God u were so so lucky, do not take ur memories for granted whatever you do ,: 0

"Every fucking note means something" Really ?

Yes Sir.

I could have done without actually

Chick is the clock ... he's in the pocket ... whilst John takes off, goes soloing, does his thang and always finds back to the groove ....but the drummer ... he's a little shakey and even Wooten looses track in some moments ... I guess playing in the presence of greatness, of giants .. ain't that easy ....

It's just G, C and D right...LOL!!!

Have no knowledge of mr Pike, arrived via jmck. But as someone whiling in a cesspit of depression appreciate you input and will defo check out mr pike…thank you and I hope your D recedes real soon. 🙏❤️

High on Fire videos are that way 👉

RL R in

Lenny is badass, were you listening?

yeah - was there too at the Kongresshaus Zürich. Great remembrance. May be we have seen us - smile

bullshit...it was all chops not related to the tune in anyway.. i'm speaking of wooten not john..

I was at this show and McLaughlin played great as always. He did 3 or nights with this lineup and a duo show with Chick before this. Chick was actually at the blue note for about 2 1/2 months..80 shows in total. McLaughlin is my favorite guitar player so no way was I missing this. I also caught the Miles tribute Chick did with Mike Stern..that was great but this show blew it away. Though I gotta say that John's show here at town hall last month was my fave show of the year. The Mahavishnu tunes were like a dream come true hearing all of them live with the awesome band he had as well as Jimmy Herring's band also doing the 3rd set of all Mahavishnu with John's band. It was literally like a religious experience gettin to finally hear all the Mahavishnu tunes I grew up on live in front of me. So wish he wasn't retiring..he played phenomenally!! But he has said he'll still do the occasional gigs here and there so hoping he comes back at some point. Seen him around 30 times over the years and this was definitely one of my fave times seeing him.

Jaycee37 I thought his phrasing didn’t work in this setting

I agree. His more modern tone is either a little too synthesized or too "smooth jazz". He needs an edge.

John mclaughlin the greatest

Yep.Top notch.

Lenny White is a giant. Ever heard of Bitches Brew? Return to Forever? Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard?

Wooten ?? I must disagree

You don't agree that he is an amazing bass player?

Yeah, Wooten’s solo didn’t work, not in my opinion. The choice of notes seemed questionable. His snappy staccato-way of playing always excites people though. This reminds me of Zakk Wylde playing with les Paul, all speed and no substance.

Victor's way over the top....he's a good bassist,but what he's going doesn't fit what's going on....

DONE!(ADDED LENNY TOO!)

Carizmojones Which makes it even sadder that John has performed with Victor Wooten for the first time only recently. They could have collaborated many times already, yet things only materialized now, literally right before John's retirement. The smile on his face during Victor's bass solo says it all. Too bad. Old age has taken yet another legend from us 😔. Let's hope that others like Chick or Herbie aren't being plagued by arthritis as well..

@Carizmojones, what is your source for the this? I just searched and cannot find any other reference to it.

that is sad ! goddamit !

McLaughlin himself talks about it here: www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/interviews/3650-qim-not-dead-yetq-guitar-legend-john-mclaughlin-talks-to-sjf-about-life-death-retirement-and-his-brilliant-new-album-black-light.html And Bill Milkowski mentions it here: www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/notes-from-new-york-winter-jazzfest-john-mclaughli.html Plus, there's the not-so-revealing press release of his final US Tour: www.johnmclaughlin.com/2016/10/the-meeting-of-the-spirits-tour-nov-dec-2017/

Agree, too gimmicky.

but we are all with the only mahavishnu one looking for the One

Best I could do on my cell phone.

I think you need to go back to your musical subterranean level and listen to bubblegum pop... leave real musicianship to those with an ear for the good stuff

A worker at the venue stopped me recording. They don’t take kindly to extended recording there. I was lucky to get as much as I did.

McLaughlin is doing a US tour this year starting in November. If you want to see him, you better go. He says this is his last US tour. He's turning 75 and, as you mentioned, he says arthritis is starting to hamper his ability to play. www.johnmclaughlin.com/tour-dates/

And agreed on his sound. It needs a whole lot more bite/edge.

kckennedy55

Would you go as far as to say it sounds like shit?

Space..?

I've noticed that with his recent stuff. sounds like he's playing through a shitty crate amp or something. His tone used to be so good in the double neck days and before with Miles.

From an interview, I believe he stopped using amps entirely and goes straight into the PA.

Not sure what you mean cause his tone was phenomenal on this last Meeting of the Spirits tour. It wasn't as good at this Chick show but every time I've seen him his tone was perfect.

100% although his tone isn't as bad here as I've seen in other recent videos. His tone at the Berklee graduation was just awful haha

He's one of the many guitarists I listen to. I like guitar solos more particularly. No vocals like this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7STjZlqtd2yfmQ.html

Vic Wooten? It's a shit recording and you can't hear him properly.

Thias is a mahavisnu song..

Tim I can't agree more with your comment, I mean, he doesn't even know what the fuck he's doing there, his style is not fussion, jazz or anything that can match with John's style or mahavishnu's, he's a joke

The promoters are hoping you don't know more or lack there of, than they do about music and musicians...but alas, we do know more than them.'

lol you're an idiot. Victor is an insane bass player.

louis kremer I think wooten’s solo was very out of place.

Lol dude you are just completely clueless abou music, aren't you?

I really enjoyed what he played. Perhaps a lot of classical music should go away because it uses fast scales. How about John Coltrane? I felt what McLaughlin played here.

Maybe you can't hear it, just because it is fast doesnt mean it isn't musical. Besides, it is slow, tasteful and very 'musical' at the beginning, not sure what you are talking about.