John mcLaughlin - After The Rain (1995) [APE]
 
Artist: John mcLaughlin
Title Of Album: After The Rain
Year Of Release: August 8, 1995
Label: Polygram Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: APE (Log+Cue+Tau+Covers+info)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 00:57:17
Total Size: 347 Mb


Song Title:

01. Take The Coltrane 06:02
02. My Favorite Things 06:16
03. Sing Me Softly Of The Blues 06:31
04. Encuentros 07:33
05. Naima 04:44
06. Tones For Elvin Jones 06:36
07. Crescent 07:42
08. Afro Blue 06:54
09. After The Rain 04:54

Personnel: 

John McLaughlin (guitar); 
Joey DeFrancesco (Hammond B-3 organ); 
Elvin Jones (drums).


Review
In the early '70s John McLaughlin was one-third of the supergroup Lifetime with drummer Tony Williams and organist Larry Young. This particular CD from 1994 matches him with drummer Elvin Jones and organist Joey DeFrancesco, but the music has little in common with Lifetime. Instead many of the tunes can be considered to be tributes to John Coltrane; Jones's participation certainly reinforces that connection. McLaughlin, back on electric guitar after several years sticking almost exclusively to acoustic, is in top form on such numbers as "Take the Coltrane," "My Favorite Things," "Crescent," and "Afro Blue." The improvising is advanced and colorful with DeFrancesco keeping the proceedings swinging, and even if the results are not quite classic, the collaboration is somewhat unique. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide