Blue Swede (Björn Skifs)

 

 Björn Skifs 2006 in Stocholm

 

And to my American friends  in USA,  he is known for this:

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John McLaughlin (Philosopher in life and music)

John McLaughlin has been cited as a major influence on many 1970s and 1980s fusion guitarists. Examples are prominent players such as Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, Al Di Meola, Shawn Lane, and Scott Henderson. His influence did not stop in the 80's, though; hardcore punk guitarists Greg Ginn of Black Flag cited Birds of Fire by The Mahavishnu Orchestra which inspired him to record more progressive guitar work and even record instrumental songs. Current players still hold him as highly influential, including Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta. According to Pat Metheny, McLaughlin has changed the evolution of the guitar during several of his periods of playing. McLaughlin is also considered a major influence on composers in the fusion genre. In an interview with Downbeat, Chick Corea remarked that "...what John McLaughlin did with the electric guitar set the world on its ear. No one ever heard an electric guitar played like that before, and it certainly inspired me. John's band, more than my experience with Miles, led me to want to turn the volume up and write music that was more dramatic and made your hair stand on end". Frank Zappa said of McLaughlin: "A person would be a moron not to appreciate McLaughlin's technique. The guy has certainly found out how to operate a guitar as if it were a machine gun. But I'm not always enthusiastic about the lines I hear or the ways in which they're used. I don't think you can fault him, though, for the amount of time and effort it must have taken to play an instrument that fast. I think anybody who can play that fast is just wonderful. And I'm sure 90% of teenage America would agree, since the whole trend in the business has been 'faster is better'."

^{Above is a quote taken from Wikipedia}

^{Well, no doubt that this Jazzcat has a lot of  good stuff to tell you about music and the way he has been inspired by other music , artists and musicstyles. To me, I like him , but I´m not a really a  true fan of his music. But somehow he is very intresting, he has a lot of experiences in life and music to tell.}

^{That is something I like, he is honest with himself and the music he plays thats is a sign of a great player and also  wortwhile listen to his thoughts about music.}

^{I can´t pick just one example of his music, he plays in so many differtent styles and different constaliations that it´s impossible to say something like "this is JM".}

^{A searcher, yes and a traveller through  the eternally world called music. I like him!}

 

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The clip below is from an interview with JM.

It is made in three sections:  here is the first,  I give you the rest later.

 

 

The Beatles "Love me do" 1962 BBC

"Ahhh - those Jazz guys are just makin' that stuff up!"

- Homer Simpson

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The Beatles "Love me do" 1962 -BBC

Yes,  I know there are a great deal of stories and history about The Beatles as a group, musicians, thier music and also as a historic phenomenon in musichistory that no one can deny.

Many, many books, interviews, experts (sometimes more experts on the subject than the two living members of the group Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr themselves are) and movies have been done. This is a legendary group that changed the music scene totaly, but not only that... "Beatlemania" you might call it  ! There has not been a group or musician in the total music history that has meant so much for a whole generation of musiclovers . I was one of the lucky ones, that was born in that age. I grew up with their music and  took part of this history. I am a typcally "child of my time" in music. Their music has so much still to give. And even if I nowadays more listen to Jazz-oriented music I can still find some songs that are awesome. And  I sometimes hear to my surprise, that many of my contemporary musicians and friends that I like most, also says that The Beatles to them also meant a lot of inspiration and spinn-offs to their musical experiences. Even to those who are deep into jazzmusic. Are you surprised at all ???

The film above is very good  and rare, as it´s not only gives you apects of their music, but also the phenomenon called "Beatlemania" or to USA "The Brittish invasion" -

Jazz is fun - Miles Davies and Chaka Khan 1989

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Miles Davis & Chaka Khan: Human Nature (live in Montreux 1989) 

The Beauty and the Beast?

My kind of Town / Frank Sinatra

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Starting removal of John Hancock Building west antenna, next highest building in Chicago!

Beware, If your scared of heights!

Listen to this song at the same time might calm you down a little ???

Close to the Hancock building is (was) The Playboy Building, the headquarter of Playboy Magazine.

  Playboy is not in the house anymore, and the building is renamed Palmolive-Building today. If you look close you will find it in the movieclips.

Playboy magazine had a taste of Jazz so utstanding that they even had their own Jazzfestival , and very good reveiws of Jazzrecords and Jazzartists too !

Steps Ahead - Trains / John Coltrane - Blue train / Lee Morgan

Steps Ahead - Trains from the album ( Magnetic 1986 )

Chuck Loeb (Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar Synth, Synthesizer); Hiram Bullock (Guitar);Kenny Kirkland (Synthesizer);Michael Brecker (EWI, Sax (Tenor)); Mike Mainieri (Keyboards, Producer, Synthesizer, Vibraphone);Jacelyn Brown - Vocals (Background); Janice Pendarvis - Vocals (Background); Paul Jackson, Jr. (Guitar);Peter Erskine (Drums, Electric)Victor Bailey (Bass);Warren Bernhardt (Piano, Synthesizer)

This group sounds a lot like Weather Report but I think Michael Brecker makes their special touch to a little bit more agressive and groovy approach... 

This record is a diamond, taken in small doses cause it´s really heavy stuff !

John Coltrane - Blue train (1958)

John Coltrane - Tenorsax

Lee Morgan -Trumpet

Curtis Fuller- Trombone

Kenny Drew-Piano

Paul Chambers- Bass 

Philly Joe Jones - Drums

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Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder

 

 

Horace Silver 5tet - Song For My Father [1968]

 Horace Silver - Piano
Bill Hardman - Trumpet
Bennie Maupin - Tenor
John Williams - Bass
Billy Cobham - Drums

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