms. No pastiche for Jon. It was the real deal. So much respect for the man. Luv and Peace.

These students, who were graduating from Berklee, were given the wonderful opportunity to play music with a seasoned musical veteran. John McLaughlin is the perfect example of an artist who has stayed in constant exploration mode throughout his long and illustrious career. Yes, there are glitches and missteps in this performance, however, overall I find the power of mentoring in this inspiring above all. Peace to all.

@leojablonski2309

2 жыл бұрын

On stage, with the man, big audience...I'd pee

@turraosinazucar

2 жыл бұрын

And money, money, money lol

@garymcaleer6112

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing out the flaws, Mr. Perfection.

@Methilde

Жыл бұрын

School musicals studies have killed music, Mclaughlin never learn at school.

@aroe3896

Жыл бұрын

seasoned musical veteran is such an understatement; he's one of the uppermost master guitarists

This is just SO wonderful. What a world it is when Mahavishnu, a legend in his lifetime, can play with these talented kids and help them along...

@GjaP_242

2 жыл бұрын

15:30

John has always been in my conjuring of musical resonance into sparks. These young musicians give me and I hope! That Spark to believe on. I just Have to Say This!

Hate to admit this, but I never heard of John McLaughlin until this evening. I was swept away! A fan for life. This was an overwhelming experience listening to this performance.

@loufrank1574

Ай бұрын

Better late than never Enjoy

Somebody give that drummer an award! Brilliant!

@Stahlgewitter

3 жыл бұрын

No shit. His rhythm is SPOT on in the trading 4s part at the end

Gorgeous. Everyone shines.

I saw him decades ago in a little venue where everyone sat on wrestling mats on the floor while the musicians played on a small stage within three feet of you . This place was called “ The Great Southeast Music Hall “ in Atlanta. They served draft beer in various sized buckets with their logo on the side. He was fantastic as was his band.

The 609👎’s must be big fans of the the Cowsill’s! One of the best versions of one of the best songs ever!!

The language of music is incredible ♥

Rasika’s Voice was a brilliant touch... John loves the Indian energy...

Nothing like being 'in the groove' with John. He was my high school ear training instructor back in the 70's w/Cobham & Hammer. None of my friends could hang with him. But I did, to this day. His musical journey takes you on a world tour.

@spdcrzy

6 ай бұрын

Keeping up with John in his prime?! That's a hell of an accomplishment in and of itself. Damn.

I could listen to this forever

Beautiful!!! McLaughlin is a graceful genius!!

John McLaughlin puts together another awesome band and they play wondrous music. Thank you God Supreme, for this and all the inspiring souls in the universe.

Everyone's talking about My Favorite Things and not that gutting...staggering...haunting....version of Stella by Starlight...I can't sleep now that I've heard that.

Proof that Music travels through time and space, regardless of sex, age, or origin. These Berklee students were very lucky to have the opportunity to play with McLaughlin, but they are also very talented, so they deserve it. Thank you for posting.

absolutely beyond words! Trane's music, J. McLaughlin and a group of enthusiastic young musicians is the best of cocktails!

John McLaughlin, truly the master of perfect "dissonance", and improvisation, !!!!!!

I always find fascinating how different jazz musicians interpret a song. Its mind boggling. The John Coltrane Quartet' s interpretation of this song was out of this world, may McCoy Tyner's soul rest in peace

Hats down to Berklee dudes. Joshua, Hooni, Tabari, Rasika. You are great! Hats down to the amazing sound engineering team to deliver such a transparent mix!

What a gentleman John is, the way he so enthusiastically introduces the other musicians

Every single one of these musicians is a master and poet in their art...

Johnny is a supreme master of music.

Rasika's flute playing and vocals transport me to the realm of delight !

John Coltrane revisited, avec douceur, poésie et grâce. C'est sublime...

Something wonderful and timeless about Coltrane's ghost haunting this version with classical flute and Indian singing, JM's peerless electric brilliance and the intelligent assonance of the piano, bass and drums. Magical.

@GjaP_242

2 жыл бұрын

19:00

@derekgunn1914

Жыл бұрын

Just a slight correction... that is not a classical flute

@derekgunn1914

Жыл бұрын

Indian flute (bansuri maybe?)

@mikenorgrove2795

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Derek

@moktan289

Жыл бұрын

@@derekgunn1914 It's bansuri 😂

The transition from stella by starlight to my favourite things is one of those soul comforting symphonic pieces of music which I will never forget

A remarkable thing on Mr Mclaughlin during all his brilliant musical road is his generosity playing with musicians of all corner of the world..

The piano solo! I love his inside/outside playing.

John has earned his place among the very best guitarists on the Planet . Loved his collaborations with Al DiMeola and Paco. Pat Metheny. Alan Honsworth & Phil Keaggy are among just a handful of players who play at this level. Great stuff!

@Ewerb7

5 жыл бұрын

He has also magical collaborations with the late great Larry Coryell. John is the greatest living guitarist according to Jeff Beck who is no slouch.

the genuis of john mcglaughlin....i researched an ad from circa 1959......called little johnny mglaughlin...master at jazz.....blew me away.......my fav things always brings me to tears.....and i thank god....that i too am an accomplished musician.....thanks to little johnny

I can’t understand why there are over 600 thumbs down on this video ? Please can the thumbs down people explain why they didn’t like such a fantastic performance by such accomplished musicians. As a wanna be be musician I can only fantasise about being a tenth as good as these guys. Great job guys 👍🥁🇬🇧

@nico1759

Жыл бұрын

Probably they are Dua Lipa fans...

Nice tribute by young people and one established great to Coltrane's classic, especially the echo of McCoy Tyner.

Fantastic - came here for McLaughlin but the whole band was amazing - beautiful playing.

Never heard of JM until a nerdy mate of mine way back when lent me “ love devotion and surrender “ . He said have a listen and it will change your world. I did and it it did ! John is master amongst masters , a guitarists guitarist and a wonderful human being. This track is so sublime...love the way he lets the other musicians have the stage.

This guy on the keys and the girl playing flute and singing....joy to the ears...and with John Mclaughlin and all the band just wonderful......tears of joy

McLaughlin is such a gracious and generous soul. I love how he walked over 1/2 way through inviting the bass and drums to play with him, and how from there he was leading and teaching these younger players. A beautiful thing. ;)

Beautiful! I loved the crossover of genres that John has such a great understanding of, and I agree the drummer, Josh Wheatley, was superb.

John McLaughlin never ceases to amaze me. But I should also mention the other musicians, what a great performance by everyone!

Awesome, outstanding, spot-on, OMG- however you say it. This ensemble of fine artists lends credence to less is better. Their syncopations, private tonal inspirations each contribute to a memorable interpretation of an American Broadway Classic, taking nothing away yet expanding luxuriously on the rich smooth theme. Delighted.

Fun Fact half of these musicians are now Asst instructors in Berklee

I liked the whole performance a lot. What I find kind of amusing is what happens at 14:40 where McLaughlin bends that "off" note and the pianist rushes to widen his harmony and suddenly it sounds inside again.That's also the point where the bass player apparently loves it the most. Magic of a live jazz performance.

@AndreasDevig

6 жыл бұрын

Impressive moment on the pianist's part there.

@lostinkyoto8444

5 жыл бұрын

Andreas Devig Very nice observation. It's a very nice counterpoint adjustment, in which the rhythm and melody section are in some interesting form complimentary to one another, the bass creates tension and the piano resolves the tension.

@tomvarden9168

5 жыл бұрын

That bent note almost signals the bass player to duel solo with him :)

@prof.byaraneta

5 жыл бұрын

scammers hahahaha

@SuperPraxie

5 жыл бұрын

Bband...minor add Maj 7 not reaaly that off...12 tone....

I don't know much, like, I don't know who made the guitar he is playing, but, with what appears to be a single Humbucker, and made of natural appearance wood, the instrument seems to be a tribute to Les Paul, and his famous "Log", which was the catalyst of all of what would be modern electric guitars, which, John McLaughlin made so much wonderful music with. I have seen him live on stage many times. He has never disappointed. I saw him several times with the original MO lineup. Magical.

Super concert,love, legend guitarist ❤️🙏🎼🎶🎸✌️👌🍀

Que espectáculo! Obrigado Manuel Barbosa pois já nem recordava de Herbie Hancock, chick corea e. Uma flautista e um contrabaixo fantástico. Parabéns excelente concerto. Espanha foi premiada com a presença destes músicos e sem esquecer o piano. Gracias

I love it when old masters are playing with the youngsters! We can see, we can hear as they pass to baton! It so great! Thanks so much!

I love youtube for music like these & fan of J mclaughlin

Haven't heard chorus like that since the '80s....makes me nostalgic for those times.

I've been John's fan for decades. One of the greatest on guitar that ever lived! Honorary doctorate well deserved. I really enjoyed this performance.

Wonderful! Love the flute and vocals, the whole thing is brilliant! John McLaughlin anyhow is one of my heroes sice the old My Goals Beyond and Shakti Times.

Great version. I especially loved Ms. Shekar's wood flute and lovely vocal. The whole band was great. I think Mr. Coltrane was smiling!

With GIANTS Chick Corea, George Duke, Josef Zawinul, Joe Sample and others now gone, John McLaughlin remains as a precious icon of "the music". His work is legendary. He is a true master.

Starting off with that crazy good flute playing was unexpected and supremely satisfying.

I wish I could get that drummer in my group.... He's a great listener!!!! They all are first class! The flute sounds freaking beautiful!

This is a true beautiful amalgamation of East and West...

Beautiful rendition of a classic song. It is now one of MY favorite things!

This video has been my companion since the past earthquakes and has given me peace and incredible spirits, I could not be more grateful

Amazing performance by everyone involved. Love the flute!

Espetacular John Mclaughlin, que superbanda o acompanha, parabéns a todos os musicos.

That was all so absolutely beautiful. How talented these young musicians all are. I was in tears.

so joyful, and what a thrill for the young musicians. I sure hope they can pass that joy on to their future bandmates just like John McL passed it on to them that evening

Ive been a fan of John McLaughlin since the early 70s. I came to find the beauty of Indian music and even the Devine by way of this incredible guitarist and classy human being. 🙏

@PNgaia33859

3 жыл бұрын

I played both.. C and J 1973, Song of the wind Do This One Carlos Santana, album, Caravanseraai.. Mahavishnu Orchestra, then I learn.. Al Dimeola..,learned with , JIMI..Steve Luather. etc

Gorgeous offering, great, great performance by every player. The incredible high level of musicianship young musicians, no matter classical or jazz, display these days doesn’t stop to amaze me and make me bow to this young generation. What amazes me most is the way they carve out an individual flavour of their favorite things version. Ah, and that anyone here in the comments section dares to question the mastery of any of these musicians is a major insult to all musicians. Shameless.

I heard 'favorite things' as a baby, then I heard John Coltrane, and now this... It's like heaven :))

All amazing musicians. This is so delightful, fantastic!

Just fabulous, what a wonderful experience for these bright young musicians to PLAY live with a MASTER, very inspiring and emotive... Beautiful rendition in the Spirit of COLTRANE ...

Huge fan, of John ....very inspirational and consistent playing always expanding with new things...Timeless!

Love the harmonics! They just lift it to the next level.

I have no doubt, John Coltrane is smiling in the Heaven!

She's incredible...but these young musicians all are. What a wonderful program...which includes my musical guiding light...Mahavishnu!

@GjaP_242

2 жыл бұрын

18:16

Beautiful. John McLaughlin's hummingbird wings can still flutter!

Music binds us all together. Thanks John and the other performing students from Berklee. This was refreshing.

In a World where materialism has virtually drowned human spirituality and the simple endeavour for Truth in Art, this short piece by these young musicians, guided by the Grand Master John Mc Laughlin has renewed not only my energies and optimism for the future of Jazz, but has vitiated the entire genre of Music.

@jeffroberts_tunes

6 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Do note that 'vitiate' means "spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of". But you meant invigorated, vitalized, inspired, animated, potentiated, enabled, potentiated etc. And yeah pretty amazing vitality and joy in the present for a man his age too.

@anthonywilliams6764

6 жыл бұрын

Apologies Jeff, How right you are, I had not read my comment until you pointed it out, and of course I made a typo, the word should have read "invitiate" meaning purified, this was meant to be a reference to the lowering of technical abilities, and acceptance of lower standards brought about in composition today by the mundane, and the concomitant search to " purify the waters" so to speak. Thanks for pointing that out.

@song4night

6 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC...THE SINGER WAS AMAZING!

@gerardonoriega6071

6 жыл бұрын

Ha compuesto john algunas canciones ultimamente, porque asíme parece que ya entró a alguna moda de arrobamiento y admiración por el material de otros maestros . Mil disculpas por criticar a mc laughlin

@verbotenco

6 жыл бұрын

Take your speech somewhere else.

I was out of the room when the vocals cut in. It sounded like a wonderful muted trumpet. What a brilliant voice!

Wow! Great musicians for beautiful music! Rhythm, harmony and melodies are extraordinary.

His solo part around 12.30 big time goosebumps. So in the zone and goes with the flow. Outstanding. Whole band is smokin'.

Ilove this piece. Everything about this vid is good. Good stage, good filming, great sound good song, and great musicians. 20 mins of Serenity in the modern world. pure music is good for ones health.

Her flute playing is so wonderful but when she started to sing it blew me away.

@abrarjahinnafi1634

6 жыл бұрын

Trust me she is not really that good as you're praising her. Quite bad even she is. You haven't listened to much Indian classical I can tell. I can give you some extra ordinary stuffs if you want.

@salinger2000

6 жыл бұрын

simply this is not indian classical music, but jazz

@dogfacedboy6947

6 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested in your "quite extraordinary stuffs". I HAVE been listening to Indian classical music since 1970 or so, here in America it was difficult to get ANYTHING except for Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan when LP's (those round black 12" things) were all you could get. I sure have a lot of them... The last 15 years or so it's opened up, so I do know about Kartik Seshadri, Indrajit Banerjee etc. My current faves would be Kala Ramnath, Anoushka and Debashish Bhattacharya (yes, I play guitar & Steel guitar, fo-ever too). But I don't know much about flute players and vocalists, and I SURE can't afford to buy 10 cd's to get 2 great ones, which is about the average. So any recommendations would be great! I tend to like the spooky dark stuff, NOT the fluffy intentionally-always-happy music (Which DOES kinda rule out Ravi's music until he got his mind out of hock to that "Ambassador of Indian Music" crap and began PLAYING again in the '80's (he's said so himself) Thanks.

@abrarjahinnafi1634

6 жыл бұрын

That vocal thing she did is called ALAP. And the flute intro is pure Indian. You're welcome. It's neither jazz nor Indian Classical,i it's kind of a fusion. John has been doing it for quite a while.

@salinger2000

6 жыл бұрын

of course, it's fusion. Quite all contemporary western music is "fusion" and McLaughlin did "jazz fusion" since early 1970. Also the Shakti project is fusion. Here we can listen Bansuri, a bit of raga, jazz, electric guitar, some electronics......

Incredible performance. Beautiful, inspiring.

What a great performance. Listen to it several times now. Call me crazy but the one sound the bas player makes at 16:33 is so great and fits so well in the play.

JOHN MAC LAUGLHIN IS ONE VERY GOOD GUITARIST WITH MANY INFLUENCES FROM THIS PERSONNAL PLAY. RESPECT MR MAC LAUGLHIN. JACKYFAN 👍

@Ihbaworldsax

4 жыл бұрын

Jacky Chazaubenay miles Davis had a song called John Mclaughlin.. need I say more

La grande classe ! Bravo John McLaughlin et bravo aux jeunes musiciens

Fantastic legend of guitar and fantastic students of Berklee. I love it.

Now Paco de Lucia has passed John wears the crown. Unbelievable human being in times of great sadness and turmoil reaffirms the wonder of man. ❤️

Wonderful. It pays homage to both Coltrane and McCoy Tyner, while bringing new and refreshing elements to the piece. Absolutely love it.

Sublime...sheer beauty...

That was great 👍

Gave me chills with the first notes from the flute!