The Best John McLaughlin Guitar Solos

John McLaughlin fused jazz harmony, rock volume and Indian rhythmic thinking into a new vocabulary, first with Miles Davis and Tony Williams and then at full force with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. His blinding alternate-picked runs and odd-meter improvising set the bar for fusion guitar technique.

Informed by: Wikipedia – John McLaughlin (musician)

1. 1
   Birds of Fire

   Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1973
2. 2
   Meeting of the Spirits

   Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1971
3. 3
   The Noonward Race

   Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1971
4. 4
   Vital Transformation

   Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1971
5. 5
   One Word

   Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1973
6. 6
   Dance of Maya

   Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1971
7. 7
   Right Off

   Miles Davis · solo by John McLaughlin · 1971
8. 8
   Dawn

   Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1971
9. 9
   Fantasia Suite

   Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía · solo by John McLaughlin · 1981
10. 10
    Celestial Terrestrial Commuters

    Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1973
11. 11
    Emergency!

    The Tony Williams Lifetime · solo by John McLaughlin · 1969
12. 12
    Do You Hear the Voices That You Left Behind?

    John McLaughlin · solo by John McLaughlin · 1978
13. 13
    Joy

    Shakti · solo by John McLaughlin · 1975
14. 14
    Short Tales of the Black Forest

    Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía · solo by John McLaughlin · 1981
15. 15
    Binky's Beam

    John McLaughlin · solo by John McLaughlin · 1969
16. 16
    Spanish Key

    Miles Davis · solo by John McLaughlin · 1970
17. 17
    Resolution

    Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1973
18. 18
    Eternity's Breath

    Mahavishnu Orchestra · solo by John McLaughlin · 1975
19. 19
    Marbles

    John McLaughlin · solo by John McLaughlin · 1970