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McLaughlin, John - Where Fortune Smiles - Amazon.com Music
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Great sounding (clean remastered) early John McLaughlin and Friends album with lots of space in the music. Top quality playing by the musicians. Almost "Free Jazz". Some people may not like the wide open format of the music. The recording is excellent quality for this vintage album. Great bass playing by Dave Holland. The vibe playing adds a different texture and counterpoint tho the other instruments. A pleasure to listen to. Very subtle playing.
I was excite to hear this, except the recording quality is pretty awful on first listen. I'm afraid to listen to it again, but will some day soon ... I'll try to repost my second opinion.
extrapolation era mclaughlin and john surman. plus dave holland and karl berger. hard blowing all around. it doesn't get better than this. this is a hard disk to find. buy it when you find a copy. satisfaction guaranteed
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2018
I don't see any comments on the remastering, so let's focus on that. The old disc was pretty archaic sounding. Nothing terrible, but clearly the clarity of instruments was lacking making it sound like an aged and dull recording.
While it didn't sound too obnoxious, there was background noise at pretty low levels on the old disc for track 2. Possibly no-noised or just a bad scan. You can really hear they brought it forward and didn't really touch the age-related noise much on the new disc. The timbre of the instruments is a step up as well. A touch brighter but more accurate and not fatiguing at all.
The dynamic range is also intact. Ben Wiseman did a marvelous job here, and it easily bests the older disc as a remaster should when done correctly.
As for the album well I will leave that to you. It's most definitely worth hearing, and to me it has a few classics on it. This is definitely jazz-rock fusion, so think some of Miles Davis' albums of the late 60s and early 70s. While some might not like the opener's sometimes meandering focus on solos, when they come together the soprano theme is beautiful. I think the other tracks add a lot to the album as well, with the next two bringing the pace down to a softer and more contemplative mood. The next couple tracks close it out with a complex interplay more similar to the first track. Overall, I recommend any McLaughlin fan to pick it up. The players are all great in their own right, and while McLaughlin's name is on it now, that wasn't really always the case. Each guy gets equal billing here on the music. This is kind of a lost classic in some ways.
Where Fortune Smiles *could* be recommended to fans of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, if for no other reason the sheer intensity and relentlessness of the compositions. "New Place, Old Place" is a magnificent blend of saxophone and Miles Davis-inspired jazz, McLaughlin's brutal electric guitar work, and other strange choices of musical instruments adding up to one sophisticated and adventurous experience.
This is actually a mighty fine album but the complexity level is *amazingly* high. A good way to describe Where Fortune Smiles would be to say this is what might have happened had McLaughlin had complete control over Miles Davis during those classic mid to late 60's jazz albums of his. It would have completely changed the way we'd look at Miles Davis, that's for sure.
As a big Mahavishnu Orchestra fan, I'm really happy I gave this album a chance.
Disco uscito nel 1971, con una formazione a cinque, tanto che il disco è attribuito a tutti, McLaughlin arriva dalla grande esperienza fatta nel '69 e '70 con Miles Davis. La parte trainante oltre a McLaughlin la fa il sassofono di Surman che in alcuni pezzi come gli oltre dieci minuti di "New Place, Old Place" dove per tutta la durata è il suo sax a farla alla grande. McLaughlin viene considerato un jazzista ma a mio parere rientra in quel filone musicale che viene definito "Jazz Rock". Il suo periodo migliore è quello che va dal 1969 con "Extrapolation" a "Birds Of Fire" del 1973. Dopo si perde con la musica indiana e altre iniziative e collaborazioni ed esce dai miei gusti musicali. A mio parere consiglio di scoprire il suo periodo musicale migliore.
Ich bin als Musiker immer gerne experimentell unterwegs. Von daher mit dieser Schallplatte das Ziel erreicht. Die Musikstücke sind gewöhnungsbedürftig abetr für mich gut. Kannte die Künster vorher nicht. Die Qualität der Vinyl-Scheibe ist sehr gut, da dicke stabile Scheibe. Die Optik der Scheibe ist wie das Cover, sehr schön.
Worth the entrance fee for Earth Bound Hearts alone, a sublime piece of music. The other tracks tend to be very fiery & in places bordering on Free Jazz. You can hear John McLaughlin finding the sound which he would perfect with the Mahavishnu Orchestra along with an extraordinary ensemble cast, including Dave Holland on Bass & John Surman on Saxophone, well worth investing in.
Excelente música para fans del jazz fusión, esto casi es un documento histórico, ojalá se hubieran agregado más fotos y grabaciones extras para conmemorar está joya, pero aquí solo se tiene la música original y notas al respecto de la grabación, pero sin duda muy disfrutable que aún este disponible.
Questo disco, poco conosciuto, riproduce fedelmente la creatività e la libertà con cui si esprimevano i musicisti dell'epoca. Surman, McLaughlin e Holland suonano in modo urgente e febbrile. Stu Martin era un grande batterista. Grazie alla Esoteric per questa re-masterd edition: il suono è assai migliore rispetto al vecchio LP.
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