John McLaughlin, Dave Holland, Chick Corea, & Jack DeJohnette October 28th, 1968 New York City SBD > cassette (uknown gen) > CDR 1. Les Catacombes (take 1) 8:09 2. Les Catacombes (take 2) 7:23 3. Gordies Boots 10:15 (seems out of place, more like a Lifetime tune) Chick Corea, piano and wurlitzer piano John McLaughlin, guitar Dave Holland, bass Jack DeJohnette, drums -------------------- Danny Thompson Trio w/ Johnny Mclaughlin November 1967 London, England @ BBC Session FM/SBD > ? > CDR > EAC > flac > CDR 4. Stratosfunk 5:14 5. Band intro 1:21 6. "Mutiny On The Light"(untitled) 5:38 7. Mysterianimoso 3:22 8. Spectrum Plectrum 3:04 9. Eighty-One 5:29 10. Gotta Go Fishing 4:43 Danny Thompson: bass John Mclaughlin: guitar Tony Roberts: tenor sax, flute & bass clarinet -------------- The Graham Bond Quartet July 1963 London, UK @ BBC 11. I Got A Woman 3.03 12. Cabbage Greens 2.35 13. I Saw Her Standing There 2.53 14. Spanish Blues 3.10 Graham Bond - Organ; Jack Bruce - Double Bass; Ginger Baker - Drums; John McLaughlin - Guitar; with Duffy Power - Vocals on 1 & 3 ------------- The Graham Bond Organization 1966 (after Jack Bruce had left) London, UK @ BBC 15. Only Sixteen - 3.29 Graham Bond - Organ & Vocals; Ginger Baker - Drums; Dick Heckstall-Smith - Sax ----------------- 11-67 notes: Here's a recording that shows Mclaughlin in the genesis stage of developing a style that, today (almost 40 years later!),listeners from all over the globe can identify in just a few licks. Sure this is a nice little set of jazz but hearing a young Johnny Mac is both fascinating and historic. At one point, the announcer notices that JM's solo does not receive the applause it deserves and rallys the audience into a belated show of appreciation. LOL. ---------------- 10-28-68 Notes: It's McLaughlin and the place is New York probably lat APRIL or early MAY 1969 Attached is a scan of a John McLaughlin Melody Maker interview published April 19 - 1969 where he mentions he has learnt more in the past 6 weeks (it would appear this interview was late in March 1969)he also mentions a FUTURE recording session with Corea, Holland, DeJohnette ........ he does not mention Tony Williams Lifetimeyet having a recording contract (they recorded 'Emergency' late May 1969) so this sessions time was probably donated by Miles Davis and took place April/May 1969. aside from this Tony Williams Lifetime auditioned for CBS records but the A&R man ...... Al Kooper (yes that Al Kooper) ..... turned them down !!! eventually Polydor picked them up and the rest is history. --------------- here was some debate about this show a while back on the Miles discussion list -- I have the date listed as October 28th, 1968. Here's a snippet of a helpful post from Mr. Martin Booth (June 7th, 2003) ---------- According to Stuart Nicholson's 'Jazz-Rock: A History', McLaughlin made this recording with Holland, DeJohnette (who was playing with Bill Evans at the time) and an 'unknown pianist' in London on October 28th 1968, whilst DeJohnette was touring with Evans. McLaughlin is quoted as saying that Jack played this tape to Tony Williams, who then asked Dave Holland (both were in Miles' band at that time, but Williams was trying to leave) to contact McLaughlin about joining his (Williams') forthcoming band. The rest, as they say, is history. It's worth quoting Nicholson's comments on this recording, particularly the track built around a two-bar vamp based on the 'Money' riff: 'Here, out of the gaze of the public, was a glimpse of the future, a recording that demonstrates more than any other of the period a union between jazz and rock that confronts volume - electricity - as an important element in constructing a new dynamic. While this is fiercely interactive music making - every player listening and responding to each other - the climate is governed by DeJohnette's refraction of rock rhythmic patterns and the insistent bass line. Power and volume were central to the group's expressionism. As the music swirls and eddies around the collective energy of the moment, it leaps free of the traditional song forms associated with rock into open form, enabling the musicians to take the music wherever they want.' ---- So there was even some speculation that it may even be Bill Evans on this recording. Sounds like Chick to me though... according to Peter Losin's Miles Ahead (if the date of 10/28/68 if correct), this was recorded between two of Miles' studio sessions, Sept. 24th '68 (which begat Madmoiselle Mabry and Frelon Brun, from Filles de Kilimanjaro) and Nov. 11th, '68 (which begat Two Faced and Dual Mr. Tillmon Anthony Williams Process, from Water Babies). Tony played on both of these sessions, so it looks like there would have been plenty of time for Chick and Dave to be in London for a while in between. Hopefully some other users can shed more light on this sticky situation.