John Stewart Miller
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Post by John Stewart Miller on Mar 4, 2005 17:38:17 GMT
I wondered whether the BBC recorded and kept all the 'Jazz from Montreux' broadcasts ? The 1978 period coincided with my interest in Jazz & Jazz rock. I recall the 'John McLaughlin - One truth band' appearence. The track was 'Friendship' from his 'Johnnie McLaughlin - electric guitarist' L.P. McLaughlin dressed in a black T shirt, all in black in fact I think.
The solo playing was far stronger than his recorded version which was a remarkable feeble effort for him. I recorded this on audio off air at the time and kept it. A good piece.
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Post by Laurence Piper on Mar 4, 2005 23:25:35 GMT
I used to watch these myself around the late '70s / early '80s. One in particular featured Weather Report and Cannonball Adderley, which i'd like to know if it still survives.
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Post by andrew martin on Mar 8, 2005 13:07:33 GMT
All but one of "Jazz from Montreux" survives (19/5/79) - I don't know why that one was unlucky!
John McLaughlin and Weather Report both appeared on the edition tx'd 22/4/77 (the former with the group Shakti, playing the tracks 'Joy' and 'India', Weather Report performed 'Cannonball' and 'Black Market')
(This is all I can find out at the moment, it may be there were other appearances/tracks that are not listed on the BBC computer!)
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Post by andrew martin on Mar 8, 2005 13:10:51 GMT
Oh, and I can't find any trace of Cannonball Adderley on "Jazz from Montreux", though he did make appearances on the series "Jazz Ship" in 1975 (as well as "Jazz 625" in the 60s.)
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Post by Laurence Piper on Mar 8, 2005 20:58:15 GMT
Thanks for the very useful info, Andrew. I recall Weather Report doing Black Market in that edition. Could be that I mixed up Jazz Ship with this series though as regards Adderley. Do any of these survive, by the way?
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Post by andrew martin on Mar 9, 2005 18:16:08 GMT
yes, all the programmes I mentioned exist.
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Post by John Stewart Miller on Jun 19, 2005 19:55:39 GMT
The John McLaughlin performance I recall was FRIENDSHIP, a track from his 'Johnnie McLaughlin - electric guitarist' L.P. That album contained his first post Sri Chinmoy (Guru) stuff and possibly his weakest recorded solo playing! The record was a duet with Carlos Santana.
On 'Montreux', Mclaughlin reworked the track with his one truth band. He wore black to signify a break with his religious 'white clothes' period. He was using a Gibson 335 semi acoustic (same as Yes guitarist Steve Howe used). It was a much more charged, gutsy version. I recored the audio off air. think Humphrey Lyttleton introduced.
The L.P. was July 78 or so. This appearence would've been about 6 months later, so presumably 1978. Hope its one of the existing ones!!
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