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Power Of Love
From the gently dissonant piano chords opening the leadoff cut, "Power Of Love", you know you're entering a different world, as Jean-Luc Ponty's wah-wah fiddle skates over the orchestra's gradual, primal stretching and awakening, you begin to sense that McLaughlin is, as ever, serious. Certainly the experiment--couching a smaller improvising unit within a larger, scripted, classically oriented context--hearkens back to Third-Stream ideas.
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Guitarists:
John McLaughlin,
Ralphe Armstrong
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All In The Family
"All In The Family", the album's opener, must refer to the family of rhythms, starting as it does with a percolating samba school beat, with a bit of bass marimba whipped in for extra-Caribbean effect. Stu Goldberg (one of the first professional jazz musicians to come along with a degree in jazz studies) is heard here on organ (recalling Lifetime), while McLaughlin rips off a stereo tour de force, trading hard and nasty jazz-rock guitar solos on one speaker with liquid guitar synthesizer solos on the other. The influence of John Coltrane looms large--if one wonders what separates the jazz fusion of the '70s with the "contemporary jazz" of today, the influence of Coltrane might be the answer.
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Guitarists:
John McLaughlin,
Ralphe Armstrong
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Reflections
Here is a song jam packed with stuff I was studying at the time, the scales include harmonic minor, diminished, whole tone and chromatic. The song also
changes key frequently. I really tried to throw in everything I knew at the time here.
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Guitarists:
Lars Eric Mattsson
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Noise In The Attic
Tight, pounding rhythms; serrated hyper-solos; smooth, swelling attack...I love playing this kind of tune loudly when I know the house is empty.
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Guitarists:
Dan McAvinchey
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You And I
Just a love song.
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Top Favorite Songs
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124
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Faraz
"Through The Passage Of Time"
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111
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David Valdes
"Beyond Universe"
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100
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Alex Masi
"Toccata And Fugue In D Minor BWV 565"
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98
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Rusty Cooley
"Under The Influence"
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81
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Francesco Fareri
"Days"
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74
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Goncalo Pereira
"Capuccino"
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70
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Francesco Fareri
"Secrets Within"
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65
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Steve Vai
"Amazing Grace"
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58
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Jeff Kollman
"Playa De Guitar"
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58
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Larry Carlton
"Sleepwalk"
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58
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Steve Vai
"Eugene`s Trick Bag"
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56
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Michael Harris
"Forewarning"
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55
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Electrocution 250
"Fletcher The Mouse"
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54
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Roberto Priori
"Psychotic Symphony"
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52
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Mike Terrana
"Rio"
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51
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Alex Martinho
"Rio in Peace"
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51
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Travis Larson Band
"Georgia On My Mind"
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51
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Jeff Kollman
"Birdweed`s Treat"
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50
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Joe Satriani
"Love Thing"
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49
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Michael Hedges
"Hot Type"
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Updated Friday at 04:00
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
