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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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Film & TV
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Known for
- War, Inc. — Himself2008
- Bulworth — TV Commentator (voice) (uncredited)1998
- Mission: Impossible — TV Interviewer1996
- Independence Day — Himself1996
- Dave — John McLaughlin1993
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete — John McLaughlin1993
- Dream On1990
- ALF — John McLaughlin1986
- The McLaughlin Group — Self - Host1982
- Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)1975
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 235,820
- Total plays
- 2,320,284
Tags
jazzFusionjazz fusionguitarjazz guitar
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
- Rhode Island
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Spouse
- Ann McLaughlin Korologos
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- Boston College
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- John McLaughlin in 1974.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1927-03-29
- date of death
- 2016-08-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- Commons category
- John McLaughlin (host)
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