John McLaughlin
Sign in to saveAlso known as John K. McLaughlin, John D. McLaughlin, John D. Mclaughlin, John MacLaughlin, McLaughlin, John Dwyer McLaughlin
American abstract painter (1898-1976)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Lost in translation
- The first four centuries of music for the organ
- Ring out!
- The art of playing the modern carillon
- Matisse portraits
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-01-04
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 235,820
- Total plays
- 2,320,284
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John McLaughlin (b. 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English jazz- and jazz-fusion guitarist and composer. Born on 4th January 1942 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, he played with Tony Williams Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. His 1970s electric band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra performed a technically virtuosic and complex style of music that fused eclectic jazz and rock with eastern and Indian influence
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- McLaughlin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Norfolk County
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Educated at
- University of Hawaiʻi System
- Award
- Bronze Star Medal
- Field of work
- painting
- Movement
- hard-edge painting
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1898-05-21
- has works in the collection
- New Britain Museum of American Art
- date of death
- 1976-03-27
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